#UMBRACO DATA TYPE GRID FULL#

In my first v8 days, I was trying to fit Nested Content into what I needed, but often fell short on the single layer of components. This could be controlling whether or not the section should gain more focus on the page, through negative space or color, or more advanced stuff like preventing anonymous users from seeing the section. And I had the ability to add some settings to each division. On top of that, grid let me divide these components into sections, and columns when needed. component you would place in a flow of a page. I have always liked the component based approach, where you would have ie.

#UMBRACO DATA TYPE GRID FULL#

I have never been a fan of the full blown grid experience, where the editor has to choose from a heap of column sizes, and then mix and match headlines, photos, textareas etc. I had grown pretty dependent on the possibility to build page content using a collection of different block / component / widget / you-name-it types. In this article I will show you how you can make your own Block List based grid editor.īack in the days, when v8 first arrived, I was reluctant to start using it, because Doc Type Grid Editor was not ported. At first sight, the first block based editor, Block List, looks just like a beefed up version of Nested Content.

With the introduction of block based editors, you can now easily tailor the editor experience towards the usecase. September 10th 2020 marked the date where Umbraco revolutionised how easy custom complex property editors are made. Building a Grid-like page builder with Block Lists

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