I have been using Umbraco almost a year now and wanted to throw out an idea and see if it is already possible to do within Umbraco or not.
When I am defining data types, is there any way that you can specify that the user can have 'multiple' or a list of a single field? For example, if I wanted to have a text field called "title" and wanted the content editors to have the ability to add/remove/re-order those entries?
The thing that appealed to me most about Umbraco is its close resemblance to HannonHill's Cascade Server, which has this capability. When defining a data field, it essential just gets set with a checkbox to mark it "Can have multiple". What would be really nice is if we could define a container of related fields and create multiples of those for easy iteration in XSL.
Does anyone know if this is currently possible with the latest versions (or any)? If not, how can I either contribute on getting the ball rolling for this?
Checkbox List - Create a new data type and select "Checkbox list" as the property editor. The choices are specified in the Prevalue field. Enter an item as a prevalue and click the save icon. Each time you save you can create the next item.
"Dropdown list Multiple" - works the same way as Checkbox List.
"Ultimate Picker" - reads the choices from the child nodes of a parent node. Create a new data type and select Ultimate Picker as the property editor. Lots of flexibility with this handy data type.
Multiple instances of a DataType per DocType
Hello community!
I have been using Umbraco almost a year now and wanted to throw out an idea and see if it is already possible to do within Umbraco or not.
When I am defining data types, is there any way that you can specify that the user can have 'multiple' or a list of a single field? For example, if I wanted to have a text field called "title" and wanted the content editors to have the ability to add/remove/re-order those entries?
The thing that appealed to me most about Umbraco is its close resemblance to HannonHill's Cascade Server, which has this capability. When defining a data field, it essential just gets set with a checkbox to mark it "Can have multiple". What would be really nice is if we could define a container of related fields and create multiples of those for easy iteration in XSL.
Does anyone know if this is currently possible with the latest versions (or any)? If not, how can I either contribute on getting the ball rolling for this?
Hi Thomas,
Have a look at these data types:
Checkbox List - Create a new data type and select "Checkbox list" as the property editor.
The choices are specified in the Prevalue field. Enter an item as a prevalue and click the save icon. Each time you save you can create the next item.
"Dropdown list Multiple" - works the same way as Checkbox List.
"Ultimate Picker" - reads the choices from the child nodes of a parent node. Create a new data type and select Ultimate Picker as the property editor. Lots of flexibility with this handy data type.
Hope that helps,
David
Hello,
Maybe these pacakges can help:
Embedded Content
MultiType DataType
Widget Builder
Jeroen
Thanks for the replies guys--I think the MultiType DataType is exactly what I am looking for!
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