Setting Types

Umbraco Forms field, prevalue source and workflow types are defined in C# and include one or more setting values.

These settings are completed by the editor when using the type on their form.

Each setting type can have it's own user interface. So a string can use a text box but a more complicated JSON structure can use a more appropriate user interface.

From Forms 14, each interface is defined as an Umbraco property editor UI.

The user interface used for a particular setting is defined by the View property:

[Umbraco.Forms.Core.Attributes.Setting("Message", View = "Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextBox")]
public string Message { get; set; }

If not specified, the default Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextBox is used.

Built-in setting types

The following setting types are available and are used for the field, prevalue source and workflow types that ship with the package.

Some are defined with the Umbraco CMS and some ship with the Forms package.

Name	Source	Description	Used in
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.ContentPicker.Source	CMS	Uses a content picker with the option for XPath entry	The "Save as Umbraco node" workflow
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Dropdown	CMS	Used for selection from a list of options
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Integer	CMS	Uses numerical text box for entry
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MediaEntityPicker	CMS	Uses a media item picker for entry	The "Send email with XSLT template" workflow
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.MultipleTextString	CMS	Uses multiple text boxes for entry	Not used in core types
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Slider	CMS	Uses a slider for range input	The "reCAPTCHAv3" field type
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextArea	CMS	Uses a multiline textbox for entry
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TextBox	CMS	Uses a single-line textbox for entry
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.TinyMCE	CMS	Uses a rich text editor for input	The "Send email" workflows
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.Toggle	CMS	Uses a single checkbox for entry
Umb.PropertyEditorUi.UploadField	CMS	Used for selection of a file	The "Text file" prevalue source
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.DataTypePicker	Forms	Uses a datatype picker	The "Umbraco prevalues" prevalue source
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.DocumentTypePicker	Forms	Uses a Document Type picker	The "Umbraco nodes" prevalue source
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.DocumentTypeFieldPicker	Forms	Uses to select fields from a Document Type	The "Umbraco nodes" prevalue source
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.DocumentMapper	Forms	Used for mapping of fields from a Document Type	The "Save as Umbraco node" workflow
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.EmailTemplatePicker	Forms	Used for selection of an email template	The "Send email with Razor template" workflow
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.FieldMapper	Forms	Used to map fields from a form to required aliases	The "Send to URL" workflow
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.Password	Forms	Uses password text box for entry
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.StandardFieldMapper	Forms	Used to map system fields from a form to required aliases	The "Send to URL" workflow
Forms.PropertyEditorUi.TextWithFieldPicker	Forms	Uses a single-line textbox/form field list for entry	Not used in core types

Most of the above setting types are used in one or more field, prevalue source and workflow types available with Umbraco Forms. For the less common ones, a usage has been indicated in the table.

Additional setting types

Some types we don't use within the package, but we make available for developers to use when creating their own types.

For example Forms.PropertyEditorUi.TextWithFieldPicker. This offers the option of text field entry or the selection of a field from the form. This can be useful in workflows where you need to reference the value of a specific field.

Text with field picker

Creating a setting type

It's also possible to define your own setting type using a combination of server and client-side code.

Read how do this in the article on adding a custom field type.