Document Picker

Alias: Umbraco.ContentPicker

Returns: IPublishedContent

The Document Picker opens a panel to pick a specific page from the content structure. The value saved is the selected nodes UDI.

The Document Picker was formerly known as the Content Picker in version 13 and below.

The renaming is purely a client-side UI change, meaning the property editor still uses the Umbraco.ContentPicker schema alias.

The change was made as the word Content in the backoffice acts as an umbrella term covering the terms Document, Media, and Member.

Data Type Definition Example

Document Picker Data Type Definition

Document Picker Example

Document Picker Content

MVC View Example

Without Modelsbuilder

@{
    IPublishedContent typedContentPicker = Model.Value<IPublishedContent>("featurePicker");
    if (typedContentPicker != null)
    {
        <p>@typedContentPicker.Name</p>
    }
}

With Modelsbuilder

@{
    IPublishedContent typedContentPicker = Model.FeaturePicker;
    if (typedContentPicker != null)
    {
        <p>@typedContentPicker.Name</p>
    }
}

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 ContentService
    var contentService = Services;

    // Create a variable for the GUID of the page you want to update
    var guid = Guid.Parse("32e60db4-1283-4caa-9645-f2153f9888ef");

    // Get the page using the GUID you've defined
    var content = contentService.GetById(guid); // ID of your page

    // Get the page you want to assign to the document picker
    var page = Umbraco.Content("665d7368-e43e-4a83-b1d4-43853860dc45");

    // Create an Udi of the page
    var udi = Udi.Create(Constants.UdiEntityType.Document, page.Key);

    // Set the value of the property with alias 'featurePicker'.
    content.SetValue("featurePicker", udi.ToString());

    // Save the change
    contentService.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 id
    var content = contentService.GetById(1234);
}

If Modelsbuilder is enabled you can get the alias of the desired property without using a magic string:

The following example uses IPublishedSnapshotAccessor, which is obsolete in Umbraco 15 and will be removed in a future version. For more information, see the Version specific upgrades article.

@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PublishedCache;
@using Umbraco.Cms.Core;

@inject IPublishedSnapshotAccessor _publishedSnapshotAccessor;
@{
    // Set the value of the property with alias 'featurePicker'
    content.SetValue(Home.GetModelPropertyType(_publishedSnapshotAccessor, x => x.FeaturePicker).Alias, udi.ToString());
}