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Create a launchpad button that opens the content and makes the current context a specific folder


Enable Content Editor button depending on template typeGeneralLink field breaks in CE when using ampersand (&) in descriptionCould not load type 'Sitecore.Shell.Applications.WebEdit.Commands.WebEditCommand'How related publish works?Content Editor: Add properties link for General Link, Image field and Rich text editorOpen Content Editor From Speak Dialog with Specific Item Selected“Search Tab” for “File” data type gives “The media item could not be found”Buggy UI with Chrome and Sitecore 9.0u1How to determine whether an editor is using the Desktop Content Editor or Launchpad Content Editor?How do I add a button to the Sitecore Launchpad?













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I'm able to add a launchpad button that opens the content editor, but what I would like to do is to open the content editor so that it's context is within a specific folder - so the user doesn't see anything but items in that folder.



If not that, then simply opening it so that the user at least sees that folder prominently so they don't need to hunt for it - the folder is in the media library and will contain training documents we are preparing that will help them maneuver the CMS.










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    I'm able to add a launchpad button that opens the content editor, but what I would like to do is to open the content editor so that it's context is within a specific folder - so the user doesn't see anything but items in that folder.



    If not that, then simply opening it so that the user at least sees that folder prominently so they don't need to hunt for it - the folder is in the media library and will contain training documents we are preparing that will help them maneuver the CMS.










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      I'm able to add a launchpad button that opens the content editor, but what I would like to do is to open the content editor so that it's context is within a specific folder - so the user doesn't see anything but items in that folder.



      If not that, then simply opening it so that the user at least sees that folder prominently so they don't need to hunt for it - the folder is in the media library and will contain training documents we are preparing that will help them maneuver the CMS.










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      I'm able to add a launchpad button that opens the content editor, but what I would like to do is to open the content editor so that it's context is within a specific folder - so the user doesn't see anything but items in that folder.



      If not that, then simply opening it so that the user at least sees that folder prominently so they don't need to hunt for it - the folder is in the media library and will contain training documents we are preparing that will help them maneuver the CMS.







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          The query string parameter you want is called ro. If you click on the Media Library folder you will see that it uses that param to scope the content editor like this:



          https://mysitecore.local/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Manager/Default.aspx?mo&ro=/sitecore/media%20library&he=Media%20Library&ic=Apps/32x32/Pictures.png&pa=1&pa0=sitecore%3A%2F%2Fmaster%2F%7BECB7C485-63A6-4627-9DD9-D9FDA86D9DB5%7D%3Flang%3Den%26ver%3D1&pa1&sc_bw=1&la=en



          You can see in the above url that the ro parameter is set like this:



          ro=/sitecore/media%20library


          Changing that to



          ro=/sitecore/media%20library/Project


          Now scopes the Content Editor to the Media Library/Project folder just as you want.



          enter image description here



          Adding this to the Launch Pad



          Now you can use this to add an icon in the launch pad:



          • Open up the Desktop and change to the core database

          • Open the Content Editor and go to: /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons and then pick one of the sections (LaunchPad-Group template items) to add your button too

          • I'll pick Tools - insert a new LaunchPad-Button item, and for the Link field, add the link from above with the ro parameter set to the item you want to scope the user too.

          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer

























          • You beat me to it! :-)

            – Michael West
            May 1 at 20:56











          • Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

            – Richard Seal
            May 1 at 20:57











          • Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

            – Levi Wallach
            May 2 at 22:07


















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          I may have found a way for you to do this with some trial and error.



          First step was to get the path executed by the desktop shortcuts. Once I discovered that I was able to create the following in the Core db:



          1. Navigate to /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons

          2. Create a new Launchpad-Group

          3. Create a new Launchpad-Button

            • Enter the link to the item in question


          Button



          Here is the link used:



          /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&id=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&vs=1&la=en&sc_content=master&fo=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&ic=Apps%2F48x48%2FPencil.png&he=Content%20Editor&cl=0



          With some trial this appeared to work as well:



          /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&fo=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&ro=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&sc_content=master




          • fo is the ID of the item to open


          • ro is for the reference item in the tree

          Icon






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            The query string parameter you want is called ro. If you click on the Media Library folder you will see that it uses that param to scope the content editor like this:



            https://mysitecore.local/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Manager/Default.aspx?mo&ro=/sitecore/media%20library&he=Media%20Library&ic=Apps/32x32/Pictures.png&pa=1&pa0=sitecore%3A%2F%2Fmaster%2F%7BECB7C485-63A6-4627-9DD9-D9FDA86D9DB5%7D%3Flang%3Den%26ver%3D1&pa1&sc_bw=1&la=en



            You can see in the above url that the ro parameter is set like this:



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library


            Changing that to



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library/Project


            Now scopes the Content Editor to the Media Library/Project folder just as you want.



            enter image description here



            Adding this to the Launch Pad



            Now you can use this to add an icon in the launch pad:



            • Open up the Desktop and change to the core database

            • Open the Content Editor and go to: /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons and then pick one of the sections (LaunchPad-Group template items) to add your button too

            • I'll pick Tools - insert a new LaunchPad-Button item, and for the Link field, add the link from above with the ro parameter set to the item you want to scope the user too.

            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer

























            • You beat me to it! :-)

              – Michael West
              May 1 at 20:56











            • Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

              – Richard Seal
              May 1 at 20:57











            • Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

              – Levi Wallach
              May 2 at 22:07















            7














            The query string parameter you want is called ro. If you click on the Media Library folder you will see that it uses that param to scope the content editor like this:



            https://mysitecore.local/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Manager/Default.aspx?mo&ro=/sitecore/media%20library&he=Media%20Library&ic=Apps/32x32/Pictures.png&pa=1&pa0=sitecore%3A%2F%2Fmaster%2F%7BECB7C485-63A6-4627-9DD9-D9FDA86D9DB5%7D%3Flang%3Den%26ver%3D1&pa1&sc_bw=1&la=en



            You can see in the above url that the ro parameter is set like this:



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library


            Changing that to



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library/Project


            Now scopes the Content Editor to the Media Library/Project folder just as you want.



            enter image description here



            Adding this to the Launch Pad



            Now you can use this to add an icon in the launch pad:



            • Open up the Desktop and change to the core database

            • Open the Content Editor and go to: /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons and then pick one of the sections (LaunchPad-Group template items) to add your button too

            • I'll pick Tools - insert a new LaunchPad-Button item, and for the Link field, add the link from above with the ro parameter set to the item you want to scope the user too.

            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer

























            • You beat me to it! :-)

              – Michael West
              May 1 at 20:56











            • Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

              – Richard Seal
              May 1 at 20:57











            • Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

              – Levi Wallach
              May 2 at 22:07













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            7








            7







            The query string parameter you want is called ro. If you click on the Media Library folder you will see that it uses that param to scope the content editor like this:



            https://mysitecore.local/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Manager/Default.aspx?mo&ro=/sitecore/media%20library&he=Media%20Library&ic=Apps/32x32/Pictures.png&pa=1&pa0=sitecore%3A%2F%2Fmaster%2F%7BECB7C485-63A6-4627-9DD9-D9FDA86D9DB5%7D%3Flang%3Den%26ver%3D1&pa1&sc_bw=1&la=en



            You can see in the above url that the ro parameter is set like this:



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library


            Changing that to



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library/Project


            Now scopes the Content Editor to the Media Library/Project folder just as you want.



            enter image description here



            Adding this to the Launch Pad



            Now you can use this to add an icon in the launch pad:



            • Open up the Desktop and change to the core database

            • Open the Content Editor and go to: /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons and then pick one of the sections (LaunchPad-Group template items) to add your button too

            • I'll pick Tools - insert a new LaunchPad-Button item, and for the Link field, add the link from above with the ro parameter set to the item you want to scope the user too.

            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer















            The query string parameter you want is called ro. If you click on the Media Library folder you will see that it uses that param to scope the content editor like this:



            https://mysitecore.local/sitecore/shell/Applications/Content%20Manager/Default.aspx?mo&ro=/sitecore/media%20library&he=Media%20Library&ic=Apps/32x32/Pictures.png&pa=1&pa0=sitecore%3A%2F%2Fmaster%2F%7BECB7C485-63A6-4627-9DD9-D9FDA86D9DB5%7D%3Flang%3Den%26ver%3D1&pa1&sc_bw=1&la=en



            You can see in the above url that the ro parameter is set like this:



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library


            Changing that to



            ro=/sitecore/media%20library/Project


            Now scopes the Content Editor to the Media Library/Project folder just as you want.



            enter image description here



            Adding this to the Launch Pad



            Now you can use this to add an icon in the launch pad:



            • Open up the Desktop and change to the core database

            • Open the Content Editor and go to: /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons and then pick one of the sections (LaunchPad-Group template items) to add your button too

            • I'll pick Tools - insert a new LaunchPad-Button item, and for the Link field, add the link from above with the ro parameter set to the item you want to scope the user too.

            enter image description here







            share|improve this answer














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            answered May 1 at 20:47









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            • You beat me to it! :-)

              – Michael West
              May 1 at 20:56











            • Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

              – Richard Seal
              May 1 at 20:57











            • Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

              – Levi Wallach
              May 2 at 22:07

















            • You beat me to it! :-)

              – Michael West
              May 1 at 20:56











            • Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

              – Richard Seal
              May 1 at 20:57











            • Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

              – Levi Wallach
              May 2 at 22:07
















            You beat me to it! :-)

            – Michael West
            May 1 at 20:56





            You beat me to it! :-)

            – Michael West
            May 1 at 20:56













            Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

            – Richard Seal
            May 1 at 20:57





            Oh yeah - ha ha. Great minds - pretty similar approaches :)

            – Richard Seal
            May 1 at 20:57













            Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

            – Levi Wallach
            May 2 at 22:07





            Thanks, I added the ro parameter to the link field and it worked right away! I'm not sure though how you are seeing the long url's as you described - if mine did that I'd have figured this out already, but mine stays static at /Applications/Content%20Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1 regardless of what item I click on in the content tree...

            – Levi Wallach
            May 2 at 22:07











            5














            I may have found a way for you to do this with some trial and error.



            First step was to get the path executed by the desktop shortcuts. Once I discovered that I was able to create the following in the Core db:



            1. Navigate to /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons

            2. Create a new Launchpad-Group

            3. Create a new Launchpad-Button

              • Enter the link to the item in question


            Button



            Here is the link used:



            /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&id=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&vs=1&la=en&sc_content=master&fo=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&ic=Apps%2F48x48%2FPencil.png&he=Content%20Editor&cl=0



            With some trial this appeared to work as well:



            /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&fo=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&ro=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&sc_content=master




            • fo is the ID of the item to open


            • ro is for the reference item in the tree

            Icon






            share|improve this answer





























              5














              I may have found a way for you to do this with some trial and error.



              First step was to get the path executed by the desktop shortcuts. Once I discovered that I was able to create the following in the Core db:



              1. Navigate to /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons

              2. Create a new Launchpad-Group

              3. Create a new Launchpad-Button

                • Enter the link to the item in question


              Button



              Here is the link used:



              /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&id=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&vs=1&la=en&sc_content=master&fo=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&ic=Apps%2F48x48%2FPencil.png&he=Content%20Editor&cl=0



              With some trial this appeared to work as well:



              /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&fo=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&ro=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&sc_content=master




              • fo is the ID of the item to open


              • ro is for the reference item in the tree

              Icon






              share|improve this answer



























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                5







                I may have found a way for you to do this with some trial and error.



                First step was to get the path executed by the desktop shortcuts. Once I discovered that I was able to create the following in the Core db:



                1. Navigate to /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons

                2. Create a new Launchpad-Group

                3. Create a new Launchpad-Button

                  • Enter the link to the item in question


                Button



                Here is the link used:



                /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&id=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&vs=1&la=en&sc_content=master&fo=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&ic=Apps%2F48x48%2FPencil.png&he=Content%20Editor&cl=0



                With some trial this appeared to work as well:



                /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&fo=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&ro=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&sc_content=master




                • fo is the ID of the item to open


                • ro is for the reference item in the tree

                Icon






                share|improve this answer















                I may have found a way for you to do this with some trial and error.



                First step was to get the path executed by the desktop shortcuts. Once I discovered that I was able to create the following in the Core db:



                1. Navigate to /sitecore/client/Applications/Launchpad/PageSettings/Buttons

                2. Create a new Launchpad-Group

                3. Create a new Launchpad-Button

                  • Enter the link to the item in question


                Button



                Here is the link used:



                /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&id=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&vs=1&la=en&sc_content=master&fo=%7B66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329%7D&ic=Apps%2F48x48%2FPencil.png&he=Content%20Editor&cl=0



                With some trial this appeared to work as well:



                /sitecore/shell/Applications/Content Editor.aspx?sc_bw=1&fo=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&ro=66FD3C09-517C-4691-82AF-E300AC6BA329&sc_content=master




                • fo is the ID of the item to open


                • ro is for the reference item in the tree

                Icon







                share|improve this answer














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