Sitecore How to specify Data field type when adding a field by Template.AddField(string, string);

Question

If I have a Sitecore Item item and I add a Data field "My Field" to it using:

 item.Template.AddField("My Field", "Data");

How Can I specify the field type for it. e.g Single-Line Text

Answer 1

The AddField(...) method returns the added template field (it doesn't have a type yet).

You can then set the type on the template field like this:

var templateField = item.Template.AddField("Field name", "Section name");

using (new EditContext(templateField.InnerItem)) {
    templateField.Type = "Single-Line Text";
}

The type value should correspond to the name of the field type - e.g. Single-Line Text, Rich Text, Grouped Droplist etc.

Depending on your security you might also need to add the whole thing in a SecurityDisabler.

using (new SecurityDisabler()) {
    var templateField = item.Template.AddField("Field name", "Section name");

    using (new EditContext(templateField.InnerItem)) {
        templateField.Type = "Single-Line Text";
    }
}