The member picker opens a panel to pick a specific member from the member section. The value saved is of type IPublishedContent.
Data Type Definition Example
Content Example
MVC View Example
Without Modelsbuilder
@{if (Model.HasValue("author")) {var member =Model.Value<IPublishedContent>("author");@member.Name }}
With Modelsbuilder
@{if (Model.Author!=null) {var member =Model.Author;@member.Name }}
Add values programmatically
See the example below to see how a value can be added or changed programmatically. To update a value of a property editor you need the Content Service.
The example below demonstrates how to add values programmatically using a Razor view. However, this is used for illustrative purposes only and is not the recommended method for production environments.
@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;@inject IContentService Services;@{ // Get access to ContentServicevar contentService = Services; // Create a variable for the GUID of the page you want to updatevar guid =Guid.Parse("32e60db4-1283-4caa-9645-f2153f9888ef"); // Get the page using the GUID you've definedvar content =contentService.GetById(guid); // ID of your page // Create a variable for the GUID of the member IDvar authorId =Guid.Parse("ed944097281e4492bcdf783355219450"); // Set the value of the property with alias 'author'. content.SetValue("author", authorId); // Save the changecontentService.Save(content);}
Although the use of a GUID is preferable, you can also use the numeric ID to get the page:
@{ // Get the page using it's idvar content =contentService.GetById(1234); }
If Modelsbuilder is enabled you can get the alias of the desired property without using a magic string:
@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PublishedCache;@using Umbraco.Cms.Core;@inject IPublishedSnapshotAccessor _publishedSnapshotAccessor;@{var udi =Udi.Create(Constants.UdiEntityType.Member, authorId); // Set the value of the property with alias 'author'content.SetValue(Home.GetModelPropertyType(_publishedSnapshotAccessor, x =>x.Author).Alias, udi);}