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Category Info

a list of all keys that go into the object returned by getInfo.

key	type	function
`id`	`String`	defines the id of this category
`name`	`String`	the display name of this category
`color1`	`String \| null` must match `/^#[0-9a-f]{6}$/i`	the primary color of all blocks and the category icon, defaults to the pen extension color
`color2`	`String \| null` must match `/^#[0-9a-f]{6}$/i`	the secondary color of all blocks and the category icon, defaults to 0.1 mix with black
`color3`	`String \| null` must match `/^#[0-9a-f]{6}$/i`	the tertiary color of all blocks and the category icon, defaults to 0.2 mix with black
`showStatusButton`	`Boolean \| null`	if a status button should be shown on this category, used by extensions that connect to something external like the ev3 brick
`blockIconURI`	`String \| null`	the image to be shown as the icon of all blocks in this category
`menuIconURI`	`String \| null`	what the fuck, fuck the what
`isDynamic`	`Boolean \| null`	if this category should update more regularly due too a seperate set of events, also states if the orderBlocks function should be carried over
`orderBlocks`	`function(blocks: Array<String>): Array<String> \| null`	a function for handling how the contents of this category should be placed or when they should exist
`tbShow`	`Boolean \| null`	(unimplemented) show an icon stating this extension was made using turbobuilder
`menus`	`{[String]: Array<[String, String] \| { name: String, value: String } \| String> \| MenuObject} \| null`	all menus used by the blocks inside this category
`customFieldTypes`	`{[String]: any}`	see here for contents
`docsURI`	`String \| null`	the url to be used by the documentation button, documentation button only shows if this string is set
`blocks`	`Array<Block>`	see here for contents

key	type	function
`isTypeable`	`Boolean \| null`	if or if not this menu supports typing text into the menu aswell as selecting an option, menus setup this way do not support the value attribute and always accept reporters
`acceptReporters`	`Boolean \| null`	if this menu can take blocks in-place of the menu value
`variableType`	`String \| null`	the type of variable this menu reffers to, see more
`items`	`Array<[String, String] \| { name: String, value: String } \| String>`	all of the items in this menu, ignored if variableType is set

menu structure