Is there any way to disable DisplayOptions for a ContentArea

Kim Medin

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Is there any way to disable all display options for a content area property so that the content is rendered with the pre-defined tag (Automatic).
To clarify, I am not talking about restricting certain display options to a type of content.

A property rendered with @Html.PropertyFor(m => m.CurrentPage.Pages, new { Tag = "Link" }) sets the "Automatic" display option to Link but still enables the editor to switch to another display option.
We simply want to turn off the option to "Display as" for a single content area.

#136924

Sep 18, 2015 11:46

Grzegorz Wiecheć

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Hi,

If you don't set the display options somewhere in your initialization module, then options should not appear in ContentArea.

In Alloy solution there is DisplayRegistryInitialization initialization module. There is a code:

var options = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<DisplayOptions>();
                options
                    .Add("full", "/displayoptions/full", Global.ContentAreaTags.FullWidth, "", "epi-icon__layout--full")
                    .Add("wide", "/displayoptions/wide", Global.ContentAreaTags.TwoThirdsWidth, "", "epi-icon__layout--two-thirds")
                    .Add("narrow", "/displayoptions/narrow", Global.ContentAreaTags.OneThirdWidth, "", "epi-icon__layout--one-third");

I tried to remove this. The Display Options menu dissapeared. Is this what you need?

#136935

Sep 18, 2015 12:52

Kim Medin

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No not really, I still want my display options for most content areas, but disable them for a select few.

In other words, something like this would be best

[DisableDisplayOptions]
public virtual ContentArea Pages { get; set; }

#136966

Sep 18, 2015 14:10

Grzegorz Wiecheć

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The Display Options list is global and used across all ContentAreas.

I prepared a solution for disabling Display Options for specific ContentAreas, but it's few files and need explanation.

First of all you need to turn off Display Options on property in Forms Editing view and in On Page view.

That's why you need to prepare EditorDescriptor.

To turn it off in Forms Editing you need to inherit from original editor and and skip SelectDisplayOption menu command. This one file change.

To change the overlay you need to inherit from original overlay, then in your overlay use custom block overlay. And in block overlay skip SelectDisplayOption menu command.

I used public EPIServer client side API, so those are not hack.

I paste this solution on gist

In few days I'll prepare a blog post about this solving this issue.

#136976

Sep 18, 2015 21:05

David Knipe

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This blog post may contiain the answers you need: http://geta.no/blogg/filtered-display-option-menu-based-on-content-type-in-episerver/

#136980

Sep 18, 2015 23:33

Grzegorz Wiecheć

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Here is my post: https://gregwiechec.com/2015/09/how-to-hide-display-options-for-specific-contentarea/. It a solution for hiding all display options on ContentAreas.

#138470

Sep 22, 2015 13:17

Kim Medin

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Thank you Grzegorz.

I haven't been able to try your solution yet but from what you describe in the comment and blog post it seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

#138485

Sep 22, 2015 15:26