https://github.com/skybrud/skybrud.linkpicker
Link picker property editor and grid editor for Umbraco.
https://github.com/skybrud/skybrud.linkpicker
csharp dotnet grid-editor limbo link-picker linkpicker links skybrud umbraco umbraco-package umbraco-v7 umbraco-v8
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Link picker property editor and grid editor for Umbraco.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/skybrud/skybrud.linkpicker
- Owner: skybrud
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-09-08T07:02:44.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: v2/main
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-03T11:40:46.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-01T01:35:31.231Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: csharp, dotnet, grid-editor, limbo, link-picker, linkpicker, links, skybrud, umbraco, umbraco-package, umbraco-v7, umbraco-v8
- Language: C#
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.55 MB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 10
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
Skybrud.LinkPicker
==================
[Looking for the Umbraco 7 version of the package?](https://github.com/skybrud/Skybrud.LinkPicker/tree/dev-v7)
**Skybrud.LinkPicker** is a package for Umbraco 8 that introduces a property editor for adding or editing a single link. Together with [**Skybrud.Umbraco.Elements**](https://github.com/skybrud/Skybrud.Umbraco.Elements) or similar packages, it may also be used to create lists of links.
Skybrud.LinkPicker is a small package that adds a single property editor to Umbraco that can be used for picking a link - either being content, media or a custom URL.
*The destination property shows the link picker editor in use. When clicking to add or edit a link, the editor utilizes Umbraco's build-in link picker overlay.*
## Installation
1. [**NuGet Package**][NuGetPackage]
Install this NuGet package in your Visual Studio project. Makes updating easy.
1. [**ZIP file**][GitHubRelease]
Grab a ZIP file of the latest release; unzip and move the contents to the root directory of your web application.
[NuGetPackage]: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Skybrud.LinkPicker
[UmbracoPackage]: https://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/skybrudlinkpicker/
[GitHubRelease]: https://github.com/skybrud/Skybrud.LinkPicker/releases
## Skybrud.Umbraco.Elements
If you've used the Umbraco 7 version of this package, you may recall that it featured a property editor for managing a list of links rather that a property editor for a single link as in the Umbraco 8.
With the link list property editor, you could add all the links you wanted, but each item in the list would just be a link without the support for any additional properties. As Umbraco 7 matured, and Umbraco 8 came closer, we released this was limiting our capatabilities for building better websites - eg. a link could for instance include extra properties for improving the accessbility of a website, but this wasn't possible with the old link list property editor.
When we're building link lists in Umbraco 8, we're now instead relying on our own [**Skybrud.Umbraco.Elements**](https://github.com/skybrud/Skybrud.Umbraco.Elements) package. The package then allows developers to set up properties and grid elements based on content types and `IPublishedElement`.
In the GIF above, the link item has an additonal property for the link text, but other properties - like an icon - could make sense as well.
To use the link list view provided by this package, you can set the **View** option to `/App_Plugins/Skybrud.LinkPicker/Views/Elements/LinkList.html` when creating your link list data type:
## Umbraco Block List
The new Block List in Umbraco uses the same principles as our Elements editor described above. Ideally this package will also provide a custom view for the Block List in the future, making it more friendly to create and manage a link list with the block list.