I am creating a custom item editor, and am using the following blog post as a reference for responding to the "save" event in the Content Editor, so that I do not need to create a second, confusing Save button for my users.
http://www.markvanaalst.com/sitecore/creating-a-item-editor/
I am able to save my values to the item, but the values in the normal Content tab are also being saved, overriding my values. I have confirmed this via Firebug. Is there a way to prevent this, or to ensure my save is always after the default save?
I have this in as a support ticket and on SDN as well, but wondering what the SO community can come up with.
Thanks!
Took a shot at an iframe-based solution, which uses an IFrame field to read and save the values being entered in my item editor. It needs to be cleaned up a bit, and feels like an interface hack, but it seems to be working at the moment.
In my item editor:
jQuery(function () {
var parentScForm = window.parent.scForm;
parentScForm.myItemEditor = window;
});
function myGetValue(field) {
var values = [];
jQuery('#myForm input[#name="' + field + '"]:checked').each(function () {
values.push(jQuery(this).val());
});
var value = values.join('|');
return value;
}
In my Iframe field:
function scGetFrameValue() {
var parentScForm = window.parent.scForm;
if (typeof (parentScForm.myItemEditor) != "undefined") {
if (typeof (parentScForm.myItemEditor.myGetValue) != "undefined") {
return parentScForm.myItemEditor.myGetValue("myLists");
}
}
return null;
}
In theory, I could have multiple fields on the item which are "delegated" to the item editor in this way -- working with the content editor save rather than trying to fight against it. I'm a little uneasy about "hitchhiking" onto the scForm to communicate between my pages -- might consult with our resident Javascript hacker on a better method.
Any comments on the solution?
EDIT: Blogged more about this solution
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I have multiple File Browser Item fields on one page of Application in Oracle Apex.
What happens: When I miss any Item for which validation error fires, I want to hold that file to the browser but I usually loose it if I get that validation error. Is there a solution for the same like other Items fields hold previous value except File Browser Item field. Please see below ss:
Anshul,
APEX 4.2 is very old and no longer supported. A later (or preferably latest) version of APEX will behave differently as Dan explained above.
Can you import your application into apex.oracle.com (which is running APEX 20.1) and you will probably see better results. Based on this you can hopefully use it as justification to upgrade your environment.
Regards,
David
Go to your page-level attributes and a function like the following in the Function and Global Variable Declaration:
function validateItems(request) {
var $file1 = $('#P68_FILE_1');
var $file2 = $('#P68_FILE_2');
var errorsFound = false;
if ($file1.val() === '') {
errorsFound = true;
// Show item in error state
}
if ($file2.val() === '') {
errorsFound = true;
// Show item in error state
}
if (!errorsFound) {
// I think doSubmit was the name of the function back then. If not, try apex.submit
doSubmit(request);
} else {
// Show error message at top of page, I'll use a generic alert for now
alert('You must select a file for each file selector.');
}
}
Then, right-click the Create button and select Create a Dynamic Action. Set the name of the Dynamic Action to Create button clicked.
For the Action, set Type to Execute JavaScript Code. Enter the following JS in code:
validateItems('CREATE');
Finally, ensure that Fire on Initialization is disabled.
Repeat the process for the Save button, but change the request value passed to validateItems to SAVE.
I'm using polymer 1.0.
I'm trying to open a with on a clic on an element created dynamically with template repeat.
Here is the code :
<paper-button
data-dialog="modal"
on-click="dialogClick">
Click
</paper-button>
and the script (from doc) :
dialogClick: function(e) {
var button = e.target;
while (!button.hasAttribute('data-dialog') && button !== document.body) {
button = button.parentElement;
}
if (!button.hasAttribute('data-dialog')) {
return;
}
var id = button.getAttribute('data-dialog');
var dialog = document.getElementById(id);
alert(dialog);
if (dialog) {
dialog.open();
}
}
This work only if the value of data-dialog is simple text. If I want to change it by data-dialog="{{item.dialogName}}" for instance, it doesn't work. It is not found by the while loop and exit with the if. in the source code of the page, there is no data-dialog in the paper-button.
Any idea ?
I've ran into a similar problem when using data attributes on custom elements. You might want to subscribe to this polymer issue.
As a workaround, place the data attribute in a standard element that is a parent of the button and search for that one instead.
Also, you might want to consider using var button = Polymer.dom(e).localTarget instead of directly accessing e.target, since the later will give you an element deeper in the dom tree under shady dom.
My terminology might be slightly off as I am new to Sitecore mvc. I am trying to hardcode a view rendering with a hard coded datasource (I have to do it this way for other requirements) This view rendering has placeholders that are dynamically set and then personalized.
How can I trigger the ViewRendering on an item?
I've tried ItemRendering, but it doesn't seem to be picking up the stuff set up in the PageEditor.
* To be clear, the helpful posts below have the rendering working, but we do not seem to be getting the personalized datasources. *
I believe this is what you're after:
Item item = /* think you already have this */;
// Setup
var rendering = new Sitecore.Mvc.Presentation.Rendering {
RenderingType = "Item",
Renderer = new Sitecore.Mvc.Presentation.ItemRenderer.ItemRenderer {
Item = item
}
};
rendering["DataSource"] = item.ID.ToString();
// Execution
var writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
var args = new Sitecore.Mvc.Pipelines.Response.RenderRendering(rendering, writer);
Sitecore.Mvc.Pipelines.PipelineService.Get().RunPipeline("mvc.renderRendering", args);
// Your result:
var html = writer.ToString();
You can statically bind a View Rendering using the Rendering() method of the Sitecore HTML Helper. This also works for Controller Renderings using the same method.
#Html.Sitecore().Rendering("<rendering item id>")
This method accepts an anonymous object for passing in parameters, such as the Datasource and caching options.
#Html.Sitecore().Rendering("<rendering item id>", new { DataSource = "<datasource item id>", Cacheable = true, Cache_VaryByData = true })
In your view rendering, I am assuming you have a placeholder defined along with the appropriate placeholder settings in Sitecore (If not, feel free to comment with more detail and I will update my answer).
#Html.Sitecore().Placeholder("my-placeholder")
In this case, "my-placeholder" will be handled like any other placeholder, so you will be able to add and personalize components within it from the Page Editor.
We've been trying to "componentize" our Sitecore solution as we move forward, in prep for transitioning to Page Editor usage (Woot! Finally!), but we're still practically working primarily with Page templates that may be inheritance-based composites of page specific fields, plus 1:many of these componentized templates. An example of how this looks in our solution is below -- Banner Feature Carousel and Featured Cartoon are some of these new components we're creating:
In the interest of trying to move away from using Sitecore.Context.Item (as I was recently reminded by this post) I've started filling in the Datasource template field on the sublayouts for the new components, and it seems like I've got the appropriate connections made between presentation details, the Sitecore sublayout and the .NET code file (as far as I can tell; again, we're newer to working this way).
I've also tried setting up a base class for these components as per this post by Nick Allen, but here's where I'm running into a problem: When I execute my code, this base class is finding the component Sublayout appropriately (the whole "this.Parent as Sublayout" thing) but, when I go to interrogate the Sublayout.Datasource property, it's an empty string. Here's my code (so far) for this base class:
public class ComponentBase : System.Web.UI.UserControl
{
private Sublayout Sublayout { get { return Parent as Sublayout; } }
public Item DataSourceItem
{
get
{
return Sublayout != null && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(Sublayout.DataSource) ?
Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(Sublayout.DataSource) : Sitecore.Context.Item;
}
}
}
I'm apparently missing some interplay between the Datasource Template field in the Sitecore sublayout, and how that actually translates to a datasource. Is it because these component templates are being used to compose Page templates? I was thinking that the datasource would just ultimately resolve to the Page template on which the component in question was currently being used, but perhaps that's my misunderstanding.
If anyone could give me any hints of things to check or point me to any resources I might use to get further, I'd appreciate it. I've done quite a bit of asking the Googs, myself, but am just not getting anything that's helping.
Thank you in advance, Sitecore friends!
It looks like you have configured the allowed templates for your sublayout in the steps you describe above. This basically tells Sitecore; 'allow user to select items based on these templates for this sublayout'. This alone does not set up the data source on items using the sublayout. You still need to go into the presentation details for any items using this sublayout, select the sublayout and then set its datasource property (within the content editor go to Presentation > Details > [Sublayout] > Data Source).
My answer to this question gives the source code needed to retrieve the datasource item and to iterate through the sitecore controls on your sublayout setting all of their Item propertys.
Here is the code:
public class SublayoutBase : UserControl
{
private Item _dataSource;
public Item DataSource
{
get
{
if (_dataSource == null)
{
if (Parent is Sublayout)
{
_dataSource =
Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem(((Sublayout)Parent).DataSource);
}
if (_dataSource == null)
{
_dataSource = Sitecore.Context.Item;
}
}
return _dataSource;
}
}
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
foreach (Control c in Controls)
{
SetFieldRenderers(DataSource, c);
}
base.OnLoad(e);
}
private void SetFieldRenderers(Item item, Control control)
{
if (item != null)
{
var ctrl = control as Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControl;
if (ctrl != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(ctrl.DataSource))
{
//don't set the source item if the DataSource has already been set.
return;
}
if (control is FieldRenderer)
{
var fr = (FieldRenderer)control;
fr.Item = item;
}
else if (control is Image)
{
var img = (Image)control;
img.Item = item;
}
else if (control is Link)
{
var link = (Link)control;
link.Item = item;
}
else if (control is Text)
{
var text = (Text)control;
text.Item = item;
}
else
{
foreach (Control childControl in control.Controls)
{
SetFieldRenderers(item, childControl);
}
}
}
}
}
When you start using sublayouts on which you will set your datasource try to use the marketplace "Sublayout Parameter Helper". When you use the class they provide as base class and have set everything up right in your Sitecore Environment you will find yourself having a "this.DatasourceItem" -> which will contain your datasource Item, or the context Item if none is given.
http://marketplace.sitecore.net/en/Modules/Sub_Layout_Parameter_Helper.aspx
To find out more on how datasource works, try searching on http://sdn.sitecore.net. There is alot of documentation available that should get you in the right direction. Generally it will be enough to just add a datasource in the sublayout that you can access in your sublayout.
When you read a datasource from a sublayout all it will do is check if the datasource field on that sublayout is filled and will return you information regarding this datasource. So when you add a new component to a page using the page editor (for example a sublayout for a news article) and you have a datasource template defined and filled in during adding this components, you will see that when you check the presentation details on that page a sublyaout with a datasource has been added. The datasource will point to a folder in which you will find an item based on the datasource template you specified on your sublayout. You should also double check this, cause if no datasource is present on the added sublayout it will be obvious you can't access it from your code.
If you are using Sitecore 7 update 1 you can actually now use the attributes. From the Release Notes:
To make it easier to get the data source for a sublayout from
code-behind, the data source is now transferred to the sublayout
control in a "sc_datasource" attribute. (320768)
To get the data source from code, simply refer to
this.Attributes["sc_datasource"];
When you insert a flash object into the CKeditor the editor window will show this symbol:
I was wondering. Is it possible to do something similar when users inserts this tag into the editor (using regex {formbuilder=(\d+)}/ ):
{formbuilder=2}
If so, could someone please explain how to? :)
UPDATE:
I've been looking at the PageBreak plugin to try and understand what the hell is going on. The big difference between this plugin and mine is the way the HTML is inserted into the editor.
CKEDITOR.plugins.add('formbuilder',
{
init: function(editor)
{
var pluginName = 'formbuilder';
var windowObjectReference = null;
editor.ui.addButton('Formbuilder',
{
label : editor.lang.common.form,
command: pluginName,
icon: 'http://' + top.location.host + '/publish/ckeditor/images/formbuilder.png',
click: function (editor)
{
if (windowObjectReference == null || windowObjectReference.closed){
var siteid = $('#siteid').val();
windowObjectReference = window.open('/publish/formbuilder/index.php?siteid='+siteid,'Formbuilder','scrollbars=0,width=974,height=650');
} else {
windowObjectReference.focus();
}
}
});
}
});
As you can see, my plugin opens a new window and the tag is inserted with:
function InsertForm(form_id)
{
// Get the editor instance that we want to interact with.
var oEditor = CKEDITOR.instances.page_content;
// Check the active editing mode.
if ( oEditor.mode == 'wysiwyg' )
{
// Insert the desired HTML.
oEditor.insertHtml( '{formbuilder='+form_id+'}' );
}
else
alert( 'You must be on WYSIWYG mode!' );
}
The PageBreak plugin does everything when you click on the toolbar icon. This makes it possible to make the fakeImage inside the plugin file. For me on ther other hand, I don't see how this is possible :\
I'm looking to solve a similar issue, except that all my stuff looks like XML. So like, <cms:include page="whatever" />. In your case, you would be able to copy the placeholder plugin and change the placeholder regex to match your tags. In my case, looks like I'll be modifying the iframe plugin or something, and hopefully figuring out how to add each of my tags as self-closing...