Sitecore: Detect user in Page Editor mode

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Can I know how to detect user is in page editor mode using code? This is because, I have a component, when user browses from page editor, it will search in master_index folder instead of web_index folder.

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 13 '13 at 22:48

Please check with : if (Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsPageEditorEditing)

also is working on Sitecore 6.6, it not depends on Sitecore 7.

Please check also this Sitecore blog post by Martina Welander.

To check if is normal page use: if (Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsNormal)

To check if is preview mode use: if (Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsPreview)

Also are others PageMode:

IsPageEditorClassic
IsPageEditorDesigning
IsPageEditorEditing
IsPageEditorNavigating, etc

If you are curious you can check with Reflector or dotPeek this class: Sitecore.Context.PageMode from Sitecore.Kernel assembly.

Sitecore 8 switched to "Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsExperienceEditor". And if you're using Glass, you can shorthand to "@IsInEditingMode" in the view. — Ben Sewards, Aug 22 '17 at 19:35

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 05 '16 at 17:44

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Rather than checking the page mode, I think you just want to piggyback on the context database name -

var indexName = Sitecore.Context.Database.Name + "_index";

edited Aug 05 '16 at 17:44

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answered Nov 15 '13 at 21:23

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I tend to agree. Although it doesn't answer the original question, it's a better solution to the underlying problem. – Dan Sinclair Oct 27 '16 at 20:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 05 '16 at 15:25

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I am using this syntax in view to add a class for JS detection, same code can be used for back-end detection with bit modification:

<html class="@(Sitecore.Context.PageMode.IsPageEditor ? "inexpeditor" : "notexpeditor")">

edited Aug 05 '16 at 15:25

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answered Jun 07 '16 at 12:02

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Sitecore: Detect user in Page Editor mode

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