Customizing > Foundation > Contexts

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Area: frontend

Link to article:
https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/customizing/contexts

Branch:
https://github.com/jacksorjacksor/UmbracoDocs/tree/patch-10

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@nielslyngsoe making a list of ten contexts to add (TY!)

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List from Niels

• Current User Context

• Section Context

• Workspace Context

• Property Dataset Contexts (People should mainly use this one when writing property editors, not the workspace or the split view one. This is the only one you can trust always being available from a Property Editor perspective)

• Property Context — The data regarding the specific property

• Modal Context — Available for a Modal, read the parsed data, submit/close and send a value back.

• Entity Context — Holds simple-dataset on the Entity, available for Tree Items or Picked Items, so when not in a Workspace this is where you get some information.

• App Language Context — Knowledge on the Culture of the Application, the dropdown in the top of the Content-Section Sidebar

• Workspace Split View Context — relevant when working with Split View.

• Block Entry Context — Holds the data for a Block, this is available for Block Custom Views. Notice Block

• Custom View Elements - does get most information via Properties assigned, but if you like to do some editing or advanced stuff then this is available.

• UmbParentEntityContext - Get/observe the parent of an entity

• UmbAncestorsEntityContext - Get/observe all ancestors of an entity