Fallback to Layout-Type-Alias when unknown LayoutRenderer

[snakefoot]

Instead of having to do this:

<target name="hello">
    <layout type="mylayout" />
</target>

Then it could be nice one could also do this:

<target name="hello" layout="${mylayout}" />

Right now the work-around is doing it like this:

<variable name="mylayout2">
      <layout type="mylayout" />
</variable>
<target name="hello" layout="${mylayout2}" />

Could also be nice with option-handling when doing the short-hand type-alias-syntax. Ex. layout="${mylayout:awesome=true}"

[srafay]

I think this is available with NLog's current version. I am already using it and its working fine.

<!-- Define the layout to be used for console and file logging -->
<variable name="loggerLayout" value="[${longdate}] ${level:uppercase=true}${message}"/>
<target xsi:type="File" name="file" fileName="${basedir}\logs\${shortdate}.log"
        layout="${loggerLayout}" />

I have defined a variable for layout (only because I want to reuse it with other targets), but I think it still works if I directly define the layout in <target/>

<target xsi:type="File" name="file" fileName="${basedir}\logs\${shortdate}.log"
        layout="[${longdate}] ${level:uppercase=true}${message}" />

My packages:
NLog: 5.0.1
NLog.Web.AspNetCore: 5.1.0

[snakefoot]

Yes I know the work-around (using config-variable) is working. My goal is to do it without the work-around:

<target xsi:type="File" name="file" fileName="${basedir}\logs\${shortdate}.log" layout="${jsonlayout:includeeventproperties=true}" />