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  • Lucas Chasteen 24 posts 92 karma points
    Dec 22, 2015 @ 17:40
    Lucas Chasteen
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    Adding a custom node to core tree

    Hello!

    I'm looking in to adding a custom node to a core tree, in this case a Tags node to the Content tree.

    As I see it, there are a couple of way this can potentially work:

    1: Use the TreeControllerBase.TreeNodesRendering event to run something like this:

    void AddTagsToContentTree(TreeControllerBase sender, TreeNodesRenderingEventArgs e)
    {
        var node = sender.CreateTreeNode("-600", "-1", qs, "Tags", "icon-tag",  false, route);
        e.Nodes.Add(node);
    }
    

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    In this option, I'm able to render the node (and get child nodes to populate) with the first option, but I am completely unable to override any routing, so I am unable to implement any desired logic.

    I would have figured using the newly created node's routePath property would have had some benefit for me, but all I can manage is to get it to route to something custom within /umbraco/views/[etc] by using something like:

        routePath = "backoffice/TagEditor/tags";
    

    2: Add a custom tree housed within the Content application:

        [PluginController("TagEditor")]
        [Tree("content", "tageditor", "Tags", iconClosed: "icon-tag")]
        public class TagEditorTreeController : TreeController
    

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    In the second option, I'm able to route to my desired controllers/views and implement the logic I require but I don't want to add the extra folder layer to the content tree (specifically Home etc under the folder).


    I was hoping I could perhaps mix both methods adding the new node to Content but have it use the routing/behavior of the custom tree controller.

    Does anyone have any insight on this or am I just barking up the wrong tree altogether?

    Edit: I should note that this is slightly related to the following issue on YouTrack, that's hasn't seen much action: U4-6617: v7 Custom Tree Routing is Confusing and Doesn't Allow for Specific URL's

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