Currently it's set up as a marco but going forward I would prefer to make my content editors job a little easier and demonstrate the affect in the backend.
Hi John (me again!),
Have a look at Document Type Grid Editor. It allows you to assign a document type as a grid editor cell. In your case you could make a document type which has everything you're looking for and it'll pop up in the right hand panel too! There is also a uHangout of a demo using it too.
I hope this help, if this answers your questions please mark it as the answer :)
Unfortunately this wasn't the answer I'm looking for. I want to build my own plugin.
Le Belender offers a solution also but I want complete control and the ability to add things in the future. It also helps my own personal goal in learning new things!
Appreciate your post, I'm sure it will be of great help I'll take a look now. Not sure if I could continue being a web developer if I lost interest in finding out how things work! That's what makes the job enjoyable!
Custom grid property editor with build in properties
Anyone with any advice on creating a grid property editor with multiple properties using the side panel?
The properties I'm looking to group is a media, textarea and text/link.
I'm using the following as a basis.
https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/using-umbraco/backoffice-overview/property-editors/built-in-property-editors-v7/Grid-Layout/build-your-own-editor
Currently it's set up as a marco but going forward I would prefer to make my content editors job a little easier and demonstrate the affect in the backend.
Hi John (me again!),
Have a look at Document Type Grid Editor. It allows you to assign a document type as a grid editor cell. In your case you could make a document type which has everything you're looking for and it'll pop up in the right hand panel too! There is also a uHangout of a demo using it too.
I hope this help, if this answers your questions please mark it as the answer :)
Thanks,
Jamie
Thanks Jamie,
Unfortunately this wasn't the answer I'm looking for. I want to build my own plugin. Le Belender offers a solution also but I want complete control and the ability to add things in the future. It also helps my own personal goal in learning new things!
Ahh, fair enough. Thanks for getting back to me on that. I'm afraid I don't have much experience creating new grid property editors.
Hey John,
I'm all for learning new skills, but this kind of stuff really is why Doc Type Grid Editor was created so you don't have to work all that out ;)
That said, feel free to checkout the source code for Doc Type Grid Editor to see how we did it, specifically the dialog view and controller.
Hope this helps,
Matt
Thanks Matt,
Appreciate your post, I'm sure it will be of great help I'll take a look now. Not sure if I could continue being a web developer if I lost interest in finding out how things work! That's what makes the job enjoyable!
John
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