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Configuring Block Editor Label Properties

When configuring a block, the label property allows you to define a label for the appearance of the Block in the editor. The label can use AngularJS template string syntax to display values of properties. Example: My Block {{myPropertyAlias}} will be shown as: My Block FooBar.
You can also use more advanced expressions using AngularJS filters. Example: {{myPropertyAlias | limitTo:100}} or for a property using the Richtext editor {{myPropertyAlias | ncRichText | truncate:true:100}}.
It is also possible to use properties from the settings model by using {{$settings.propertyAlias}}.
In some cases, you might want to create a fallback label. This can be achieved using the following format: {{myProperty || $contentTypeName}}.
This example will show the name of the ElementType when the value of myProperty is not defined.

Useful Angular filters

As well as the default AngularJS filters, Umbraco ships with additional filters which are useful for setting the Label field of Block editors.
Filter
Description
Property type
Parameters
ncNodeName
Gets the name of a node
Umbraco node
ncRichText
Strips HTML
Richtext editor
mediaItemResolver
Retrieves a Media Item object
Media Picker
limitTo
AngularJS native truncate
String
n: maximum length of the string
truncate
Umbraco's richer truncate function
String
wordwise: boolean to indicate whether to truncate a string mid-word or not max: maximum length of the string tail (optional): string to indicate a truncated string, "" by default
Truncates to a number of words (rather than characters)
String
n: maximum number of words in string
Converts a string to title case
String
Joins an array into one string
Array (of string or object)
separator: string used to join values together, e.g. ", " prop (optional): string key indicating which property to join when used on an array of objects

Example: mediaItemResolver

This is how you could use the filter for a Media Picker of the type Umbraco.MediaPicker3 with multiple images:
{{(myPropertyAlias[0].mediaKey | mediaItemResolver).name}}
The mediaKey is a Guid like c7a4526c-6b32-4665-a047-5b3e7256d973.
For the Media Name, the same could be achieved using ncNodeName like shown below:
{{myPropertyAlias[0].mediaKey ? ('umb://media/'+myPropertyAlias[0].mediaKey.split("-").join("") | ncNodeName) : 'No Image' }}
The ncNodeName value expects a UDI like umb://media/c7a4526c6b324665a0475b3e7256d973.

Custom filters

If the filters do not suit your needs, you can create custom filters by creating a plugin in App_Plugins and adding a filter module.
An example package.manifest file is:
{
"name": "MyFilters",
"version": "1.0.0",
"allowPackageTelemetry": false,
"javascript": [
"/App_Plugins/MyFilters/myFilter.filter.js"
]
}
With myFilter.filter.js containing:
angular.module("umbraco.filters").filter("myFilter", function () {
return function (input, parameter1, parameter2, etc) {
// Apply any custom logic to modify the output value and return a string
return `My filter says: "${input}"`;
}
});

Special variables

Variable
Description
$index
The 1-based index of this block item in the current block list
$contentTypeName
The name of the Element Type used for the Block
$settings
Provides access to the settings model for the block (if configured)
$layout
Provides access to the layout model for the block (columnSpan and rowSpan)