Got Data Type Creation working. Need to look at fixing up the issues with creating content/media tomorrow.

src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/contenteditinghelper.service.js

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function contentEditingHelper($location, $routeParams, notificationsService, ser
                     
                     this.handleValidationErrors(args.allNewProps, args.err.data.ModelState);
 
-                    if (!this.redirectToCreatedContent(args.err.data.id, args.err.data.ModelState)) {
+                    if (!args.redirectOnFailure || !this.redirectToCreatedContent(args.err.data.id, args.err.data.ModelState)) {
                         //we are not redirecting because this is not new content, it is existing content. In this case
                         // we need to detect what properties have changed and re-bind them with the server data. Then we need
                         // to re-bind any server validation errors after the digest takes place.
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function contentEditingHelper($location, $routeParams, notificationsService, ser
             }
 
             args.scope.$broadcast("saved", { scope: args.scope });
-            if (!this.redirectToCreatedContent(args.scope.content.id)) {
+            if (!this.redirectToCreatedContent(args.newContent.id)) {
                 
                 //we are not redirecting because this is not new content, it is existing content. In this case
                 // we need to detect what properties have changed and re-bind them with the server data.

src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/services/menuactions.service.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @description
  * Defines the methods that are called when menu items declare only an action to execute
  */
-function umbracoMenuActions($q, treeService, $location) {
+function umbracoMenuActions($q, treeService, $location, navigationService) {
     
     return {
         
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ function umbracoMenuActions($q, treeService, $location) {
          * @param {object} args.section The current section
          */
         "CreateChildEntity": function (args) {
+
+            navigationService.hideNavigation();
+
             var route = "/" + args.section + "/" + treeService.getTreeAlias(args.treeNode) + "/edit/" + args.treeNode.id;
             //change to new path
             $location.path(route).search({ create: true });
+            
         }
     };
 } 

src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/content/content.edit.controller.js

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function ContentEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, contentResource,
 
                 contentEditingHelper.handleSaveError({
                     err: err,
+                    redirectOnFailure: true,
                     allNewProps: allNewProps,
                     allOrigProps: contentEditingHelper.getAllProps($scope.content),
                     rebindCallback: contentEditingHelper.reBindChangedProperties(allOrigProps, allNewProps)

src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/datatype/datatype.edit.controller.js

@@ -8,22 +8,7 @@
  */
 function DataTypeEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, dataTypeResource, notificationsService, angularHelper, serverValidationManager, contentEditingHelper) {
 
-    //set up the standard data type props
-    function createDisplayProps() {
-        $scope.properties = {
-            selectedEditor: {
-                alias: "selectedEditor",
-                description: "Select a property editor",
-                label: "Property editor"
-            },
-            selectedEditorId: {
-                alias: "selectedEditorId",
-                label: "Property editor GUID"
-            }
-        };
-    }
-    
-    //setup the pre-values as props
+    //method used to configure the pre-values when we retreive them from the server
     function createPreValueProps(preVals) {
         $scope.preValues = [];
         for (var i = 0; i < preVals.length; i++) {
@@ -38,6 +23,22 @@ function DataTypeEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, dataTypeResourc
         }
     }
 
+    //set up the standard data type props
+    $scope.properties = {
+        selectedEditor: {
+            alias: "selectedEditor",
+            description: "Select a property editor",
+            label: "Property editor"
+        },
+        selectedEditorId: {
+            alias: "selectedEditorId",
+            label: "Property editor GUID"
+        }
+    };
+    
+    //setup the pre-values as props
+    $scope.preValues = [];
+
     if ($routeParams.create) {
         //we are creating so get an empty content item
         dataTypeResource.getScaffold($routeParams.id, $routeParams.doctype)
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ function DataTypeEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, dataTypeResourc
                 $scope.loaded = true;
                 $scope.preValuesLoaded = true;
                 $scope.content = data;
-                createDisplayProps();
             });
     }
     else {
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ function DataTypeEditController($scope, $routeParams, $location, dataTypeResourc
                 $scope.loaded = true;
                 $scope.preValuesLoaded = true;
                 $scope.content = data;
-                createDisplayProps();
                 createPreValueProps($scope.content.preValues);
                 
                 //in one particular special case, after we've created a new item we redirect back to the edit

src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/media/media.edit.controller.js

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function mediaEditController($scope, $routeParams, mediaResource, notificationsS
 
                 contentEditingHelper.handleSaveError({
                     err: err,
+                    redirectOnFailure: true,
                     allNewProps: allNewProps,
                     allOrigProps: contentEditingHelper.getAllProps($scope.content),
                     rebindCallback: contentEditingHelper.reBindChangedProperties(allOrigProps, allNewProps)

src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/prevalueeditors/requiredfield.html

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <div>
     <input name="requiredField" type="text" id="{{model.alias}}" class="umb-textstring span7 textstring"
         ng-model="model.value"
-        val-server="value"/>
+        required
+        val-server="value" />
 
     <span class="help-inline" val-msg-for="requiredField" val-toggle-msg="required">Required</span>
     <span class="help-inline" val-msg-for="requiredField" val-toggle-msg="valServer">{{propertyForm.requiredField.errorMsg}}</span>