How to know that we are in edit mode - Sitefinity - Front- & Back-End Development

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Posted by Community Admin on 29-Nov-2010 00:00

Hi

I whant to show diferent contents in my widget dependig if it is at editing mode or not.
I found a way by finding "Action/Edit" in the RawUrl of the request, but i don't think that's the correct way to do-it and

this.DesignMode // always return false

I'am using the last version of sitefinity released 26 November.

Thanks in advance

Posted by Community Admin on 29-Nov-2010 00:00

Hi Paulo,

Try using IsDesignMode. This is a control extension.

IsDesignMode is extension static method which determines whether the control is in Sitefinity design mode - you are editing a page. There are also

IsPreviewMode- determines whether the control is in Sitefinity preview mode.
IsBackend -determines whether a control instance is in backend.

Sincerely yours,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 29-Nov-2010 00:00

Hi,

I forgot to say that i am in a SimpleView derived class and I cannot find those properties.
I had searched, but didn't found any property related.

thanks.

Posted by Community Admin on 29-Nov-2010 00:00

Hi Paulo,

You can use these extensions in a custom widget. Most probably you do not have some reference added to the class you have created

sample

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI;

namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Samples

public class SimpleViewCustom : SimpleView

protected override void InitializeControls(GenericContainer container)

if (this.IsDesignMode())

protected override string LayoutTemplateName

Best wishes,
Ivan Dimitrov
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 29-Nov-2010 00:00

Thank you,

I am used to clean the unused references... thats why i dind have the extensions.

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