Grid extensions for use with Ditto, Skybrud, DocType Grid Editor, and the DocType Grid Editor Reusable Content package

GridExtensions.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Our.Umbraco.Ditto;
using Offroadcode.Web.Models.Widgets;
using Skybrud.Umbraco.GridData;
using Skybrud.Umbraco.GridData.Values;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Web;

namespace Offroadcode.Web.Extensions
{
    public static class GridExtensions
    {
        private static readonly UmbracoHelper _umbraco = new UmbracoHelper(UmbracoContext.Current);

        public static T GetWidgetControl<T>(this IPublishedContent content) where T : WidgetBaseModel
        {
            // Set a variable to use the default content if no linked content has been selected
            var widget = content.As<T>();

            // Check to see if there's a linked page value
            if (widget.HasLinkedContentId)
            {
                // Run the linked page value through Umbraco.TypedContent() to get the IPublishedContent page
                var dtgePage = _umbraco.TypedContent(widget.LinkedContentId);
                // The value shouldn't ever be null, but weird things happen, so let's just make sure
                if (dtgePage != null)
                {
                    // Set the content to use the linked page instead of the default DTGE values
                    widget = dtgePage.As<T>();
                }
            }

            return widget;
        }
    }
}

WidgetModelBase.cs

using Our.Umbraco.Ditto;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Models.PublishedContent;

namespace Offroadcode.Web.Models.Widgets
{
    public class WidgetBaseModel : PublishedContentModel
    {
        public WidgetBaseModel(IPublishedContent content) : base(content)
        {
        }

        [UmbracoProperty("dtgeLinkedId")]
        public string LinkedContentId { get; set; }

        public bool HasLinkedContentId => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(LinkedContentId);
    }
}