Block Appearance: Cannot set custom view to a file from a RCL.

[markadrake]

Which Umbraco version are you using? (Please write the exact version, example: 10.1.0)

13.2.0

Bug summary

• When you customize the appearance of a block, one of the options is a custom view.
• custom view opens a file picker dialog.
• This dialog is not aware of static files that are part of a Razor Class Library (RCL).

Specifics

No response

Steps to reproduce

• Configure a block grid or block list data type.
• Click add block to add any element to the available blocks property.
• Click add custom view under custom view.
• Try to find a static file that is provided by a RCL.

Expected result / actual result

a) Static files from an RCL are visible and selectable.
b) We can override this value by manually entering the file path.

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This item has been added to our backlog AB#46121

[github-actions]

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[NguyenThuyLan]

Hi @markadrake , thank you for reporting this issue.
Yes, it is a bug that we need to fix 😊

[nielslyngsoe]

I removed the v.14 tag. As Custom Views are defined as Backoffice Extensions in v.14