I need to know the column span (Area property) at the item level. (Because I'm using utility classes). I'm hacking it by using TempData, but this falls down in the back end (using BlockPreview). Does anyone know how to access the Area a block item is in from within a view that is typed thusly:

@inherits Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Views.UmbracoViewPage<Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Blocks.BlockGridItem<elementClass>>

@Model.Areas

and

@Model.ColumnSpan

should both be accessible in the partial and have much better support in v1.6.0/1.6.1 of BlockPreview. If there's something specific that's still not working please open an issue and I'll investigate!

Hey @rickbutterfield we are in 1.6.1 We have code working in backoffice (e.g.

@Model.ColumnSpan

) and FE but in backoffice the number becomes 0

Is the block item nested within an area?

Yes it is

I've just this second pushed v1.7.1 to NuGet with a fix for this in it, please give it a go and let me know how you get on!