Selecting content

The following built-in content selector examples show ways to set up content selector properties to create links to other content, such as selecting a page in a page reference property.

Built-in content selectors

public virtual PageReference PageReference { get; set; }

[UIHint(UIHint.Block)]
public virtual ContentReference BlockReference { get; set; }

[UIHint(UIHint.Image)]
public virtual ContentReference ImageReference { get; set; }

[UIHint(UIHint.Video)]
public virtual ContentReference VideoReference { get; set; }

[UIHint(UIHint.MediaFile)]
public virtual ContentReference AnyMediaFileReference { get; set; }

[UIHint(UIHint.BlockFolder)]
public virtual ContentReference BlockFolderReference { get; set; }

[UIHint(UIHint.MediaFolder)]
public virtual ContentReference MediaFolderReference { get; set; }
        

Customizing a selector

The following example, which you can customize, shows how to override the default root of the repository. 

[UIHint("teaserblock")]
public virtual ContentReference TeaserBlockReference { get; set; }

[EditorDescriptorRegistration(TargetType = typeof(ContentReference), UIHint = "teaserblock")]
public class BlockReferenceEditorDescriptor : ContentReferenceEditorDescriptor<TeaserBlock>
{
    public override IEnumerable<ContentReference> Roots
    {
        get
        {
            //Sample to override the default root for the repository.
            //Take the reference from configuration or site initialization and do not hard-code it.
            return new ContentReference[] { new ContentReference(90 ) };
        }
    }
}