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Custom Products module: Create the TaxonomyDropDownField widget

You use the TaxonomyDropDownField widget to display a dropdown list with the available taxonomies when the user is creating a product in the backend. To create the TaxonomyDropDownField widget:

  1. In Visual Studio, navigate to ProductsModule » Web and open the context menu of the Controls folder.
    Click Add » Class.
  2. In the Name input field, enter TaxonomyDropDownField.cs.
  3. Open the TaxonomyDropDownField.cs file and add the following code:
  4. Implement the client component of the widget in the following way:
    1. Navigate to the Web » Controls » Scripts folder.
    2. Open the context menu and click Add » New Item.
    3. Click Visual C# » Web » JScript File.
    4. Name the file TaxonomyDropDownField.js and click Add.
    5. From the context menu of file TaxonomyDropDownField.js, select Properties.
    6. In the Properties pane, set the Build Action property of the file to Embedded Resource.
    7. Open the TaxonomyDropDownField.js file and implement the client component in the following way:

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