On page editing for ContentArea not working

Hannes Carleson

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I have added a new ContentArea to a page's model.

When the ContentArea is rendered in the view, the on page editing for the area does not work.

I am using PropertyFor.

Does anyone have any similar experiences with newly added ContentAreas not rendering as contentarea in one page editing?

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Jan 13, 2020 12:03

Ravindra S. Rathore

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Hi Hannes,

Can you please add your code here so that we can look at the code because with the PropertyFor it should editable.

And please delete all the other duplicate questions.

#215770

Edited, Jan 13, 2020 13:40

Mattias Olsson

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Are you using a view model? In that case, the view model property name must match the page type property name to support on page editing without extra effort. If you really want a different property name on the view model, you have to create a connection between the view model property and the page type property in your controller:

var editHints = ViewData.GetEditHints<MyViewModelType, MyPageType>();
editHints.AddConnection(vm => vm.CustomContentAreaPropertyName, pageType => pageType.ContentAreaPropertyName);

If you're not using a view model, does the ContentArea property belong to currentPage?

#215771

Edited, Jan 13, 2020 15:27

- Feb 11, 2020 12:35

Yes, that was it. The property name in the viewmodel did not match the model, thanks!