Handlebars

Commonly used Handlebar Tokens

Tokens

{{Name}} Name of a property in your schema
{{@index}} Index of the Item inside an {{#each Items}} list
{{@first}} is the item the first item inside an {{#each Items}} list
{{@last}} is the item the last item inside an {{#each Items}} list
{{Context.ModuleId}} Current Module ID
{{Context.ModuleTitle}} Current Modules Title
{{Context.PortalId }} Current Portal ID
{{Settings.Name}} Reference to a setting

{{../Name}: Name of a property one level up the tree (you use this when you want to address a "root" property when inside a list of Items using {{#each Items}}

Advanced:
{{Schema.properties.xxx}} Reference to a property in your Schema

Serverside Handlebars Helpers

Helper	Block Helper	parameters	Output	Example
equal	Yes	2 strings		{{#equal Title "Text"}} .... {{else}} ... {{/equal}}
multiply	No	2 numbers	number	{{multiply SettingsColumns 2}}
divide	No	2 numbers	number	{{divide SettingsColumns 2}}
add	No	2 numbers	number	{{add @index 1}}
substract	No	2 numbers	number	{{substract Settings.Columns 1}}
published	Yes	array
registerscript	No	javascript file	Nothing	{{registerscript "js/script.js"}}
registerstylesheet	No	css file	Nothing	{{registerstylesheet "css/style.css"}}
arrayindex	NO
arraytranslate	No
formatNumber	No	.net format , culture (or invariant)	string
formatDateTime	No	.net format , culture (or invariant)	string	{{formatDateTime DateField "dd/MMM/yy" "nl-NL" }}
ifand	Yes	multiple variables to check		{{#ifand Title Summary}} .... {{else}} ... {{/ifand}}
ifor	Yes	multiple variables to check		{{#ifor Title Summary}} .... {{else}} ... {{/ifor}}
convertHtmlToText	No	text	string	{{convertHtmlToText Description}}
truncateWords (from version 3.1.2)	No	text, maxCharacters, trailingText	string	{{truncateWords Description 50 "..."}}
convertToJson (from version 3.2)	No	any variable	string	{{convertToJson article}}

Clientside Handlebars Helpers

Need to be added by yourself to to a javascript file. More info

Most of the times, only used in item template of multi document templates like articles.

Exemple

if (typeof Handlebars != 'undefined') {
        Handlebars.registerHelper('formatDateTime', function (context, format) {

            if (window.moment && context && moment(context).isValid()) {

                var f = format || "DD/MM/YYYY";

                return moment(context).format(f);

            } else {

                return context;   //  moment plugin is not available, context does not have a truthy value, or context is not a valid date

            }

        });

       
    }