Thanks for that angular workbook! I have been looking for something similar to get me going on Umbraco 7!

For Umbraco 6 (and below) solutions however - do you have any recommendations around a multi-content picker macro parameter?

Hi Joseph

You're very welcome :)

Hmm, I don't know other information about how to do it in older versions than what Richard writes about here http://www.richardsoeteman.net/2010/01/04/CreateACustomMacroParameterType.aspx - But be aware that this is very old information since the post is from 2010 and A LOT has happened since.

I can imagine that the methods etc. displayed in there are deprecated / obsolete - But perhaps there a newer methods etc. available, which can make you achieve the same.

Hope this helps.

/Jan

Hi Joseph,

For Umbraco 6, you could try to see the documentation, http://our.umbraco.org/Documentation/Extending-Umbraco/Macro-Parameter-Editors/ and this old post from Richard Soeteman http://www.richardsoeteman.net/2010/01/04/CreateACustomMacroParameterType.aspx

Hope this helps,

/Dennis

Thanks all!

Hello

I've made a start on trying to get this to work on Umbraco 7. Here's what I've done so far:

1. Tracked down the html file that's related to the MNTP (found it here: \umbraco\views\propertyeditors\contentpicker\contentpicker.html)
2. Tracked down the related Javascript (I extracted contentPickerController from \umbraco\Js\umbraco.controllers.js)

3. Added these to my manifest in App_Plugins as follows:

   {
       alias: "ContentPickerDataType",
       name: "Multi Content Picker",
       isParameterEditor: true,
       editor: {
           view: "~/App_Plugins/MacroDataTypes/contentpicker.html"
       }
   

   }

and

javascript: [
    ...
    "~/App_Plugins/MacroDataTypes/contentpicker.controller.js"
]

where contentpicker.html and contentpicker.controller.js are extracted from (1) and (2).

The good news is that this doesn't seem to have broken anything and indeed, it appears correctly now as a macro parameter when added to my macros. It doesn't actually work however - I get a whole bunch of JS errors in the console so something's not set up correctly or potentially something is missing.

Am I on the right track here?

Hi Joseph

Have you set the "Debug" attribute in your web.config file to true? If not do that and the make sure to clear your browser cache and then recycle the app pool and then you should be good to go. If not then please post the errors from the browser console log.

Cheers, Jan

Debug attribute, etc are all set. Here's the error:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'multiPicker' of null
    at new contentPickerController (http://localhost:7180/App_Plugins/MacroDataTypes/contentpicker.controller.js:63:59)
    at d (http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:28:304)
    at Object.instantiate (http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:28:434)
    at http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:53:326
    at http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:44:274
    at n (http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:7:74)
    at k (http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:44:139)
    at e (http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:40:139)
    at http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:39:205
    at http://localhost:7180/umbraco/lib/angular/1.1.5/angular.min.js:158:18

It looks like something's not initialised properly?

Hi Joseph

What does the content of your view look like?

/Jan

Exactly the same as shipped with Umbraco:

<div ng-controller="Umbraco.PropertyEditors.ContentPickerController" class="umb-editor umb-contentpicker">

    <ng-form name="contentPickerForm">

        <ul class="unstyled list-icons" 
            ui-sortable
            ng-model="renderModel">

            <li ng-repeat="node in renderModel">

                <i class="icon icon-navigation handle"></i>

                <a href="#" prevent-default ng-click="remove($index)">
                    <i class="icon icon-delete red hover-show"></i>
                    <i class="{{node.icon}} hover-hide"></i> 
                    {{node.name}}
                </a>
                <div ng-if="!dialogEditor && model.config.showEditButton">
                    <small><a href umb-launch-mini-editor="node">Edit</a></small>
                </div>
            </li>
        </ul>

        <ul class="unstyled list-icons" ng-show="model.config.multiPicker === true || renderModel.length === 0">
            <li>
                <i class="icon icon-add blue"></i>
                <a href="#" ng-click="openContentPicker()" prevent-default>
                    <localize key="general_add">Add</localize>
                </a>
            </li>
        </ul>

        <!--These are here because we need ng-form fields to validate against-->
        <input type="hidden" name="minCount" ng-model="renderModel" />
        <input type="hidden" name="maxCount" ng-model="renderModel" />

        <div class="help-inline" val-msg-for="minCount" val-toggle-msg="minCount">
            You need to add at least {{model.config.minNumber}} items
        </div>

        <div class="help-inline" val-msg-for="maxCount" val-toggle-msg="maxCount">
            You can only have {{model.config.maxNumber}} items selected
        </div>


    </ng-form>
</div>

Hi,

I'm just looking for the solution to pick up several ContentNodes as Macro Parameter and found these posts here.

Is there any progress? I don't understand why this basic functionality isn't implemented in the core. As far as I know, it was possible in V6.

Anyway, if anyone has a solution for this, could she / he provide a package?
Is there anything I can do to support this issue?

Best regards -

Tom

Hi there, found a solution.

This code here works:

https://gist.github.com/westfall/22dc3fe56a27f816ba0b/download#

In my partial view, I call:

<p>@Model.MacroParameters["Links"].ToString()</p>

And I get sort of this:

[{id:nodeId, name:nodeName}, ....]

If a package is needed, let me know.

Great find Thomas!

Hi Thomas. I get the picker to work 75%. I can pick items and retrieve them from code. But when I edit the macro it doesn't seem to render the picks, and it gives a blank list every time. Do you get the same?

With me it works. But I know that the umbraco backend has a very hard caching. Tried it in another browser?

Can't get it to work here. Instead I continued down Josephs track by extracting code from \umbraco\views\propertyeditors\contentpicker\contentpicker.html and \umbraco\Js\umbraco.controllers.js.

I moved more of the properties into the defaultConfig property, when I got the same error as Joseph mentioned. I also removed all validation regarding minNumber and maxNumber because it caused some errors and I do not need it.

My source code can be found here https://db.tt/v5bbQXsF (Still needs more testing)

Can be used from the view like this (would not do it like this, but you get the idea)

@{
    var contentIds = Model.MacroParameters["macroParameterAlias"] as string;
    var contentIdList = contentIds != null ? contentIds.Split(',').Select(int.Parse) : new int[0];
    var contentList = contentIdList.Select(id => Umbraco.TypedContent(id)).Where(c => c != null);
}

<ul>
    @foreach (var content in contentList)
    {
        <li><a href="@content.Url">@content.Name</a></li>
    }
</ul>

Howdy!

I've just run into this issue as well. Did anyone ever find a lasting solution? The above mentioned doesn't seem to work for me on v7.4.1.

Also - any clue as to why this isn't included in the core? Seems like a pretty common usecase.

Hi all,

I'm having exactly the same problem. I cannot reiterate how much this SHOULD BE IN THE CORE!

For me, the solution Thomas provides above doesn't seem to reload the values either when I edit.

Anyone made any progress at all with this?

Same problem in v 7.5.2 :(

I had the same problem in 7.5.2 if its MANDATORY.

:/

Hi Tommy Enger,

Thanks for the reply.

Its working now but i didn't change any code. Just unchecked the mandatory option. saved. tested and its ok. marked again as mandatory and works. can't reproduce the bug. :(

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