In my template I have a field type of Droplist which maps to a Sitecore folder holding values for the Droplist which in this case is Colours. This is so that an editor cannot make a typo or invent a colour this is not in the pre-defined list.
So that colour is based off a template I call TAGS which has a single field type of 'colour' and here I create a series of items using that template to create the colours for the swatch list.
When I access the main template I duly see the colour values in that Droplist so its working as I would expect it because I can access that fields values:
tileValues.Attributes["class"] += " tile-" + Item.Fields["Tile Colour"].Value.ToLower();
However I have realized its not using the field value of the template but rather the name I have called the item. SO its just a happy mistake that its achieving the result I wanted.
However how would I obtain the actual field value for that item in the end code. I have scenarios where there will be multi lingual editors so we may name the tags as rouge, blanc etc which is what the editor will see on selection in the Droplist but we need the colour value of the field to still say red or white etc
I tried:
Item.Fields["Tile Colour"].Item.Fields["Colour"].Value
But this failed despite the API hint implying its valid.
I hope this makes sense and someone can help me obtain the actual field value and not the items name.
As Sitecore Climber wrote, don't use Droplist field type - it stores item name only and you cannot get the item itself in the code behind.
Use Droplink field type - it stores ID of the item.
Then you can get the item:
Item colourItem = Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(Item["Tile Colour"]);
if (colourItem != null)
{
string colour = colourItem["Colour"];
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I'm trying to make a poll results page with the results from a WFFM form. I initially took all the entered data(using AnalyticsFormsDataProvider), queried it, and then displayed the results. However, if no one votes for a particular answer, it wouldn't be in the entered data so it wouldn't show.
I want to display that the field had 0 votes, so now I'm trying to compare the possible answers to the queried list. However, I can't seem to find a way to access the values of the list items. Does anyone know the class those values are stored in and/or how to access them?
I'm using WFFM 8.1 rev. 151217 (Update-1) with MVC. It's a radio list field if that makes a difference from the other list fields.
Thanks,
You are able to get WFFM field as regular Sitecore item via standard API.
Available list items values are saved in "Parameters" and "Localized Parameters" fields. You can use Sitecore.Form.Core.Utility.ParametersUtil from Sitecore.Forms.Core to parse values saved in these fields.
This data is stored on your Radio List Field's Item in the fields Parameters and Localized Parameters.
If your code is within the Form's SaveAction or a Validator you will have access to the Field in the for AdaptedResultList args the SaveAction or via this.classAttributes["fieldid"] for the Validator. That will be enough for you to get the Radio List Item and then the Parameter fields.
If your code is not in a SaveAction / Validator I recommend passing the Form Item into your code possibly by Datasource and then retrieving the Radio List Item from that.
Finally the Items of the your Radio List field is stored in the format
<item><item>
If your radio items are actually items you will want to parse them using a regex
var regexItems = new Regex(#"<item>(.*?)</item>".ToLower());
var itemNodes = regexItems.Matches(FieldItem["Parameters"].ToLower());
Then you should be free to play with the list for your poll
we have identified an issue/functional requirement that we have a droplist of countries and same goes for title like in below image
but we need that in response email body of send email save action it's Arabic text should be used instead of English value of selected option. Is there a solution or fix ? or we have to go for any customization ?
I don't think there is a way out-of-the-box to use the text instead of value. What you can do is create a custom "Send Email Message", similar to Sitecore.Form.Submit.SendMail and override the FormatMail method.
Create a list of countries items somewhere in the Sitecore Content Tree, and add a field for the text/description of the country. Then in WFFM droplist field, Set Items by: Selecting Sitecore Items and Select Root Item to the folder of the list of countries you created earlier.
You should see the countries in the preview section. Click the drop arrow for the Value and Text fields and then either select Display name or the custom field in your country item that holds the translated values.
The value submitted in form will now be the translated value correct for the language, using the lookup items list.
I want create dropdown with static set of options. In fact it should select string value.
In Umbraco CMS is Dropdown List out of box, what is the same in Sitecore?
You can use Unbound Droplist under custom types field in sitecore. this is same as your Umbraco CMS, and assign static value by pipe separated for example country like India|USA|Canada
Below are the screenshot for more clarification
You can define your string values somewhere in the Sitecore tree as Sitecore items, e.g. put them in /sitecore/content/my-field-values as follow:
- sitecore
- content
- my-field-values
- string-value-1
- other string value
- and another one
and then use Droplist field type and set Source property to /sitecore/content/my-field-values.
Then value of this field will be name of the item, so one of your strings.
E.g. if you select string-value-1 item as the value of your field, both code samples will return string-value-1:
string value1 = item["Field using droplist field type"];
string value2 = item.Fields["Field using droplist field type"].Value;
Sounds like you need a DropLink field.
The selected value will be the guid of the Sitecore item. There is a straight equivalent - DropList this will store the item name rather than the guid.
The DropLink will be easier to work with as you can look up the selected value by id which will persist, rather than the name which could potentially change.
There's some info here on how the Droplink works with the API
Droplinks
I have a use case in which users need to select a field value from a droplist of items. The problem with this is that the droplist needs to be dynamically built on each item (all with the same template) to only show items in a folder that have a field value equal to that of the current item's ID. In case you're already lost, here's an example of the structure:
- sitecore
- content
- Home
- ContentItem1 (with droplist)
- Site Data
- SelectableItem1(ContentItem1 selected in 'itemid' field)
- SelectableItem2(ContentItem1 selected in 'itemid' field)
- SelectableItem3(ContentItem1 not selected in 'itemid' field)
- SelectableItem4(ContentItem1 not selected in 'itemid' field)
- templates
- ContentItem1Template
- Droplist field (source set to below query)
I want my query to assign the ContentItem1's droplist field source dynamically by getting a list of items that have ContentItem1's id as their 'itemid' field's value, but by comparing the field value to that of the ContentItem1 id. I have tried doing this by comparing the field's value to the id token, like so:
query:/sitecore/content/Site Data/*[##itemid#=$id]
No matter what value I try for id ('$id', $id, #id, '#id', ##id, '##id', etc.) it does not want to resolve on the item level. Is there some way to do this so that I can reuse this ContentItem1Template for all of my items that need the same functionality?
If you are using Sitecore 7 then you can use coded field datasources. This will allow you to use any custom logic you like to specify the items which should appear in your lists.
Create a class that implements IDataSource and the ListQuery() method that returns a list of Items as the source of your field. Then set the source of your field to your method with the code: prefix, e.g. code:MyProject.Custom.FieldDataSource,MyProject.Custom
using System;
using Sitecore.Buckets.FieldTypes;
using Sitecore.Data.Items;
namespace MyProject.Custom
{
public class FieldDataSource : IDataSource
{
public Item[] ListQuery(Item item)
{
var root = item.Database.GetItem("/sitecore/content/my-item");
// some other logic to filter your item set
return root.Children.ToArray();
}
}
}
These articles should help you:
Custom Classes as Data Template Field Sources
Having code as your field its datasource
You may need to wrap the ID in single quotes like so:
query:/sitecore/content/#Site Data#/*[#itemid='$id']
That said, this seems like a good fit for using the Sitecore Link Database. Whenever you associate a SelectableItem to a ContentItem, Sitecore will store that relationship in the Link database (as long as you reference it using a field that supports it, such as a DropLink, DropTree, GeneralLink, etc.).
From there, you can use Globals.LinkDatabase.GetReferrers(contentItem) or contentItem.Links.GetValidLinks() to get a list of all referring items to the content item. This is where you can filter down the list by template ID to ensure that you only return SelectableItems.
I would like to be able to store reusable html-formatted text in Sitecore and reference in codebehind for inclusion in a custom user control. What is the best practice for doing this? If a user selects option A, for example, I would reference standard text A in my control. Any examples for how to accomplish this are appreciated. Thanks.
You have a couple options:
Store the text in the Standard Values of the same template that defines your option list. That makes it available on the same item, but standard for all items. Use security to lock down the field if you are worried about it being edited. This could also be accomplished with the new "cloning" feature in 6.4, I believe.
Create a structure outside of your Home element for storing this data. Based on the option selected, find an item in your content tree which corresponds to the selected item, and read the text off of it. You would need to find this item either relative to /sitecore/Content, or relative to your website root if multi-site support is a requirement.
No.2 in pseudo-code:
//get the item where we have the text values
Item textBase = Sitecore.Context.Database.SelectSingleItem(textBasePath);
//find the child w/ the same name as the selected option
Item textItem = textBase.Axes.GetChild(selectedOptionValue);
string value = textItem["text"];
I think I would do something like techphoria414's 2. option:
ie you have your normal "page" templates as per usual, but then you have some fields (multilist, treelist fields), where you put the source pointing to your other items contain the different texts.
then you basically just have to get the items from the current item (with some very quick'n'dirty code/pseudocode):
var CurrentItem = Sitecore.Context.Item;
Sitecore.Data.Fields.MultilistField mlf1 = CurrentItem.Fields["myExternalTexts"];
if(mlf1 != null)
{
foreach (Item itm in mlf1.GetItems())
{
lit += Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControls.FieldRenderer.Render(itm, "richtext");
}
}
You ofc shouldn't just add them to a literal and you should you Sitecore built in Field renderes if using Sitecore 6 or above and it's a Rich text field.
I hope that helps.