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Class DataEditorAttribute

Marks a class that represents a data editor.

Inheritance

System.Object

System.Attribute

Namespace: Umbraco.Core.PropertyEditors

Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

Syntax

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
public sealed class DataEditorAttribute : Attribute, _Attribute

Constructors

DataEditorAttribute(String, String)

Initializes a new instance of the DataEditorAttribute class for a property editor.

Declaration

public DataEditorAttribute(string alias, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	The unique identifier of the editor.
System.String	name	The friendly name of the editor.

DataEditorAttribute(String, String, String)

Initializes a new instance of the DataEditorAttribute class for a property editor.

Declaration

public DataEditorAttribute(string alias, string name, string view)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	The unique identifier of the editor.
System.String	name	The friendly name of the editor.
System.String	view	The view to use to render the editor.

DataEditorAttribute(String, EditorType, String)

Initializes a new instance of the DataEditorAttribute class.

Declaration

public DataEditorAttribute(string alias, EditorType type, string name)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	The unique identifier of the editor.
EditorType	type	The type of the editor.
System.String	name	The friendly name of the editor.

DataEditorAttribute(String, EditorType, String, String)

Initializes a new instance of the DataEditorAttribute class.

Declaration

public DataEditorAttribute(string alias, EditorType type, string name, string view)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	alias	The unique identifier of the editor.
EditorType	type	The type of the editor.
System.String	name	The friendly name of the editor.
System.String	view	The view to use to render the editor.

Remarks

Set view to NullView to explicitly set the view to null.

Otherwise, view cannot be null nor empty.

Fields

NullView

Gets a special value indicating that the view should be null.

Declaration

public const string NullView = "EXPLICITELY-SET-VIEW-TO-NULL-2B5B0B73D3DD47B28DDB84E02C349DFB"

Field Value

Type	Description
System.String

Properties

Alias

Gets the unique alias of the editor.

Declaration

public string Alias { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Group

Gets or sets an optional group.

Declaration

public string Group { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Remarks

The group can be used for example to group the editors by category.

HideLabel

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the editor should be displayed without its label.

Declaration

public bool HideLabel { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Icon

Gets or sets an optional icon.

Declaration

public string Icon { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Remarks

The icon can be used for example when presenting datatypes based upon the editor.

IsDeprecated

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the value editor is deprecated.

Declaration

public bool IsDeprecated { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

A deprecated editor is still supported but not proposed in the UI.

Name

Gets the friendly name of the editor.

Declaration

public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Type

Gets the type of the editor.

Declaration

public EditorType Type { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EditorType

ValueType

Gets or sets the type of the edited value.

Declaration

public string ValueType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Remarks

Must be a valid ValueTypes value.

View

Gets the view to use to render the editor.

Declaration

public string View { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String