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Thunder: Edit widget templates

After installing Sitefinity CMS Thunder extension, refresh the connection and make sure that the site is running. Then, in Sitefinity CMS Explorer window, all widget templates appear, grouped in areas and ordered alphabetically. There may be widget templates with the same name, but with different markup. 

To open the widget template for editing, perform the following:
  1. Double-click the template.
    The Visual Studio editor opens.
  2. When you open a widget template, the Visual Studio toolbox is automatically populated with two new tabs corresponding to the tabs in Sitefinity CMS – Common Data and Other Data.

    Under each tab you can find the properties that are applicable to the currently opened template, based on its type. If the templates are not associated with any types, the toolbox is empty.

  3. Use drag-and-drop to add properties from the toolbox to the widget template.

    NOTE: You can use IntelliSense to easily find the property you want, when binding your markup.

  4. To open Sitefinity CMS IntelliSense, press CTRL+SPACE, when your cursor is between the following quotes Eval(“”)
  5. Save the template.
    The template is uploaded to your Sitefinity CMS project.

Renaming widget templates

 To rename a widget template, perform the following:
  1. Open Sitefinity CMS Explorer by clicking Telerik » Sitefinity CMS Thunder » Show Sitefinity CMS Explorer.
  2. Open the context menu of the widget template which you want to rename and click Rename.
  3. Enter the new name and press ENTER.

Deleting widget templates

 To delete a widget template, perform the following:
  1. Open Sitefinity CMS Explorer by clicking Telerik » Sitefinity CMS Thunder » Show Sitefinity CMS Explorer.
  2. Open the context menu of the widget template which you want to delete and click Delete.
  3. Confirm the deletion.
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