Oh.. very sweet... :D

..better tell my wife it is going to be late tonight.. ;)

/ulrich

I hope your wife is forgiving. ;-)

She is.. ;) .. and this is really, really cool... :D

Great work.. ! :D

Hi Lee,

I'm a bit curious about this:

public Dictionary<string, object> DefaultValues => default;

Do you have any examples of how to set a default value?

EDIT---

Ahh.. that is for config default values.. ;) What I was looking for was a way to set a initial default value from the list... guess i can put in a textfield in the config and just type the value.. ;)

/ulrich

Hi Ulrich, yeah you're correct, those are the default values for the config.

Setting the default value for the property can be done as you said. 👍

Hi Lee,

This is really cool.. ;) .. the sky is the limit.. :D

/ulrich

Hey Ulrich,

Could you share how you managed to set the default value?

I'm trying to set the default value using an enum, but it's not working. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

public class HeroBlockVariantsDataSource : IDataListSource
{
    public Dictionary<string, object> DefaultValues => new Dictionary<string, object>() { { HeroBlockVariants.Large.ToString(), HeroBlockVariants.Large.ToString() } };

    public IEnumerable<ConfigurationField> Fields => Enumerable.Empty<ConfigurationField>();

    public string Group => string.Empty;

    public OverlaySize OverlaySize => OverlaySize.Medium;

    public string Name => "Hero Block Variants";

    public string Description => "Data source for all hero block variants.";

    public string Icon => "icon-tags";

    public IEnumerable<DataListItem> GetItems(Dictionary<string, object> config)
    {
        var blockVariants = Enum.GetValues(typeof(HeroBlockVariants)).Cast<HeroBlockVariants>();

        if (blockVariants?.Any() == true)
        {
            return blockVariants.Select(x => new DataListItem
            {
                Name = x.ToString(),
                Value = x.ToString()
            });
        }

        return Enumerable.Empty<DataListItem>();
    }
}

Hi Sven,

In the context of the IDataListSource class, the DefaultValues are for the configuration Fields of that data-source, not the value of the property (on a content node) itself.

The need for a default value for the Data List itself has come up in discussion a few times. See the thread on package's GitHub repo:

https://github.com/leekelleher/umbraco-contentment/discussions/91

Ultimately it comes around to "how would you set a default value for any property-editor?" Which is either using Content Templates (blueprints) or custom C# code to hook into the Editor Model API, (either EditorModelEventManager.SendingContentModel for v8, or SendingContentNotification for v9).

I hope this helps?

Cheers,
- Lee