CMSContext class

CMS.CMSHelper.CMSContext class provides useful methods that allow you to access information about the current page, user, etc. All methods are static, which means you can access them directly like CMS.CMSHelper.CMSContext.CurrentAliasPath, without instantiating the CMSContext class.

CurrentAliasPath	Alias path of the currently required document.
CurrentDocument	Currently required document. Please note: this method results in a query into the database. If you need only basic document data, you can use the CurrentPageInfo property that is cached (if caching is used).
CurrentPageInfo	Currently required document (page). This method provides only common document fields, such as NodeID, NodeName, AliasPath, ClassName, etc. It’s cached (if caching is used).
CurrentSite	Provides information on the current site.
CurrentSiteName	Provides code name of the current site.
CurrentUser	Provides information on the current user and his/her preferences. Beside the standard UserInfo properties, it also provides the following ones: ViewMode – the view mode in which the documents are displayed (edit, design, form, live site, preview). MenuItemViewMode – the view mode used for page (menu item) documents (cms.menuitem type). PreferredUICultureInfo – read-only property returning the current user’s preferred UI culture (as CultureInfo object). PreferredCultureCode – gets/sets user’s preferred content culture. You can use this property to change the culture of the displayed content. PreferredUICultureCode – gets/sets user’s preferred UI culture. It’s used mainly by Kentico CMS webparts, controls and in the administration interface. IsAuthorizedPerResource – returns true if the current user is authorized with given permission for given module (resource). IsAuthorizedPerClassName – returns true if the current user is authorized with given permission for the given document type (class name). It checks the global document permissions. IsAuthorizedPerTreeNode – returns true if the current user is authorized with given permission for given document (node). IsPublic – returns true if the current user is the Public user account used for anonymous visitors.
WebApplicationVirtualPath	Returns the virtual path of the current web application.
ResolveCurrentPath	Returns current path or its part according to the provided formatting string. You can use it to get only the first N levels of the path – e.g.: /{0}/{1} applied on “/products/computers/ibm” results in: “/products/computers”