Workspaces

Learn about workspace extension types that provide shared functionality and enable communication within workspace environments.

Workspace extensions are specialized components that enhance Umbraco's editing environments for documents, media, and members. They share state through workspace contexts. This enables coordinated functionality like synchronized actions, real-time status updates, and seamless data flow across the editing interface.

Available Extension Types

Workspace extensions can be grouped into these types:

Core Extensions

• Workspace Context - Provides shared state management and communication between workspace extensions

• Workspace - Defines the main workspace environment and routing

User Interface Extensions

• Workspace Views - Tab-based content areas for organizing different aspects of entity editing

• Workspace Footer Apps - Persistent status information and contextual data in the footer area

Action Extensions

• Workspace Actions - Primary action buttons that appear in the workspace footer

• Workspace Action Menu Items - Dropdown menu items that extend workspace actions with additional functionality

Integration Patterns

Workspace extensions communicate through shared contexts using these patterns:

1. Workspace Context manages centralized state using observables that automatically notify subscribers of changes

2. Workspace Actions consume the context to modify state when users interact with buttons or menu items

3. Workspace Action Menu Items add additional options for workspace actions

4. Workspace Views observe context state to automatically update their UI when data changes

5. Footer Apps monitor context state to display real-time status information

Communication Flow

Workspace Context (State Management)
       ↕️
Workspace Actions (State Modification) 
       ↕️
Workspace Views (State Display)
       ↕️  
Footer Apps (Status Monitoring)

All workspace extensions are automatically scoped to their workspace instance, ensuring that extensions in different workspaces do not interfere with each other.