Configuring editors for your properties

Mari Jørgensen

Vote:

In EPiServer 7, you can configure custom editors for your properties, ref:
http://world.episerver.com/Blogs/Linus-Ekstrom/Dates/2012/9/EPiServer-7-Configuring-editors-for-your-properties/

But what if the drop down list items depends on property settings data?
I'm basically looking for a way to get the settings object (and still use the new ui), similar to this:

var settings = PropertyData.GetSetting(typeof(TagSelectorSettings)) as TagSelectorSettings;

I assume this can be fetched from the EditorDescriptor class or the meta data object, but I haven't found a method to use.

Anyone?

#65183

Jan 22, 2013 17:31

linuse

Vote:

You can try casting the model to a PropertyData object. This is an extract of how we set up the Tiny MCE editor:

public override void ModifyMetadata(EPiServer.Shell.ObjectEditing.ExtendedMetadata metadata, IEnumerable<Attribute> attributes)
        {
            base.ModifyMetadata(metadata, attributes);

            //Grab property data
            var propertyData = metadata.Model as PropertyData;

if(propertyData == null)
{return;}//Always check for null after "as" statement

            //Load settings
            TinyMCESettings propertySettings = (TinyMCESettings)propertyData.GetSetting(typeof(TinyMCESettings));

#65188

Jan 22, 2013 20:30

Vote:

Thanks, Linus! I'll try that. :)

#65282

Jan 24, 2013 15:00