dictionaryitem.md

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Represents a Dictionary Item. A Dictionary Item is what you see in the Translation / Dictionary tree.

DictionaryItem

Represents a Dictionary Item. A Dictionary Item is what you see in the Translation / Dictionary tree.

• Namespace: Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models
• Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples in this document will require references to the following dll:

• Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples in this document will require the following using statement:

using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models;

Constructors

new DictionaryItem(string itemKey)

Constructor for creating a new DictionaryItem object where the necessary parameter is the key of the DictionaryItem as a string.

new DictionaryItem(Guid? parentId, string itemKey)

Constructor for creating a new DictionaryItem object where the necessary parameters are the parentKey as Guid and the key of the DictionaryItem as a string. Use this one if you want to create a DictionaryItem underneath another one.

Properties

.ItemKey

Gets or sets the Key for the Dictionary Item.

// Create a DictionaryItem and return the key
var dictionaryItem = new DictionaryItem("your_key");
return dictionaryItem.ItemKey;

.ParentId

Gets or Sets a Guid? of the Dictionary Item ParentId.

// Create a DictionaryItem and return the parentId
DictionaryItem dictionaryItem = new DictionaryItem("your_key");
Guid? parentId = dictionaryItem.ParentId;
return parentId;

.Translations

Gets or sets a IEnumerable<IDictionaryTranslation> of translations for the Dictionary Item.

// Create a DictionaryItem and return the translations
var dictionaryItem = new DictionaryItem("your_key");
return dictionaryItem.Translations;