# Template screen item object
The following objects are directly related to the `templatescreenitem`
API.
### Template screen item
The template screen item object defines an element displayed on a
template screen. It has the following properties.
|Property|Type|Description|
|--------|----|-----------|
|screenitemid|string|*(readonly)* ID of the template screen item.|
|**resourceid**
(required)|string|ID of the object from the parent template displayed on the template screen item. Depending on the type of screen item, the `resourceid` property can reference different objects. Unused by clock and URL template screen items.
*Note: the `resourceid` property always references an object used in the parent template object, even if the screen item itself is inherited on a host or template.*|
|**resourcetype**
(required)|integer|Type of template screen item.
Possible values:
0 - graph;
1 - simple graph;
3 - plain text;
7 - clock;
11 - URL;
19 - simple graph prototype;
20 - graph prototype.|
|**screenid**
(required)|string|ID of the template screen that the item belongs to.|
|colspan|integer|Number of columns the template screen item will span across.
Default: 1.|
|elements|integer|Number of lines to display on the template screen item.
Default: 25.|
|halign|integer|Specifies how the template screen item must be aligned horizontally in the cell.
Possible values:
0 - *(default)* center;
1 - left;
2 - right.|
|height|integer|Height of the template screen item in pixels.
Default: 200.|
|max\_columns|integer|Specifies the maximum amount of columns a graph prototype or simple graph prototype screen element can have.
Default: 3.|
|rowspan|integer|Number or rows the template screen item will span across.
Default: 1.|
|style|integer|Template screen item display option.
Possible values for clock screen items:
0 - *(default)* local time;
1 - server time;
2 - host time.
Possible values for plain text screen items:
0 - *(default)* display values as plain text;
1 - display values as HTML.|
|url|string|URL of the webpage to be displayed in the template screen item. Used by URL template screen items.|
|valign|integer|Specifies how the template screen item must be aligned vertically in the cell.
Possible values:
0 - *(default)* middle;
1 - top;
2 - bottom.|
|width|integer|Width of the template screen item in pixels.
Default: 320.|
|x|integer|X-coordinates of the template screen item on the screen, from left to right.
Default: 0.|
|y|integer|Y-coordinates of the template screen item on the screen, from top to bottom.
Default: 0.|