Property Editor UIs

Learn about the different Property Editor UI elements that ship with Umbraco out of the box.

This document provides a comprehensive list of all Property Editor UI elements registered via manifests (propertyEditorUi) available in Umbraco CMS. These elements define the user interface components for property editors used throughout the system.

Overview

Property Editor UI manifests define how property editors appear and behave in the Umbraco backoffice. Each manifest includes properties like alias, label, icon, group, and configuration settings.

Property Editor UI Categories

1. Text Input Editors

Text Box

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextBox

• Icon: icon-autofill

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.TextBox

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/text-box/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • inputType - Configure input type (text, email, url, etc.)

Email

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.EmailAddress

• Icon: icon-message

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.EmailAddress

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/text-box/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • inputType - Input type configuration

Text Area

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextArea

• Icon: icon-edit

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.TextArea

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/textarea/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • rows - Number of rows to display

2. Boolean/Toggle Editors

Toggle

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Toggle

• Icon: icon-checkbox

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.TrueFalse

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/toggle/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • default - Preset value

  • showLabels - Show on/off labels

  • labelOn - Custom "on" label

  • labelOff - Custom "off" label

  • ariaLabel - Screen reader label

3. Number Editors

Integer

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Integer

• Icon: icon-autofill

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.Integer

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/number/manifests.ts

Decimal

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Decimal

• Icon: icon-autofill

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.Decimal

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/number/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • placeholder - Placeholder text

Slider

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Slider

• Icon: icon-navigation-horizontal

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.Slider

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/slider/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • enableRange - Enable range selection

  • initVal1 - Initial value

  • initVal2 - Second initial value (for range)

  • step - Step increments

4. Date & Time Editors

Date Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.DatePicker

• Icon: icon-time

• Group: pickers

• Schema: Umbraco.DateTime

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/date-picker/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • format - Date format string

5. Color Editors

Color Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.ColorPicker

• Icon: icon-colorpicker

• Group: pickers

• Schema: Umbraco.ColorPicker

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/color-picker/manifests.ts

Eye Dropper Color Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.EyeDropper

• Icon: icon-colorpicker

• Group: pickers

• Schema: Umbraco.ColorPicker.EyeDropper

• Location: /packages/property-editors/eye-dropper/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • showAlpha - Show alpha channel

  • showPalette - Show color palette

6. Selection/List Editors

Dropdown

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Dropdown

• Icon: icon-list

• Group: lists

• Schema: Umbraco.DropDown.Flexible

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/dropdown/manifests.ts

Select

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Select

• Icon: icon-list

• Group: pickers

• Location: /packages/property-editors/select/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • items - Add selectable options

Radio Button List

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.RadioButtonList

• Icon: icon-target

• Group: lists

• Schema: Umbraco.RadioButtonList

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/radio-button-list/manifests.ts

Checkbox List

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.CheckBoxList

• Icon: icon-bulleted-list

• Group: lists

• Schema: Umbraco.CheckBoxList

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/checkbox-list/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • items - Add checkbox options

Multiple Text String

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MultipleTextString

• Icon: icon-ordered-list

• Group: lists

• Schema: Umbraco.MultipleTextString

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/multiple-text-string/manifests.ts

7. Content & Document Pickers

Content Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.ContentPicker

• Icon: icon-page-add

• Group: pickers

• Schema: Umbraco.MultiNodeTreePicker

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/content-picker/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • filter - Filter by content type

Document Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.DocumentPicker

• Icon: icon-document

• Group: pickers

• Schema: Umbraco.ContentPicker

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/documents/documents/property-editors/document-picker/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • startNodeId - Set start node

Multi URL Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MultiUrlPicker

• Icon: icon-link

• Group: pickers

• Schema: Umbraco.MultiUrlPicker

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/multi-url-picker/property-editor/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • overlaySize - Overlay size

  • hideAnchor - Hide anchor/query string input

8. Media Editors

Media Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MediaPicker

• Icon: icon-picture

• Group: media

• Schema: Umbraco.MediaPicker3

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/media/media/property-editors/media-picker/manifests.ts

Upload Field

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.UploadField

• Icon: icon-download-alt

• Group: media

• Schema: Umbraco.UploadField

• Location: /packages/media/media/property-editors/upload-field/manifests.ts

Image Cropper

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.ImageCropper

• Icon: icon-crop

• Group: media

• Schema: Umbraco.ImageCropper

• Location: /packages/media/media/property-editors/image-cropper/manifests.ts

9. Rich Content Editors

Rich Text Editor (Tiptap)

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Tiptap

• Icon: icon-browser-window

• Group: richContent

• Schema: Umbraco.RichText

• Location: /packages/tiptap/property-editors/tiptap/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • extensions - Extensions configuration

  • toolbar - Toolbar configuration

  • stylesheets - Stylesheet selection

  • dimensions - Editor dimensions

  • maxImageSize - Maximum image size

  • overlaySize - Overlay size

Markdown Editor

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MarkdownEditor

• Icon: icon-code

• Group: richContent

• Schema: Umbraco.MarkdownEditor

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/markdown-editor/property-editors/markdown-editor/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • preview - Enable preview

  • defaultValue - Default value

  • overlaySize - Overlay size

Code Editor

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.CodeEditor

• Icon: icon-brackets

• Group: richContent

• Schema: Umbraco.Plain.String

• Location: /packages/code-editor/property-editor/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • language - Programming language

  • height - Editor height

  • lineNumbers - Show line numbers

  • minimap - Show minimap

  • wordWrap - Enable word wrap

10. Block Editors

Block List

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.BlockList

• Icon: icon-thumbnail-list

• Group: lists

• Schema: Umbraco.BlockList

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/block/block-list/property-editors/block-list-editor/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • useSingleBlockMode - Single block mode

  • useLiveEditing - Live editing mode

  • useInlineEditingAsDefault - Inline editing as default

  • maxPropertyWidth - Maximum property width

Block Grid

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.BlockGrid

• Icon: icon-layout

• Group: richContent

• Schema: Umbraco.BlockGrid

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/block/block-grid/property-editors/block-grid-editor/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • blockGroups - Block groups configuration

  • useLiveEditing - Live editing mode

  • maxPropertyWidth - Editor width

  • createLabel - Create button label

  • gridColumns - Number of grid columns

  • layoutStylesheet - Layout stylesheet

11. People Pickers

User Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.UserPicker

• Icon: icon-user

• Group: people

• Schema: Umbraco.UserPicker

• Location: /packages/user/user/property-editor/user-picker/manifests.ts

Member Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MemberPicker

• Icon: icon-user

• Group: people

• Schema: Umbraco.MemberPicker

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/members/member/property-editor/member-picker/manifests.ts

Member Group Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MemberGroupPicker

• Icon: icon-users-alt

• Group: people

• Schema: Umbraco.MemberGroupPicker

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/members/member-group/property-editor/member-group-picker/manifests.ts

12. Other Editors

Tags

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Tags

• Icon: icon-tags

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.Tags

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/tags/property-editors/tags/manifests.ts

Label

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Label

• Icon: icon-readonly

• Group: common

• Schema: Umbraco.Label

• Read-only Support: ✅

• Location: /packages/property-editors/label/manifests.ts

Icon Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.IconPicker

• Icon: icon-autofill

• Group: common

• Location: /packages/property-editors/icon-picker/manifests.ts

Collection (List View)

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Collection

• Icon: icon-layers

• Group: lists

• Schema: Umbraco.ListView

• Location: /packages/property-editors/collection/manifests.ts

• Settings:

  • layouts - Layout configuration

  • orderBy - Order by field

  • orderDirection - Order direction

  • pageSize - Page size

  • icon - Workspace view icon

  • tabName - Workspace view name

  • showContentFirst - Show content workspace view first

13. Configuration Property Editors

These property editors are used for configuring other property editors and don't typically have schema aliases:

Stylesheet Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.StylesheetPicker

• Location: /packages/templating/stylesheets/property-editors/stylesheet-picker/manifests.ts

Static File Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.StaticFilePicker

• Location: /packages/static-file/property-editors/static-file-picker/manifests.ts

Media Type Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MediaTypePicker

• Location: /packages/media/media-types/property-editors/media-type-picker/manifests.ts

Document Type Picker

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.DocumentTypePicker

• Location: /packages/documents/document-types/property-editors/document-type-picker/manifests.ts

Value Type Configuration

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.ValueType

• Location: /packages/property-editors/value-type/manifests.ts

Overlay Size Configuration

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.OverlaySize

• Location: /packages/property-editors/overlay-size/manifests.ts

Order Direction Configuration

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.OrderDirection

• Location: /packages/property-editors/order-direction/manifests.ts

Number Range Configuration

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.NumberRange

• Location: /packages/property-editors/number-range/manifests.ts

Color Swatches Editor Configuration

• Alias: Umb.PropertyEditorUi.ColorSwatchesEditor

• Location: /packages/property-editors/color-swatches-editor/manifests.ts

Property Groups

Property editors are organized into the following groups:

• common - Basic, frequently-used editors

• lists - Editors for managing lists and collections

• pickers - Editors for selecting/picking items

• media - Media-related editors

• richContent - Rich text and content editors

• people - User and member pickers

Manifest Structure

Each property editor UI manifest follows this structure:

{
  type: 'propertyEditorUi',
  alias: string,          // Unique identifier
  name: string,           // Internal name
  element: () => import('./your-component.element.js'), // Lazy-loaded component
  meta: {
    label: string,        // Display label
    icon: string,         // Icon identifier
    group: string,        // Category group
    propertyEditorSchemaAlias?: string, // Schema reference
    supportsReadOnly?: boolean,         // Read-only support
    settings?: {          // Configuration settings
      properties: Array<{
        alias: string,
        label: string,
        propertyEditorUiAlias: string,
        // ... other settings
      }>
    }
  }
}

Usage in Data Types

Property Editor UIs are referenced when creating data types through their alias. For example:

• Use Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextBox for a text input field

• Use Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MediaPicker for media selection

• Use Umb.PropertyEditorUi.BlockGrid for complex grid layouts

Notes

• Read-only Support: Property editors marked with ✅ support read-only mode

• Location: File paths are relative to /src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/

• Settings: Most property editors can be configured through their settings properties

• Schema Alias: Links the UI to the underlying data schema/value converter