Macro Parameters syntax

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A look at the mysterious macro parameter types and their syntax.

Contents

• What is Macro parameters?
• Setting up a macro parameter
• Working with parameters in xslt
• An overview of all the macro parameters

What is Macro parameters?

A macro parameter is in short a value you send to a Macro from Umbraco. This could be piece of text, a node ID or even a big chunk of xml. To do this you have a handfull of different form controls you can use:

• bool - A true/false value
• contentPicker - the ID of the selected node as a single integer.
• contentRandom - the xml from a random node.
• contentTree - the xml of the selected node and it's child nodes
• contentType - the alias of a selected content type as a string
• contentTypeMultiple - a comma separated list of selected content type aliases
• mediaCurrent - the xml of the selected media item
• numer - an integer
• propertyTypePicker - the alias of the selected property type
• propertyTypePickerMultiple - a comma separated list of selected property type aliases 
• tabPicker - the caption of the selected tab
• tabPickerMultiple - a comma separated list of selected tab captions
• text - a text string
• textMultiline - a text string.

 Let's continue and look at how you use macro parameters with an xslt macro and what they look like in your xslt.