DRY way of using RichText Granite UI Component in AEM for Static Templates
Every developer have experienced a situation where they are working with AEM multiple AEM components, where Touch UI dialogues consist of a common richtext Granite UI component configuration cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext. When I mention common richtext Granite UI component, I mean there are multiple AEM components that will have the richtext Granite UI component as one of […]
Re-usable Color Select in Touch UI Dialogs w/ ACS Common’s Generic Lists
While working on AEM component’s Touch UI dialogues, in particular, with colors, there are many cases where developers will need to configure the same color options over and over again. We catch ourselves repeating code, which becomes uneasy to maintain changes to the color options. What happens when there is a new color option? Going […]
AEM RichText Max Characters Length Validation
In this article, we will take a look at how we can add max character length validation to the richtext component, cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext, by introducing a maxlength attribute. The validation will be executed whenever AEM authors try to save or perform an on-key-up action after applying changes within the richtext input field. After implementing the solution, […]
Creating a Basic AEM Touch UI Dialogue
In this article, we will step through the steps of creating a new Touch UI dialogue configuration within your AEM maven project. Code examples will showcase a basic Granite UI form container & component. Create basic Touch UI Dialogue Within your AEM maven source code, create create a “_cq_dialogue” folder under your targeted component. Example: […]
How to Convert Adobe’s Granite UI 1.0 Documentation to XML
As an AEM developer, we must prepare Touch UI dialogues within code, in the XML format. When it comes to reading the Granite UI 1.0 Documentation, it can be confusing; especially for new AEM developers. These new AEM developers are confused by how properties within the documentation are mapped and converted to XML entries. This […]
AEM Granite UI 1.0 Form Component’s XML Reference Guide
This AEM Granite UI 1.0 Form Component’s XML Reference Guide provides code snippets to help developers speed up their AEM Touch UI development. This quick reference includes the most used Granite UI form components with plug and plays XML examples. Note: If you want to understand how to convert Granite UI 1.0 Form Components from […]
