Render block name

Johan Petersson

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Hi,

Is there a nice way to render a block name? I've tried most combinations like:

<%= CurrentBlock["Name"] %>
<%= CurrentBlock["BlockName"] %>
<%= CurrentBlock["ContentName"] %>

The only way that seems to work is:

<%= CurrentBlock.Property[0] %>

#77037

Nov 06, 2013 23:00

Per Magne Skuseth

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maybe not so nice, but you could do this:

((IContent)currentBlock).Name

#77039

Nov 07, 2013 7:45

Johan Petersson

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Well, better than my approach. Thanks,

Shouldn't Name be a property on BlockData?

#77090

Nov 07, 2013 22:29

Johan Björnfot

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The reason Name is not a property on BlockData is that Name is part of interface IContent. Blocks are a special building block which can both be used as properties on pages (often referred to as local blocks) in that case the block will not implement IContent. However blocks can also be created as own entititys (often referred to as shared blocks), in that case at runtime a subclass to the block type is created, this new subclass will implement IContent (and hence a shared block instance have a Name while a local block doesn't). More info is here http://world.episerver.com/Blogs/Johan-Bjornfot/Dates1/2012/11/Shared-blocks--IContent/

#77101

Nov 08, 2013 11:48

Johan Petersson

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Thanks for the update Johan. Makes sense!

#77115

Nov 08, 2013 18:50