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  1. Extending
  2. Property Editors

Declaring your property editor

Generally Umbraco supports two different ways to declare a property editor. Most commonly one would create a package.manifest file, and then use it for declaring one or more property editors. But as an alternative, property editors can also be declared using C#.

A property editor consists of a number of mandatory properties, and some optional ones as well. As such, the outer JSON object for the property editor has the following properties:

Name
Type
Required
Description

alias

string

Yes

A unique alias that identifies the property editor.

name

string

Yes

The friendly name of the property editor, shown in the Umbraco backoffice.

editor

object

Yes

This describes details about the editor. See the table below for further information.

icon

string

No

A CSS class for the icon to be used in the Select Editor dialog - eg: icon-autofill.

group

string

No

The group to place this editor in within the Select Editor dialog. Use a new group name or alternatively use an existing one such as Pickers.

isParameterEditor

boolean

No

Enables the property editor as a macro parameter editor. Can be either true or false (default).

defaultConfig

object

No

Provides a collection of default configuration values, in cases the property editor is not configured or is used a parameter editor (which doesn't allow configuration). The object is a key/value collection and must match the prevalue fields keys.

The editor object then has the following properties:

Name
Type
Required
Description

view

string

Yes

This is the full path to the HTML view for your property editor.

hideLabel

bool

Yes

If set to true, this hides the label for the property editor when used in Umbraco on a Document Type.

valueType

object

No

This is the type of data you want your property editor to save to Umbraco. Possible values are STRING, JSON, DATETIME, TEXT and INT. Default is STRING.

validation

object

No

Object describing required validators on the editor.

isReadOnly

boolean

No

If set to true this makes the property editor read only.

Using a Package Manifest

A package manifest is a file specific to your package or custom code. This file is always stored in a folder in /App_Plugins/{YourPackageName}, and with the name package.manifest :

{
    "propertyEditors": [
        {
            "alias": "Sir.Trevor",
            "name": "Sir Trevor",
            "editor": {
                "view": "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.html",
                "hideLabel": true,
                "valueType": "JSON"
            }
        }
    ],
    "javascript": [
        "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.controller.js"
    ]
}

This example manifest specifies a Sir Trevor property editor via the propertyEditors collection, and also adds a single JavaScript file via the javascript property.

The actual Sir Trevor property editor has some additional configuration. It's a block based editor, so for instance it has a prevalue for setting the maximum amount of blocks allowed. In full, the package.manifest file for the Sir Trevor package looks like:

{
  "propertyEditors": [
    {
      "alias": "Sir.Trevor",
      "name": "Sir Trevor",
      "editor": {
        "view": "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.html",
        "hideLabel": true,
        "valueType": "JSON"
      },
      "prevalues": {
        "fields": [
          {
            "label": "Maximum number of blocks",
            "description": "The total maximum number of blocks (of any type) that can be displayed (0 = infinite).",
            "key": "blockLimit",
            "view": "requiredfield",
            "validation": [
              {
                "type": "Required"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Align editor centered",
            "description": "If the editor doesn't span the entire width of the content editing area, center it. Otherwise left aligned.",
            "key": "editorAlignCentered",
            "view": "boolean"
          },
          {
            "label": "Editor width",
            "description": "The width the Sir Trevor editor will expand to, most likely 100%.",
            "key": "editorWidth",
            "view": "requiredfield",
            "validation": [
              {
                "type": "Required"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Maximum editor width",
            "description": "The maximum width the Sir Trevor editor will expand to, i.e. 500px or 80%.",
            "key": "editorMaxWidth",
            "view": "requiredfield",
            "validation": [
              {
                "type": "Required"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "label": "Block types",
            "description": "Configure the block types available to the user.",
            "key": "blocktypes",
            "view": "~/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/settings/blocktypes.html"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "javascript": [
    "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.controller.js",
    "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/settings/settings.blocktypes.controller.min.js",
    "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/settings/settings.resource.min.js"
  ]
}

Using Csharp

The same property editor can be declared using C# instead using the DataEditor class and decorating the class with the DataEditor attribute:

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.WebAssets;
using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.WebAssets;

namespace UmbracoEightExamples.PropertyEditors;

[DataEditor(
    "Sir.Trevor",
    EditorType.PropertyValue,
    "Sir Trevor",
    "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.html",
    ValueType = ValueTypes.Json,
    HideLabel = true)]
[PropertyEditorAsset(AssetType.Javascript, "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.controller.js")]
public class SirTrevorEditor : DataEditor
{
    public SirTrevorEditor(
        IDataValueEditorFactory dataValueEditorFactory,
        EditorType type = EditorType.PropertyValue)
        : base(dataValueEditorFactory, type)
    {
    }
}

Also notice how the PropertyEditorAsset attribute is used to load the SirTrevor.controller.js JavaScript file.

DataEditor attribute

Name
Type
Required
Description

Alias

string

Yes

Gets the unique alias of the editor.

EditorType

Yes

Gets the type of the editor. Possible values are EditorType.PropertyValue, EditorType.MacroParameter or EditorType.Nothing.

Name

string

Yes

Gets the friendly name of the editor.

View

string

Yes

Gets the view to use to render the editor.

ValueType

string

No

Gets or sets the type of the edited value.

HideLabel

boolean

No

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the editor should be displayed without its label.

Icon

string

No

Gets or sets an optional icon.

Group

string

No

Gets or sets an optional group.

IsDeprecated

boolean

No

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the value editor is deprecated.

PropertyEditorAsset attribute

The constructor of the attribute takes the type of the assets as the first parameter. Possible values are either AssetType.Javascript or AssetType.Css. The second parameter is the URL of the asset.

DataEditor class

In the example above, the SirTrevorEditor class doesn't really do much. For more basic property editors, the C# approach may require a bit more work compared to that of package.manifest files. But as property editors grow in complexity, using C# becomes a bit more useful - and also lets you do things not possible with package.manifest files.

Virtual methods are methods declared in a parent class. These methods have a default implementation that can be overridden in classes that inherit from the parent class. For instance in the example below, we can override the method and provide our own SirTrevorConfigurationEditor instead of what Umbraco returns by default.

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.WebAssets;
using Umbraco.Cms.Infrastructure.WebAssets;

namespace UmbracoEightExamples.PropertyEditors;

[DataEditor(
    "Sir.Trevor",
    EditorType.PropertyValue,
    "Sir Trevor",
    "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.html",
    ValueType = ValueTypes.Json,
    HideLabel = true)]
[PropertyEditorAsset(AssetType.Javascript, "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/SirTrevor.controller.js")]
public class SirTrevorEditor : DataEditor
{
    public SirTrevorEditor(
        IDataValueEditorFactory dataValueEditorFactory,
        EditorType type = EditorType.PropertyValue)
        : base(dataValueEditorFactory, type)
    {
    }

    protected override IConfigurationEditor CreateConfigurationEditor() => new SirTrevorConfigurationEditor();

}

In this case, the SirTrevorConfigurationEditor class doesn't do much either - but notice that it inherits from ConfigurationEditor<SirTrevorConfiguration>, meaning the configuration will be of type SirTrevorConfiguration:

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.IO;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;

namespace UmbracoEightExamples.PropertyEditors;

public class SirTrevorConfigurationEditor : ConfigurationEditor<SirTrevorConfiguration>
{
    public SirTrevorConfigurationEditor(IIOHelper ioHelper, IEditorConfigurationParser editorConfigurationParser) : base(ioHelper, editorConfigurationParser)
    {
    }
}

The referenced SirTrevorConfiguration class is then what declares the configuration fields of when editing a Data Type using the Sir Trevor property editor:

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;

namespace UmbracoEightExamples.PropertyEditors;

public class SirTrevorConfiguration
{
    [ConfigurationField("blockLimit", "Maximum number of blocks", "requiredfield",
        Description = "The total maximum number of blocks (of any type) that can be displayed (0 = infinite).")]
    public int BlockLimit { get; set; }

    [ConfigurationField("editorAlignCentered", "Align editor centered", "boolean",
        Description =
            "If the editor doesn't span the entire width of the content editing area, center it. Otherwise left aligned.")]
    public bool EditorAlignCentered { get; set; }

    [ConfigurationField("editorWidth", "Editor width", "requiredfield",
        Description = "The width the Sir Trevor editor will expand to, most likely 100%.")]
    public int EditorWidth { get; set; }

    [ConfigurationField("editorMaxWidth", "Maximum editor width", "requiredfield",
        Description = "The maximum width the Sir Trevor editor will expand to, i.e. 500px or 80%.")]
    public int EditorMaxWidth { get; set; }

    [ConfigurationField("blocktypes", "Block types", "/App_Plugins/SirTrevor/settings/blocktypes.html",
        Description = "Configure the block types available to the user.")]
    public object BlockTypes { get; set; }
}

A benefit of this approach (opposed to package.manifest files) is that we can now refer to the configuration using a strongly typed model - eg. as in this example Razor view:

@inherits Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Views.UmbracoViewPage
@using ContentModels = Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.PublishedModels;
@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services
@using UmbracoEightExamples.PropertyEditors
@inject IDataTypeService DataTypeService

@{
    var dt = DataTypeService.GetDataType(1234);

    if (dt is not null)
    {
        <pre>@dt.Name</pre>

        <pre>@(dt.Configuration as SirTrevorConfiguration)</pre>

        <pre>@(dt.ConfigurationAs<SirTrevorConfiguration>())</pre>
    }
}

Both instances of IDataType and PublishedDataType have a Configuration property. When looking across all data types and property editors, there is no common type for the configuration, so the return value is object. To get the strongly typed model, you can either cast the configuration value on your own, or use the generic ConfigurationAs extension method as shown above.

Like mentioned before, the SirTrevorConfigurationEditor class doesn't really do much in this example with the Sir Trevor property editor. But the Multi Node Tree Picker and others of Umbraco's build in property editors also override the ToValueEditor method.

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.IO;
using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;

namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;

/// <summary>
///     Represents the configuration for the multinode picker value editor.
/// </summary>
public class MultiNodePickerConfigurationEditor : ConfigurationEditor<MultiNodePickerConfiguration>
{
    public MultiNodePickerConfigurationEditor(IIOHelper ioHelper, IEditorConfigurationParser editorConfigurationParser)
        : base(ioHelper, editorConfigurationParser) =>
        Field(nameof(MultiNodePickerConfiguration.TreeSource))
            .Config = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "idType", "udi" } };

    /// <inheritdoc />
    public override Dictionary<string, object> ToConfigurationEditor(MultiNodePickerConfiguration? configuration)
    {
        // sanitize configuration
        Dictionary<string, object> output = base.ToConfigurationEditor(configuration);

        output["multiPicker"] = configuration?.MaxNumber > 1;

        return output;
    }

    /// <inheritdoc />
    public override IDictionary<string, object> ToValueEditor(object? configuration)
    {
        IDictionary<string, object> d = base.ToValueEditor(configuration);
        d["multiPicker"] = true;
        d["showEditButton"] = false;
        d["showPathOnHover"] = false;
        d["idType"] = "udi";
        return d;
    }
}
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The attribute shown in the example above is the primary component to declaring the property editor in C#. Notice that the first four properties must be set through the constructor.

As shown in the C# example, the attribute was used to make Umbraco load the specified JavaScript file.

The class defines a virtual CreateConfigurationEditor method. It returns a model which is used for the Angular view when editing the prevalues of a Data Type.

This method is used when the strongly typed configuration value is converted to the model used by the Angular logic in the backoffice. So with the implementation of the class, some additional configuration fields are sent along. For instance that it's a multi picker and that the ID type should be URI's. These are configuration values that the user should not be able to edit, but the property editor may still rely on them.

DataEditor
PropertyEditorAsset
DataEditor
MultiNodePickerConfigurationEditor
EditorType