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c#umbraco7

Add Class to body tag

I am trying to add a class of "single" to my body tag if the page I am on, matches a documenttype alias from umbraco.

i have tried this:

<body @{global.CurrentPage.DocumentTypeAlias == "blogItem" ? "class='single'" : '';}>

It should add the class "single" if the currentpage i am on, has a DocumentTypeAlias of "blogItem".

I can't get this to work, and i haven't been able to find a solution so far. What am i doing wrong here ?

it gives me the error: Type of conditional expression cannot be determined because there is no implicit conversion between "string" and "char"

Edit Changing it to this, 

<body class="@{global.CurrentPage.DocumentTypeAlias == "blogItem" ? "single" : "";}">

just gives a new error... Only assignment, call, decrement, and new object expressions can be used as a statement.

Solution

  • You've got a couple of things wrong with your syntax. As already pointed out your '' quotes are wrong, but you also need to surround your expression with () rather than {}:

    <body @(global.CurrentPage.DocumentTypeAlias == "blogItem" ? "class='single'" : "")>