Had a need to indicate to editors that the item does not have a version in the current language and wrote up a quick Gutter validator.
public class NoLanguageVersionValidator : GutterRenderer
{
protected override GutterIconDescriptor GetIconDescriptor(Sitecore.Data.Items.Item item)
{
Assert.ArgumentNotNull(item, "item");
return !ItemHasLanguageVersion(item) ? GetGutterDescriptor() : null;
}
private bool ItemHasLanguageVersion(Item item)
{
return item.Versions.Count > 0;
}
private GutterIconDescriptor GetGutterDescriptor()
{
var icon = Sitecore.Context.Language.GetIcon(Sitecore.Context.Database);
var descriptor = new GutterIconDescriptor();
// Using an overlay icon and the current language's flag
descriptor.Icon = icon + "?overlay=Applications/16x16/delete2.png";
descriptor.Tooltip = "This item does not have a version in the current language.";
return descriptor;
}
}
This will display a gutter icon with the current language’s flag and a big, fat, red ‘X’ over it if the item does not have a version in the current language.
Check this post for information on how to config the gutter warning.
Great post.
Shouldn’t it also be possible to add a click event on the flag to actually let the editor create the version directly from the gutter?
Something like: descriptor.Click = String.Format(“item:createVersion(id={0})”, item.ID);