umbraco-kinds

You can define a reusable kind manifest to establish default properties for specific extension types. This approach standardizes configurations like default dashboard card sizes and colors, ensuring consistency while reducing redundancy across custom backoffice extensions.

A kind in Umbraco is a preset configuration that defines default properties for extension types. You need it when creating custom backoffice extensions to ensure consistency and reduce redundancy across multiple extensions while adhering to the extension API for manifest creation.

To create a kind manifest, define a reusable kind with an alias like 'My.Kind.HeaderAppButton' for your extension type. New extensions can then inherit and override properties from this defined kind following Umbraco's extension API for manifest creation and inheritance.

Yes, extensions can inherit default properties from a defined kind while specifying unique values. For example, custom dashboard cards can inherit a default size and color from a kind while allowing individual cards to specify unique labels and paths.

Yes, configuring kinds requires adherence to Umbraco's extension API for manifest creation and inheritance. This ensures your kind manifests are properly structured and extensions can correctly inherit and override the defined preset configurations.