Property Actions
Guide on how to implement Property Actions for Property Editors in Umbraco
Property Actions are a built-in feature that provide a generic place for secondary functionality for property editors.
Property Actions appear as a small button next to the label of the property, which expands to show the available actions. They are defined and implemented in the Property Editor, making it open as to what a Property Action is.

Example of Property Action on Nested Content Property Editor
Property Editors are an array of objects defining each action. An action is defined by the following properties:
{
labelKey: 'clipboard_labelForRemoveAllEntries',
labelTokens: [],
icon: 'trash',
method: removeAllEntries,
isDisabled: true
}
We use
labelKey
and labelTokens
to retrieve a localized string that is displayed as the Actions label. See localization for more info.isDisabled
is used to disable an Action, which change the visual appearance and prevents interaction. Use this option when an action wouldn't provide any change. In the example above, the action remove all entries
would not have any impact if there is no entries.The implementation of Property Actions varies depending on whether your Property Editor is implemented with a Controller or as a Component.
When your Property Editor is implemented with a Controller, use the following approach for the Property Action:
angular.module("umbraco").controller("My.MarkdownEditorController", function ($scope) {
function myActionExecutionMethod() {
alert('My Custom Property Action Clicked');
// Disable the action so it can not be re-run
// You may have custom logic to enable or disable the action
// Based on number of items selected etc...
myAction.isDisabled = true;
};
var myAction = {
labelKey: 'general_labelForMyAction',
labelTokens: [],
icon: 'action',
method: myActionExecutionMethod,
isDisabled: false
}
var propertyActions = [
myAction
];
this.$onInit = function () {
if ($scope.umbProperty) {
$scope.umbProperty.setPropertyActions(propertyActions);
}
};
});
Follow this guide if your Property Editor is implemented as a Component. The Component must be configured to retrieve an optional reference to
umbProperty
. The requirement must be optional because property-editors are implemented in scenarios where it's not presented.See the following example:
angular.module('umbraco').component('myPropertyEditor', {
controller: MyController,
controllerAs: 'vm',
require: {
umbProperty: '?^umbProperty'
}
…
});
See the following example for implementation of Property Actions in a Component, notice the difference is that we are parsing actions to
this.umbProperty.setPropertyActions(...)
.var myAction = {
labelKey: 'general_labelForMyAction',
labelTokens: [],
icon: 'action',
method: myActionExecutionMethod,
isDisabled: false
}
var propertyActions = [
myAction
];
this.$onInit = function () {
if (this.umbProperty) {
this.umbProperty.setPropertyActions(propertyActions);
}
};
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