The following built-in content selector examples show ways to set up content selector properties to create links to other content, such as selecting a page in a page reference property.
Built-in content selectors
public virtual PageReference PageReference { get; set; }
[UIHint(UIHint.Block)]
public virtual ContentReference BlockReference { get; set; }
[UIHint(UIHint.Image)]
public virtual ContentReference ImageReference { get; set; }
[UIHint(UIHint.Video)]
public virtual ContentReference VideoReference { get; set; }
[UIHint(UIHint.MediaFile)]
public virtual ContentReference AnyMediaFileReference { get; set; }
[UIHint(UIHint.BlockFolder)]
public virtual ContentReference BlockFolderReference { get; set; }
[UIHint(UIHint.MediaFolder)]
public virtual ContentReference MediaFolderReference { get; set; }
Customizing a selector
The following example, which you can customize, shows how to override the default root of the repository.
[UIHint("teaserblock")]
public virtual ContentReference TeaserBlockReference { get; set; }
[EditorDescriptorRegistration(TargetType = typeof(ContentReference), UIHint = "teaserblock")]
public class BlockReferenceEditorDescriptor : ContentReferenceEditorDescriptor<TeaserBlock>
{
public override IEnumerable<ContentReference> Roots
{
get
{
//Sample to override the default root for the repository.
//Take the reference from configuration or site initialization and do not hard-code it.
return new ContentReference[] { new ContentReference(90 ) };
}
}
}
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