Documents list widget

Overview

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:

Select the documents to display

  1. In the Content tab page, choose which documents you want to display. Choose between the following options:
    • From all libraries
      All documents that are uploaded and published will be displayed in the list.

    • From selected libraries only...
      A custom selection of libraries is displayed. To select one or more libraries from which you want to display documents, click the Select button.
    • From currently opened library
      All published documents from the currently opened library will be displayed in the list.
  2. Under Narrow the selection you can further specify which documents or files to display by choosing one of the following:
    • All published documents
      This is selected by default and displays all documents selected in the previous step.
    • Selection of documents...
      You can narrow the displayed documents or files, using categories, tags, and dates. Select one or more of the following:
      • 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

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:

    • Last published
    • Last modified
    • By Title (A-Z)
    • By Title (Z-A)
    • As set in Advanced mode
      To sort the list of documents by property that is not defined in the sort dropdown menu, you must add a new sorting expression in the designer’s Advanced mode. For example, to sort documents using the Extension property of document, navigate to Advanced -> Model and, for SortExpression, add Extension ASC. As a result, in the sort dropdown menu, the As set in Advanced mode option is selected by default.
  • List template
    Select the template you want to use to list documents on the webpage. Select one of the following:

    • DocumentsList
      On the webpage, the documents are displayed in a list with their names, file types, and file sizes. Clicking the document title will open the document's detail view. You can download the files by clicking the Download link.
    • DocumentsTable
      The documents are displayed in a table, containing file names, file types, file sizes, and a Download link. Clicking the document title will open the document's detail view. You can download the files by clicking the Download link.
  • CSS classes
    Expand More options section to specify CSS file names and apply additional CSS classes to the Documents list widget.

Single item settings

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.

  • CSS classes
    Expand More options section to specify CSS file names and apply additional CSS classes to the Documents list widget.

Advanced settings

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

Model settings display all properties directly bound to the Documents list widget model. Access these properties by clicking the Model button in Advanced settings.

Property Description
DetailCssClass  Gets and sets an additional CSS class to the detail view of a document. 
DisplayMode 

Gets the value you selected in the Simple List settings tab page:

  • Paging
    This is the default option.
  • Limit
  • All
FilterExpression  Filters documents based on an additional filter expression. 
ItemsPerPage  Defines the number of documents per page when paging is enabled. The default value is 20
ListCssClass  Gets and sets an additional CSS class to the list view. 
ParentFilterMode 

Gets the option that you chose for libraries in the Content tab page. The possible values you can chose from are:

  • All
    This is the default option.
  • Selected
  • CurrentlyOpen
ProviderName  If you have more than one providers added, you can use a document provider different than the default one. To do this, specify the name of this provider.

NOTE: If you leave this property value empty, the default document provider is used.

SelectionMode 

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:

  • AllItems
    This is the default option.
  • FilteredItems
SerializedAdditionalFilters  In case documents are filtered based on a date, tags, or categories, the IDs of the selected filter criteria are serialized and populated in that field.
SerializedSelectedItemsIds  In case documents are specifically selected, the IDs of the selected documents are serialized and populated in that field.
For example: ["3f47d0b8-2d22-6e58-888c-ff0000bfc4e0"] 
SerializedSelectedParentsIds  In case documents libraries are specifically selected, the IDs of the selected libraries are serialized and populated in that field.
For example: ["3f47d0b8-2d22-6e58-888c-ff0000bfc4e0"] 
SortExpression  Adds additional sorting expression for the documents. The default value is PublicationDate DESC
UrlKeyPrefix  Gets or sets the URL key prefix. Used when building or evaluating URLs for paging and filtering. 

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