Category Archives: Field Types

Setting the Folder in the sitecore TreeList control

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

The TreeList field type allows you to specify many things through the “Source” property as detailed in Sitecore’s documentation (and here). However, one setting that (I feel) is missing is the ability to specify which tree node to start from. … Continue reading →

Posted in Custom Component, Field Types, Sitecore, TreeList | 2 Comments

Dealing with multiple iFrame fields

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

The iFrame field type allows you to create your own GUI for a particular sitecore field. You create a UserControl and reference it with your iFrame field. Good so far! By default, Sitecore will pass some parameters to your UserControl … Continue reading →

Posted in Drexel, Field Types, Sitecore | 1 Comment

Saving data with the iFrame field type

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

Using the iFrame field type to display a custom field editor (.aspx page) in Content Editor is great. It is much simpler than implementing your own custom type. Just set the field type to iFrame and point the source to your own ASPX … Continue reading →

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Populating a Droplist field with field values instead of item names

Posted on April 28, 2010 by

If you use the Droplist field type, you can specify the contents of the list by setting the source property with a sitecore query. The query points to an item whose children are used to populate the list. More specifically, the … Continue reading →

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