EditorPart Class

Definition

public ref class EditorPart abstract : System::Web::UI::WebControls::WebParts::Part

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(false)]
public abstract class EditorPart : System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.Part

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(false)>]
type EditorPart = class
    inherit Part

Public MustInherit Class EditorPart
Inherits Part

Inheritance

Object

Control

WebControl

Panel

Part

EditorPart

Derived

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.AppearanceEditorPart

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.BehaviorEditorPart

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.LayoutEditorPart

System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PropertyGridEditorPart

Attributes

BindableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates declarative and programmatic use of EditorPart controls. This code example has four parts:

• A user control that enables you to change display modes on a Web Parts page.

• A Web page that contains an EditorZone control, with several of the EditorPart controls from the Web Parts control set declared in the zone, and a reference to a custom WebPart control.

• A class that contains the custom WebPart control, and a custom EditorPart control for editing a property in the WebPart control.

• An explanation of how the example works when you load the page in a browser.

The first part of this code example is the user control that enables users to change display modes on a Web page. For details about display modes and a description of the source code in this control, see Walkthrough: Changing Display Modes on a Web Parts Page.

<%@ control language="C#" classname="DisplayModeMenuCS"%>

<script runat="server">
  
 // Use a field to reference the current WebPartManager.
  WebPartManager _manager;

  void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    Page.InitComplete += new EventHandler(InitComplete);
  }  

  void InitComplete(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
  {
    _manager = WebPartManager.GetCurrentWebPartManager(Page);

    String browseModeName = WebPartManager.BrowseDisplayMode.Name;

    // Fill the dropdown with the names of supported display modes.
    foreach (WebPartDisplayMode mode in _manager.SupportedDisplayModes)
    {
      String modeName = mode.Name;
      // Make sure a mode is enabled before adding it.
      if (mode.IsEnabled(_manager))
      {
        ListItem item = new ListItem(modeName + " Mode", modeName);
        DisplayModeDropdown.Items.Add(item);
      }
    }

  }
 
  // Change the page to the selected display mode.
  void DisplayModeDropdown_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, 
    EventArgs e)
  {
    String selectedMode = DisplayModeDropdown.SelectedValue;

    WebPartDisplayMode mode = _manager.SupportedDisplayModes[selectedMode];
    if (mode != null)
      _manager.DisplayMode = mode;

  }

  void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    DisplayModeDropdown.SelectedValue = _manager.DisplayMode.Name;
  }
  
</script>
<div>
  <asp:DropDownList ID="DisplayModeDropdown" 
    runat="server"  
    AutoPostBack="true" 
    OnSelectedIndexChanged="DisplayModeDropdown_SelectedIndexChanged" />
</div>

<%@ control language="vb" classname="DisplayModeMenuVB"%>

<script runat="server">
  
' Use a field to reference the current WebPartManager.
Dim _manager As WebPartManager


Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) 
    AddHandler Page.InitComplete, AddressOf InitComplete

End Sub 


Sub InitComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) 
    _manager = WebPartManager.GetCurrentWebPartManager(Page)
    
    Dim browseModeName As String = WebPartManager.BrowseDisplayMode.Name
    
    ' Fill the dropdown with the names of supported display modes.
    Dim mode As WebPartDisplayMode
    For Each mode In  _manager.SupportedDisplayModes
        Dim modeName As String = mode.Name
        ' Make sure a mode is enabled before adding it.
        If mode.IsEnabled(_manager) Then
            Dim item As New ListItem(modeName + " Mode", modeName)
            DisplayModeDropdown.Items.Add(item)
        End If
    Next mode

End Sub 
 

' Change the page to the selected display mode.
Sub DisplayModeDropdown_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) 
    Dim selectedMode As String = DisplayModeDropdown.SelectedValue
    
    Dim mode As WebPartDisplayMode = _manager.SupportedDisplayModes(selectedMode)
    If Not (mode Is Nothing) Then
        _manager.DisplayMode = mode
    End If
 
End Sub 


Sub Page_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) 
    DisplayModeDropdown.SelectedValue = _manager.DisplayMode.Name

End Sub 

</script>
<div>
  <asp:DropDownList ID="DisplayModeDropdown" 
    runat="server"  
    AutoPostBack="true" 
    OnSelectedIndexChanged="DisplayModeDropdown_SelectedIndexChanged" />
</div>

The second part of the code example is the Web page. It contains a declarative reference to an EditorZone control, with a child <zonetemplate> element that contains declarative references to two of the Web Parts control set EditorPart controls. The page also references a custom WebPart control, using a Register directive for the assembly, and the <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart> element for the control.

<%@ page language="c#" %>
<%@ register TagPrefix="uc1" 
  TagName="DisplayModeMenu" 
  Src="DisplayModecs.ascx" %>
<%@ register tagprefix="aspSample" 
  Namespace="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" 
  Assembly="TextDisplayWebPartCS" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>
      Text Display WebPart with EditorPart
    </title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <asp:webpartmanager id="WebPartManager1" runat="server" />
      <uc1:DisplayModeMenu ID="DisplayModeMenu1" runat="server" />
      <asp:webpartzone id="zone1" runat="server" 
        CloseVerb-Enabled="false">
        <zonetemplate>
          <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart 
            runat="server"   
            id="textwebpart" 
            title = "Text Content WebPart" />          
        </zonetemplate>
      </asp:webpartzone> 
      <asp:EditorZone ID="EditorZone1" runat="server">
        <ZoneTemplate>
          <asp:AppearanceEditorPart ID="AppearanceEditorPart1" 
            runat="server" />
          <asp:LayoutEditorPart ID="LayoutEditorPart1" 
            runat="server" />
        </ZoneTemplate>      
      </asp:EditorZone>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

<%@ page language="vb" %>
<%@ register TagPrefix="uc1" 
  TagName="DisplayModeMenu" 
  Src="DisplayModevb.ascx" %>
<%@ register tagprefix="aspSample" 
  Namespace="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" 
  Assembly="TextDisplayWebPartVB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>
      Text Display WebPart with EditorPart
    </title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
      <asp:webpartmanager id="WebPartManager1" runat="server" />
      <uc1:DisplayModeMenu ID="DisplayModeMenu1" runat="server" />
      <asp:webpartzone id="zone1" runat="server" 
        CloseVerb-Enabled="false">
        <zonetemplate>
          <aspSample:TextDisplayWebPart 
            runat="server"   
            id="textwebpart" 
            title = "Text Content WebPart" />          
        </zonetemplate>
      </asp:webpartzone> 
      <asp:EditorZone ID="EditorZone1" runat="server">
        <ZoneTemplate>
          <asp:AppearanceEditorPart ID="AppearanceEditorPart1" 
            runat="server" />
          <asp:LayoutEditorPart ID="LayoutEditorPart1" 
            runat="server" />
        </ZoneTemplate>      
      </asp:EditorZone>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

The third part of the code example is a custom WebPart class named TextDisplayWebPart. The class implements the IWebEditable interface. Within this class is a nested, private class that contains the code for a private EditorPart class associated with the TextDisplayWebPart class and named TextDisplayEditorPart. At run time, as the TextDisplayWebPart control enters edit mode, in its TextDisplayWebPart.CreateEditorParts method, it creates an instance of the TextDisplayEditorPart class, and displays it in the EditorZone control, along with the other EditorPart controls.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

namespace Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls
{
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand,
    Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand,
    Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
  public class TextDisplayWebPart : WebPart
  {
    private String _contentText = null;
    private String _fontStyle = null;
    TextBox input;
    Label DisplayContent;
    Literal lineBreak;

    public override EditorPartCollection CreateEditorParts()
    {
      ArrayList editorArray = new ArrayList();
      TextDisplayEditorPart edPart = new TextDisplayEditorPart();
      edPart.ID = this.ID + "_editorPart1";
      editorArray.Add(edPart);
      EditorPartCollection editorParts = 
        new EditorPartCollection(editorArray);
      return editorParts;
    }

    public override object WebBrowsableObject
    {
      get { return this; }
    }

    [Personalizable(), WebBrowsable]
    public String ContentText
    {
      get { return _contentText; }
      set { _contentText = value; }
    }

    [Personalizable(), WebBrowsable()]
    public String FontStyle
    {
      get { return _fontStyle; }
      set { _fontStyle = value; }
    }

    protected override void CreateChildControls()
    {
      Controls.Clear();
      DisplayContent = new Label();
      DisplayContent.BackColor = Color.LightBlue;
      DisplayContent.Text = this.ContentText;
      if (FontStyle == null)
        FontStyle = "None";
      SetFontStyle(DisplayContent, FontStyle);
      this.Controls.Add(DisplayContent);

      lineBreak = new Literal();
      lineBreak.Text = @"<br />";
      Controls.Add(lineBreak);

      input = new TextBox();
      this.Controls.Add(input);
      Button update = new Button();
      update.Text = "Set Label Content";
      update.Click += new EventHandler(this.submit_Click);
      this.Controls.Add(update);
    }

    private void submit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      // Update the label string.
      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(input.Text))
      {
        _contentText = input.Text + @"<br />";
        input.Text = String.Empty;
        DisplayContent.Text = this.ContentText;
      }
    }

    private void SetFontStyle(Label label, String selectedStyle)
    {
      if (selectedStyle == "Bold")
      {
        label.Font.Bold = true;
        label.Font.Italic = false;
        label.Font.Underline = false;
      }
      else if (selectedStyle == "Italic")
      {
        label.Font.Italic = true;
        label.Font.Bold = false;
        label.Font.Underline = false;
      }
      else if (selectedStyle == "Underline")
      {
        label.Font.Underline = true;
        label.Font.Bold = false;
        label.Font.Italic = false;
      }
      else
      {
        label.Font.Bold = false;
        label.Font.Italic = false;
        label.Font.Underline = false;
      }
    }

    // Create a custom EditorPart to edit the WebPart control.
    [AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand,
      Level = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)]
    private class TextDisplayEditorPart : EditorPart
    {
      DropDownList _partContentFontStyle;

      public TextDisplayEditorPart()
      {
        Title = "Font Face";
      }

      public override bool ApplyChanges()
      {
        TextDisplayWebPart part = 
          (TextDisplayWebPart)WebPartToEdit;
        // Update the custom WebPart control with the font style.
        part.FontStyle = PartContentFontStyle.SelectedValue;

        return true;
      }

      public override void SyncChanges()
      {
        TextDisplayWebPart part = 
          (TextDisplayWebPart)WebPartToEdit;
        String currentStyle = part.FontStyle;

        // Select the current font style in the drop-down control.
        foreach (ListItem item in PartContentFontStyle.Items)
        {
          if (item.Value == currentStyle)
          {
            item.Selected = true;
            break;
          }
        }
      }

      protected override void CreateChildControls()
      {
        Controls.Clear();

        // Add a set of font styles to the dropdown list.
        _partContentFontStyle = new DropDownList();
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("Bold");
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("Italic");
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("Underline");
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("None");

        Controls.Add(_partContentFontStyle);
      }

      protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
      {
        writer.Write("<b>Text Content Font Style</b>");
        writer.WriteBreak();
        writer.Write("Select a font style.");
        writer.WriteBreak();
        _partContentFontStyle.RenderControl(writer);
        writer.WriteBreak();
      }

      // Access the drop-down control through a property.
      private DropDownList PartContentFontStyle
      {
        get 
        {
          EnsureChildControls();
          return _partContentFontStyle;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts

Namespace Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls
  <AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, _
    Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
  <AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, _
    Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
  Public Class TextDisplayWebPart
    Inherits WebPart
    Private _contentText As String = Nothing
    Private _fontStyle As String = Nothing
    Private input As TextBox
    Private DisplayContent As Label
    Private lineBreak As Literal

    Public Overrides Function CreateEditorParts() _
                                As EditorPartCollection
      Dim editorArray As New ArrayList()
      Dim edPart as New TextDisplayEditorPart()
      edPart.ID = Me.ID & "_editorPart1"
      editorArray.Add(edPart)
      Dim editorParts As New EditorPartCollection(editorArray)
      Return editorParts

    End Function

    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property WebBrowsableObject() _
                                        As Object
      Get
        Return Me
      End Get
    End Property

    <Personalizable(), WebBrowsable()> _
    Public Property ContentText() As String
      Get
        Return _contentText
      End Get
      Set(ByVal value As String)
        _contentText = Value
      End Set
    End Property

    <Personalizable(), WebBrowsable()> _
    Public Property FontStyle() As String
      Get
        Return _fontStyle
      End Get
      Set(ByVal value As String)
        _fontStyle = Value
      End Set
    End Property

    Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildControls()
      Controls.Clear()
      DisplayContent = New Label()
      DisplayContent.BackColor = Color.LightBlue
      DisplayContent.Text = Me.ContentText
      If FontStyle Is Nothing Then
        FontStyle = "None"
      End If
      SetFontStyle(DisplayContent, FontStyle)
      Me.Controls.Add(DisplayContent)

      lineBreak = New Literal()
      lineBreak.Text = "<br />"
      Controls.Add(lineBreak)

      input = New TextBox()
      Me.Controls.Add(input)
      Dim update As New Button()
      update.Text = "Set Label Content"
      AddHandler update.Click, AddressOf Me.submit_Click
      Me.Controls.Add(update)

    End Sub

    Private Sub submit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
                             ByVal e As EventArgs)
      ' Update the label string.
      If input.Text <> String.Empty Then
        _contentText = input.Text + "<br />"
        input.Text = String.Empty
        DisplayContent.Text = Me.ContentText
      End If

    End Sub

    Private Sub SetFontStyle(ByVal label As Label, _
                             ByVal selectedStyle As String)
      If selectedStyle = "Bold" Then
        label.Font.Bold = True
        label.Font.Italic = False
        label.Font.Underline = False
      ElseIf selectedStyle = "Italic" Then
        label.Font.Italic = True
        label.Font.Bold = False
        label.Font.Underline = False
      ElseIf selectedStyle = "Underline" Then
        label.Font.Underline = True
        label.Font.Bold = False
        label.Font.Italic = False
      Else
        label.Font.Bold = False
        label.Font.Italic = False
        label.Font.Underline = False
      End If

    End Sub

    ' Create a custom EditorPart to edit the WebPart control.
    <AspNetHostingPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, _
      Level:=AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Minimal)> _
    Private Class TextDisplayEditorPart
      Inherits EditorPart
      Private _partContentFontStyle As DropDownList

      Public Sub New()
        Title = "Font Face"
      End Sub

      Public Overrides Function ApplyChanges() As Boolean
        Dim part As TextDisplayWebPart = CType(WebPartToEdit, _
                                               TextDisplayWebPart)
        ' Update the custom WebPart control with the font style.
        part.FontStyle = PartContentFontStyle.SelectedValue

        Return True

      End Function

      Public Overrides Sub SyncChanges()
        Dim part As TextDisplayWebPart = CType(WebPartToEdit, _
                                               TextDisplayWebPart)
        Dim currentStyle As String = part.FontStyle

        ' Select the current font style in the drop-down control.
        Dim item As ListItem
        For Each item In PartContentFontStyle.Items
          If item.Value = currentStyle Then
            item.Selected = True
            Exit For
          End If
        Next item

      End Sub

      Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildControls()
        Controls.Clear()

        ' Add a set of font styles to the dropdown list.
        _partContentFontStyle = New DropDownList()
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("Bold")
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("Italic")
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("Underline")
        _partContentFontStyle.Items.Add("None")

        Controls.Add(_partContentFontStyle)

      End Sub

      Protected Overrides Sub RenderContents(ByVal writer _
                                             As HtmlTextWriter)
        writer.Write("<b>Text Content Font Style</b>")
        writer.WriteBreak()
        writer.Write("Select a font style.")
        writer.WriteBreak()
        _partContentFontStyle.RenderControl(writer)
        writer.WriteBreak()

      End Sub

      ' Access the drop-down control through a property.
      Private ReadOnly Property PartContentFontStyle() As DropDownList
        Get
          EnsureChildControls()
          Return _partContentFontStyle
        End Get
      End Property

    End Class

  End Class

End Namespace

Load the page in a browser, and on the Display Mode control, select Edit Mode to switch to edit mode. Click the verbs menu (the downward arrow) in the title bar of the TextDisplayWebPart control, and click Edit to edit the control. When the editing UI is visible, you can see three EditorPart controls, including the custom one that enables you to edit the TextDisplayWebPart.FontStyle property. If you make some changes in the editing UI and click the Apply button, you can use the drop-down list control to return the page to browse mode and see the full effect of the editing changes.

Remarks

The EditorPart class provides a base set of properties and methods that are used by the derived EditorPart controls provided with the Web Parts control set, and by custom EditorPart controls. An EditorPart control allows a user to edit an associated WebPart control by modifying its layout, appearance, properties, behavior, or other characteristics.

The editing user interface (UI), which consists of EditorZoneBase zones that contain EditorPart controls, is displayed after a Web page enters edit mode.

After a page has entered edit mode, a user can select a WebPart control to edit by clicking an edit verb on the verbs menu of the selected control. Only one WebPart control can be edited at a time.

Several derived EditorPart controls are provided with the Web Parts control set, as listed in the following table. These controls provide all the editing capabilities that are necessary for most applications. The typical approach for using these controls in a Web Parts page is to declare them in page persistence format within a <zonetemplate> element, where <zonetemplate> is the child element of an <asp:editorzone> element. For a code example, see the Example section of this topic.

Notes to Implementers

To create a custom EditorPart control, you must override two important methods. The ApplyChanges() method applies changes made in the editor control to the WebPart control being edited. The SyncChanges() method gets the current values of the WebPart control being edited, so that the editor control can edit them. Using these two critical methods, you get and set values between your custom EditorPart control and the WebPart control it is editing.

If you derive from the EditorPart class to create custom editor controls, you can add your custom controls to an EditorZoneBase zone by implementing the IWebEditable interface in a WebPart control, a user control, or a server control. For more details and a code example, see the IWebEditable class overview. Also, the code example in the Example section demonstrates how to implement IWebEditable in a custom WebPart control.

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Events

Explicit Interface Implementations

Extension Methods

Applies to

See also

• EditorZoneBase
• EditorZone
• IWebEditable
• Web Parts Personalization Overview
• ASP.NET Web Parts Controls