Features

Version 1.2 of the Content By Type WebPart contains a new configuration editor. Instead of trying to squeeze all configuration in the toolpane, I decided to create a popup window. You can launch the editor by clicking the link in the toolpane:

In the screenshot below you can see a screenshot of the editor in action. The webpart is configured to rollup all task in the site collection and display them in a grid.

Configuration of the webpart is done in a number of steps:

1. Datasource options
   In the Datasource options section of the editor, you can select a content type and configure some other options that help to define the search query:
• Include descending
  If you check this box, the webpart will query for all items with a content type matching the selected content type. All items that have a content type that inherits from the selected type are also included in the result set.
• Select a scope
  Limit the scope of your search query to the site of sites you want to query in.
• Select a list
  This is an optional setting that allows you to query for items that are just in a list type of the selected type.
• Just query on filter
  This allows you to only query for items if a filter webparts is connected and it provides a filter values. This is useful when working with large result sets. Click here for more information.
2. Select fields
   You need to select which fields you want displayed in the grid or the calendar. Select one or more fields in the listbox on the left side of the "Select fields to be displayed" section and click "Add".
3. Display options
   The first option to select is the grid type. You can choose for a grid of a calendar. Both options have a number of options that appear when you select a grid. A number of them are discussed here:
• Grid - Show context menu
  Select one of the hyperlink type fields in your content type. If the grid is setup to show that hyperlink as LinkField for one of the selected fields, it will render a content menu for every item. If, for example, you configure the Title field to use "Link to item" as LinkField, and you select "Link to item" as content menu field, the title column will show a context menu for each item:
  
• Paging options
  Click here for more information
• Open in a new window
  Click here for more information
• Using the Calendar
  Click here for more information
4. Selected field options
   After selecting a number of fields to be displayed in your webpart, you can configure a number of options for each field in the "Selected field options" section of the configuration editor.
   Please note: after changing one of the 3 options below, you need to click the "Save field" link. Otherwise your changes will not be saved to the webpart when you click OK.
• Displayname - The displayname of the field that is used as the column header
• LinkField - The values of the items for this field are displayed as a hyperlink. The user is redirected to the url of the field you select as the LinkField.
• Open in new window - A new window will open when the user clicks the hyperlink configured in the previous step. Click here for more information.
• Field order - By using the button "Move Up" and "Move Down", you can re-order the fields in your grid. This changes the column order. The buttons do not require the Save field button to be clicked.