Use this widget to display a list or table of links to documents, where each document or file can be downloaded. You can choose documents or files from the already uploaded or upload new.
PREREQUISITES: You uploaded at least one document or file. For more information, see Upload documents and files.
After you have dragged the Documents list widget on your page you must configure it to display documents.
To do this, click Edit button in the upper-right corner of the widget. In the Documents list window that appears, configure the following:
From all libraries All documents that are uploaded and published will be displayed in the list.
Categories... Select categories from which to display documents.
Tags... Select the tags by which to narrow down documents that are displayed.
Date... Select one of the predefined time intervals or choose Custom range… to select a more specific time interval, in which the displayed documents must be created.
NOTE: You can select more than one filter and narrow down results using combinations of filters, for example by both categories and dates.
List settings define how documents are listed by the Documents list widget. Choose one of the following options:
Use paging Sitefinity CMS divides the documents into pages. In the input field, specify how many documents per page to display.
Use limit Sitefinity CMS displays only a limited number of documents. In the input field, specify how many documents to display.
No limit and paging Sitefinity CMS displays all documents that meet the requirements and filters you set in the Content tab.
Sort documents By default, last published documents are listed on top. You can select a different sorting criterion:
List template Select the template you want to use to list documents on the webpage. Select one of the following:
CSS classes Expand More options section to specify CSS file names and apply additional CSS classes to the Documents list widget.
Single item settings define how individual documents are displayed. Choose one of the following options:
Open single item in... Select one of the following options:
Auto-generated page When you click a document, it is displayed in an automatically generated page with the same layout as the list page.
Selected existing page... Select a page from the list of existing pages that has the desired layout. When you click on the document, it is displayed in this specific page.
NOTE: The page on which you want the document displayed, must have a Documents list widget added.
Detail template Select the template you want to use to display document's details on the webpage.
In Advanced settings, you specify individual properties of the widget:
DetailsPageId Gets the ID of the page you selected in the Selected exsting page... option in the Single item settings tab page.
DetailTemplateName Gets the template you selected in the Detail template dropdown menu in the Single item settings tab page.
ListTemplateName Gets the template you chose in the List template dropdown menu in the List settings tab page.
OpenInSamePage Defines whether when you click on a document title to open the detail view in a new window The default value is False.
Model settings display all properties directly bound to the Documents list widget model. Access these properties by clicking the Model button in Advanced settings.
Gets the value you selected in the Simple List settings tab page:
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Gets the option that you chose for libraries in the Content tab page. The possible values you can chose from are:
NOTE: If you leave this property value empty, the default document provider is used.
Gets the option that you chose for documents under Narrow selection by... in the Content tab page. The possible values you can chose from are:
["3f47d0b8-2d22-6e58-888c-ff0000bfc4e0"]
PublicationDate DESC
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