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Anders Hattestad

Nov 26, 2013

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File selector dojo property for EPiServer 7

Have made myself a dojo property for selection images. Noting fancy, but I though I should share some of my findings when creating a dojo property. There is some examples out there, but another one can’t hurt.

The basic concept here is that you can drag a file into an area. And I display a thumbnail of the file.

	Drag the file into the area
	Show a thumbnail
	After saving, show delete and all files from folder
	Select all files from folder
	after saving so a list of all the files. The property contains a href to all current files in that folder so IReference is set

Since I wanted to select more than one file, I created a normal property and tagged my property with that and a UIHint

Code Snippet
 [BackingType(typeof(PropertyFiles))]
[CultureSpecific]
[Display(Order = 1)]
[UIHint("Files")]
public virtual string FileList { get; set; }
 

Then I created a EditorDescriptor, where I points to my JavaScript file

Code Snippet
 using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using EPiServer.Shell.ObjectEditing.EditorDescriptors;
 
namespace EPiServer.Templates.Alloy.Business.EditorDescriptors
{
    [EditorDescriptorRegistration(TargetType = typeof(string), UIHint = "Files")]
    public class FilesEditorDescriptor : EditorDescriptor
    {
        public override void ModifyMetadata(Shell.ObjectEditing.ExtendedMetadata metadata, IEnumerable<Attribute> attributes)
        {
            ClientEditingClass = "itera.editors.FilesList";
 
            base.ModifyMetadata(metadata, attributes);
        }
    }
}
 

When I created the JavaScript file, I got some strange findings. Some examples out there do stuff in postCreate with the value, but as far as I can tell if there are more than one property being edited the value in postCreate is null.

So one should do stuff in the _setValue: function (value, updateTextarea) {…} it can seems. On an other property I use we update an iframe. If you do that you must do that last in the _setValue function, since we lose focus to the function, and never returns.

I added the Source and Target classes to handle drag and drop. But I got problem when having more than one target to drag items into. maybe a bug, or maybe some JavaScript code error on my part. (Guess my part Smilefjes )

I also didn’t manage to drag folders into the area. Have you got that to work? please let me know.

The code displays the current value of the property inside the targetDisplay, and if I add a new item I create a new div that I adds to the display. the div contains a data-href attribute with the selected file. I also have a text area with the same html code. That is maybe redundant. One should probably only use the html value of the targetDisplay as the master for the value. This property is used for files, so I display a small image. I have a File system in place /FileCache/ that resize the images based on the added filename (here height_70.height_70.mode_crop.jpg) So you need to change that to your resizing method.

Code Snippet
 define([
    "dojo/_base/array",
    "dojo/_base/connect",
    "dojo/_base/declare",
    "dojo/_base/lang",
 
    "dijit/_CssStateMixin",
    "dijit/_Widget",
    "dijit/_TemplatedMixin",
    "dijit/_WidgetsInTemplateMixin",
 
    "dijit/form/Textarea",
 
    "epi/epi",
    "epi/shell/widget/_ValueRequiredMixin",
        "epi/shell/dnd/Source",
    "epi/shell/dnd/Target"
],
function (
    array,
    connect,
    declare,
    lang,
 
    _CssStateMixin,
    _Widget,
    _TemplatedMixin,
    _WidgetsInTemplateMixin,
 
    Textarea,
    epi,
    _ValueRequiredMixin,
    Source,
    Target
) {
 
    return declare("itera.editors.FileList", [_Widget, _TemplatedMixin, _WidgetsInTemplateMixin, _CssStateMixin, _ValueRequiredMixin], {
 
        templateString: "<div class=\"dijitInline ownerDiv\">\\par                 <div class=\"epi-content-area-editor\" >\\par                     <div dojoAttachPoint=\"target\" class=\"epi-content-area-actionscontainer files\">Drag files</div>\\par                     <div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\\par                     <div dojoAttachPoint=\"targetDisplay\"  ></div>\\par                     <div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\\par                 </div>\\par                 <div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\\par                             <input type=text value=\"\" class='actionField' style=\"display:none;\" data-dojo-attach-point=\"actions\" data-dojo-attach-event=\"click:_onAction\"/>\\par                             <div data-dojo-attach-point=\"stateNode, tooltipNode\">\\par                                 <div data-dojo-attach-point=\"textArea\" data-dojo-type=\"dijit.form.Textarea\"  style=\"width:200px;display:none;\"></div>\\par                             </div>\\par                             <br />\\par                         </div>",
 
        baseClass: "epiStringList",
 
      
        intermediateChanges: false,
 
        value: null,
 
        multiple: true,
 
        onChange: function (value) {
            // Event
        },
 
        postCreate: function () {
            // call base implementation
            this.inherited(arguments);
 
            // Init textarea and bind event
            this.textArea.set("intermediateChanges", this.intermediateChanges);
            this.connect(this.textArea, "onChange", this._onTextAreaChanged);
            this._setupTarget();
        },
        _onAction: function () {
            console.log("_onAction= " + this.targetDisplay.innerHTML);
            this.textArea.value = this.targetDisplay.innerHTML;
            this._setValue(this.targetDisplay.innerHTML, false);
        },
        _setupTarget: function () {
            var target = new Target(this.target, {
                accept: ["fileurl"],
                //Set createItemOnDrop if you're only interested to receive the data, and not create a new node.
                createItemOnDrop: true
            });
 
            this.connect(target, "onDropData", "_onDropDataFile");
 
            //var targetFolders = new Target(this.targetFolders, {
            //    accept: ["link", "fileurl", "FM-FileLink"],
            //    //Set createItemOnDrop if you're only interested to receive the data, and not create a new node.
            //    createItemOnDrop: true
            //});
            //this.connect(targetFolders, "onDropData", "_onDropDataFolder");
        },
        _drawItems:function(list) {
            this.targetDisplay.innerHTML = list;
           
        },
        _onDropData: function (path, source) {
           
            var value = path;
            if (isFolder)
                value = path.substr(0, path.lastIndexOf("/")+1);
            var isFolder = false;
            if (source == this.targetFolders)
                isFolder = true;
            if (source.parent == this.targetFolders)
                isFolder = true;
 
            console.log(path + "=" + value + " " + source+" "+isFolder);
            var list = this.value;
            if (typeof this.value === "string") {
                // Split list
                list = this._stringToList(this.value);
 
            } else if (!this.value) {
                // use empty array for empty value
                list = [];
            }
 
 
            var txt = list.join("");
          
            var stringCheck = "/";
            if (txt.indexOf('data-href="' + value + '"') == -1) {
                var foundIt = (value.lastIndexOf(stringCheck) === value.length - stringCheck.length) > 0;
                if (foundIt)
                    txt += '<div style="float:left;border:1px solid black;padding-right:5px;" data-href="' + value + '">All files from folder:<br />' + value + '</div>';
                else
                    txt += '<div style="float:left;border:1px solid black;padding-right:5px;" data-href="' + value + '"><img src="/FileCache' + value + '/height_70.height_70.mode_crop.jpg" style="width:70px;height:70px;" title="' + value + '" /></div>';
 
            }
            this._setValue(txt, true);
        },
        _onDropDataFolder: function (dndData, source, nodes, copy) {
 
            //Drop item is an array with dragged items. This example just handles the first item.
            var dropItem = dndData ? (dndData.length ? dndData[0] : dndData) : null;
            console.log(dropItem + " " + dndData);
            if (dropItem) {
 
                //The data property might be a deffered so we need to call dojo.when just in case.
                dojo.when(dropItem.data, dojo.hitch(this, function (value) {
                    //Do something with the data, here we just log it to the console.
                    this._onDropData(value, source);
                    
 
 
                }));
            }
 
 
        },
        _onDropDataFile: function (dndData, source, nodes, copy) {
         
            //Drop item is an array with dragged items. This example just handles the first item.
            var dropItem = dndData ? (dndData.length ? dndData[0] : dndData) : null;
            console.log(dropItem + " " + dndData);
            if (dropItem) {
 
                //The data property might be a deffered so we need to call dojo.when just in case.
                dojo.when(dropItem.data, dojo.hitch(this, function (value) {
                    //Do something with the data, here we just log it to the console.
                    this._onDropData(value, source);
                   
                   
                }));
            }
           
          
        },
       
        isValid: function () {
            return true;
        },
 
        // Setter for value property
        _setValueAttr: function (value) {
            this._setValue(value, true);
        },
 
        _setReadOnlyAttr: function (value) {
            this._set("readOnly", value);
            this.textArea.set("readOnly", value);
        },
 
        // Setter for intermediateChanges
        _setIntermediateChangesAttr: function (value) {
            this.textArea.set("intermediateChanges", value);
            this._set("intermediateChanges", value);
        },
 
        // Event handler for textarea
        _onTextAreaChanged: function (value) {
            this._setValue(value, false);
        },
 
        _setValue: function (value, updateTextarea) {
            // Assume value is an array
            var list = value;
            if (typeof value === "string") {
                // Split list
                list = this._stringToList(value);
 
            } else if (!value) {
                // use empty array for empty value
                list = [];
            }
 
            if (this._started && epi.areEqual(this.value, list)) {
                return;
            }
            var txt = list.join("");
            if (txt == "")
                this._set("value", null);
            else
                this._set("value", txt);
           
            updateTextarea && this.textArea.set("value", txt);
            this._drawItems(txt);
            if (this._started && this.validate()) {
                // Trigger change event
                this.onChange(list);
            }
 
        },
 
        // Convert a string to a list
        _stringToList: function (value) {
 
            // Return empty array for 
            if (!value || typeof value !== "string") {
                return [];
            }
 
            // Trim whitespace at start and end
            var trimmed = value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, "");
 
            // Trim whitespace around each linebreak
            var trimmedLines = trimmed.replace(/(\s*\n+\s*)/g, "\n");
 
            // Split into list
            var list = trimmedLines.split("\n");
 
            return list;
        }
 
 
    });
});
 

After the property is saved have changed the Value in my PropertyFiles property. I find all the div.'s with the data-href attribute and creates a new html value with the div and some checkboxes to delete or select all files in that folder. I also add <a href to the files in the end of the html so the IReference will be set, and editors will get warning if they try to delete a file in use by this property.

To communicate to the dojo property I use this line of JavaScript

var obj=$(this).closest('.ownerDiv').find('.actionField')

this line will get a hold of the textbox in the dojo property

<input type=text value=\"\" class='actionField' data-dojo-attach-point=\"actions\" data-dojo-attach-event=\"click:_onAction\" style=\"display:none;\"/>\

If i then do obj.click() the _onAction will be triggered. I don't use the value of the textbox here, since i only hide the div, and remove the data-href attribute, but the pattern is nice for using that value for something Smilefjes

Code Snippet
 using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using EPiServer.Core;
using EPiServer.Web.PropertyControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using EPiServer.PlugIn;
using EPiServer.Web.Hosting;
using HtmlAgilityPack;
using System.IO;
using EPiServer;
using System.Web.Hosting;
 
namespace Itera.Models.Properties
{
    [PropertyDefinitionTypePlugIn]
    [System.Serializable]
    public class PropertyFiles : PropertyLongString
    {
         public override object Value
        {
            get
            {
                return base.Value;
            }
            set
            {
                var str = value as string;
                if (str != null)
                {
                    var doc = new HtmlDocument();
                    doc.LoadHtml(str);
                    var refLinks = "";
                    foreach (var item in doc.DocumentNode.ChildNodes)
                    {
                        if (item.Name == "div" && item.Attributes.Contains("data-href") && item.Attributes["data-href"].Value!="")
                        {
                            var href = item.Attributes["data-href"].Value;
                            var inner = "";
                            refLinks += "<a href=\"" + href + "\" class=\"ignore\" style=\"display:none;\">" + href + "</a>";
                            item.Attributes.Remove("style");
                           
 
                            if (href.EndsWith("/"))
                            {
                                item.Attributes.Add("style", "border:1px solid black;margin-bottom:5px;");
 
                                inner = "<div>";
                                inner += "<input type=checkbox onclick=\"$(this).parent().parent().removeAttr('data-href');$(this).parent().parent().css('display','none');var obj=$(this).closest('.ownerDiv').find('.actionField');obj.val('" + href + "');obj.click();\" />delete";
 
                                inner += "</div>";
                                var dir = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.VirtualPathProvider.GetDirectory(href) as UnifiedDirectory;
                                if (dir != null)
                                {
                                    inner += "All files from folder:<br />" + dir.VirtualPath;
                                    foreach (UnifiedFile fil2 in dir.Files)
                                    {
                                      
                                        if (BaseMedia.IsMedia(fil2.VirtualPath))
                                        {
                                            refLinks += "<a href=\"" + fil2.VirtualPath + "\" class=\"ignore\" style=\"display:none;\">" + fil2.VirtualPath + "</a>";
                                            inner += "<div style=\"float:left;\">";
                                            inner += "<img style=\"width:80px;height:80px;\"  src=\"/FileCache" + fil2.VirtualPath + "/width_80.height_80.mode_crop.jpg\" data-org=\"" + fil2.VirtualPath + "\" />";
                                            inner += "</div>";
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                item.Attributes.Add("style", "border:1px solid black;float:left;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;");
                                var filname = Path.GetFileName(href);
                                var path = href.Substring(0, href.Length - filname.Length);
                                inner = "<div>";
                                inner += "<input type=checkbox onclick=\"$(this).parent().parent().removeAttr('data-href');$(this).parent().parent().css('display','none');var obj=$(this).closest('.ownerDiv').find('.actionField');obj.val('" + href + "');obj.click();\" />delete";
 
                                inner += "<input type=checkbox onclick=\"$(this).parent().parent().attr('data-href','" + path + "');var obj=$(this).closest('.ownerDiv').find('.actionField');$(this).parent().html('All files from folder:<br />" + path + "');obj.val('" + href + "');obj.click();\" />all<br/>";
                                
 
                                
                                item.Attributes.Remove("onclick");
                                
                                inner += "<img style=\"width:80px;height:80px;\" src=\"/FileCache" + href + "/width_80.height_80.mode_crop.jpg\" data-org=\"" + href + "\" />";
                                inner += "</div>";
                            }
 
                            item.InnerHtml = inner+"<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>";
                       
                        }
                    }
                    base.Value = doc.DocumentNode.OuterHtml;
                } else {
                base.Value = value;
                }
            }
        }
 
 
         public List<VirtualFile> GetFiles()
         {
             var result = new List<VirtualFile>();
             var str = this.LongString;
             if (str != null)
             {
                 var doc = new HtmlDocument();
                 doc.LoadHtml(str);
 
                 foreach (var item in doc.DocumentNode.ChildNodes)
                 {
                     if (item.Name == "div" && item.Attributes.Contains("data-href") && item.Attributes["data-href"].Value != "")
                     {
                         var href = item.Attributes["data-href"].Value;
 
                         if (href.EndsWith("/"))
                         {
 
                             var dir = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.VirtualPathProvider.GetDirectory(href) as UnifiedDirectory;
                             if (dir != null)
                             {
                                 foreach (UnifiedFile fil2 in dir.Files)
                                 {
                                         result.Add(fil2);
                                 }
                             }
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             var file = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.VirtualPathProvider.GetFile(href) ;
                             result.Add(file);
                         }
 
 
 
                     }
                 }
 
             }
             return result;
         }
 
    }
   
}
 

I guess I could have done this more dojo Smilefjes , but with my current knowledge this was the best I managed. If some of you have made a more advanced dojo property in EPiServer 7 please make a blog so we can learn from you.

Nov 26, 2013

Comments

Joshua Folkerts Nov 28, 2013 03:10 AM

I have to say, you are more bold than I am. I just gave up trying to make custom properties EPiServer 7 with Dojo. So much to do for such a simple development task in EPiServer 6r2. Nice work Anders.

Martin Pickering Nov 28, 2013 11:29 AM

Here, here.
You just know that when you receive the feedback "really, I have to do all that? For something quite so simple?" that you've got the design wrong.
@EPiServer, listen up guys - if you have Implementers saying that they are avoiding making particular types of enhancements and extensions due to the integration points requiring "too much heavy lifting" and being ever so brittle then you need to step in and sort out the fundamental issues associated with the Use Case.

Nov 29, 2013 10:21 AM

I agree with previous comments this is excellent. Thanks for sharing!
I haven't done any custom properties myself yet because frankly the task feels a bit daunting.

Arild Henrichsen Nov 29, 2013 02:33 PM

Of the 16 blog posts on World mentioning "dojo", only 2 are from non-EPiServer employees. So either all devs understand the dojo/dijit paradigm perfectly and feel no need to blog about it - OR very few devs have a good grasp of it. Kudos to Anders for deep diving into this.

Martin Pickering Dec 2, 2013 06:16 PM

My deepest and humblest of apologies to Anders for not having said the first time around...

You are a BRAVE, if not fool hardy individual, for trying - well done and thanks ever so much for sharing

:)

Nicklas Ekered Dec 10, 2013 09:02 AM

Nice work!

Although EPiServer should have recognized the potential horror in development time, for example as Joshua mentions it´s really not efficient when it comes to coding simpler things and perhaps more advanced as well!?

Erik Täck Dec 10, 2013 05:08 PM

I will buy a beer (or a non-alcoholic beverage of similar worth) to the person that create a wrapper so one can use a simpler javascript framework to create editor properties, like jquery or vanilla.js instead of this complexity-over-usefulness framework.

Dec 17, 2013 01:47 PM

Kudos for hitting that dojo, bru :)

Matti Mertojoki Dec 18, 2013 12:22 PM

I will buy two more beers to the java wrapper programmer.. These Dojo solutions are just pain in a butt.

Anders Hattestad Jan 13, 2014 12:26 PM

Read this blog if you get the deadlock error..
http://world.episerver.com/Blogs/Anders-Hattestad/Dates/2014/1/Error-Deadlock-risk-detected/

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