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uDynamic

Dynamic property editors for Umbraco 7 (BETA)

Features

All property editors can be used as normal Umbraco property editors (without using their dynamic feature)
All property editors allow you to show/hide dinamically any tab and/or property in the backoffice depending on the selected value(s).
Property editors:
- Checkbox list
- SQL Checkbox list
- Dropdown list
- SQL Dropdown list
- Dropdown list multiple
- Dropdown list can be rendered using the Chosen Jquery plugin

Roadmap

Dropdonw list with groups
Create an Umbraco website with some examples

Installation

Install the package through the backoffice like any other Umbraco package.

Configuration

Your can edit the values displayed by the property editors by editing their prevalues.

If you want to hide or show dinamically backoffice tabs and/or properties depending on the which value is selected by the users, then you need to specify it by adding the tab names or properties aliases as follow:

For each value displayed in the property editors you can optionally establish which tab(s) and/or property(ies) should be shown/hidden when this values is selected/checked.
Add the '+' character in front of the name(s) of the tab(s)/property(ies) to be shown
Add the '-' character in front of the name(s) of the tab(s)/property(ies) to be hidden.

When a value is unselected/unchecked then the opposite actions (show/hide) will be performed for the specified tab(s)/property(ies)

IMPORTANT: If you hide tabs or poperties with validations then it may happen that users will not be able to save the content.

Checkbox list example

Checkbox list example 1: Show the 'Consent Form' tab when the checkbox 'Person under 18' is checked, and hide the tab when unchecked.

 Text                               Key               Tabs                                  Properties  Person under 18           under18         +Consent Form

Checkbox list example 2: Show the 'Consent Form' tab when the checkbox 'Person over 18' is unchecked, and hide the tab when checked.

 Text                               Key               Tabs                                  Properties  Person over 18             over18           -Consent Form

See screenshots below.

The previous examples are showing/hidding only one tab, but it could be more than one:

 Text                               Key               Tabs                                  Properties  Value 1                          value1          +Tab1,+Tab2,-Tab3          +Property1,-Property2 Value 2                          value2          -Tab4,-Tab5                       -Property3

Dropdownlist list example:

See screenshots below.

Notes:

If you are looking for to hide backoffice tabs, properties, buttons, ... depending on the content type or the user that is logged in the backoffice, then you might be interested in the 'Backoffice Tweaking' package (http://our.umbraco.org/projects/collaboration/backoffice-tweaking)

Updates

v0.5.3 [2015-04-06]
- Remove properly all files when uninstalling
v0.5.1 [2015-03-21]
- Some bugs fixed

v0.5.0 [2015-03-14]
- SQL Checkbox list
- Dropdown list multiple
- IMPORTANT: Breaking changes in the SQL Dropdown list control.
- The 'TableName' prevalue has been removed.
- The selected value is saved as an array of values instead of a single value (when the multiple setting is ticked)
- Some changes in the WebApi what means you may need to reset your browser cache!