User selector

This article demonstrates how to add a User selector in a widget's designer view. For more information about users in Sitefinity CMS, see Overview: Users

PREREQUISITES: To use the selector, must have at least one user created. For more information, see Administration: Create and delete users.

To add a User selector, in your DesignerView.YourView.cshtml file, place one of the following tags anywhere in the HTML code:

Single item selection:

Multiple items selection:

The values of the attributes are scope properties that you define in the MVC widget controller.

Attribute Description
sf-selected-item-id Single select only. Stores the ID of the selected item. 
sf-selected-item  Single select only. Stores the serialized information of the selected item.
sf-selected-ids Multi select only. Stores the IDs of the selected items. 
sf-selected-items Multi select only. Stores the serialized information of the selected items. 
sf-provider Configures the provider to use when retrieving the items to display.


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