Kinda related I m working on a block list item picker BLIP w

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Kinda related I m working on a block list item picker BLIP which allows selecting a block on Node A from a block list property on Node B Stores a ref to the original block so changes to that block s content will be reflected on Node A Value converter ensures the BLIP property value is returned as a block list model for consistency

aultako · Answer

I was thinking about the need for this type of thing just yesterday One hurdle is that we render via partials that match the element alias e g ImageFeature alias calls ImageFeature cshtml from partials and how the BLIP would return the correct partial though I suppose the BLIP partial could then call the correct partial for the linked to content

nathanwoulfe · Answer

I think the latter would work isn t that how the default block list rendering is managed When rendering a blip property models builder will provide a regular block list model so whatever works for blocks will work for blip

nathanwoulfe · Answer

That said I d need to check what the value converter is setting it may just return the block content without settings etc That s only because my initial use case was only reusable content blocks Easy to expand it though to return the full data