AEM 61 - Classic UI Nested Composite Multifield Panel

Goal


Create a Classic UI Nested Composite Multifield Panel. The logic for nested composite multifield and composite multifield is same; this post just has a copy of composite multifield code with additional dialog configuration required for nested multifield

For Touch UI Nested Composite Multifieldcheck this post

Demo | Package Install


Nested Composite Multifield



Values Stored in CRX as JSON



Dialog



Dialog as XML

#27 specifies the xtype multi-field-panel, for parent composite multifield, #60 the child composite multifield

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jcr:root xmlns:cq="http://www.day.com/jcr/cq/1.0" xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0"
    jcr:primaryType="cq:Dialog"
    title="Multi Field"
    xtype="dialog">
    <items
        jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
        xtype="tabpanel">
        <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
            <tab1
                jcr:primaryType="cq:Panel"
                title="Add">
                <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
                    <map
                        jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                        hideLabel="false"
                        name="./map"
                        title="Map"
                        xtype="multifield">
                        <fieldConfig
                            jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                            border="true"
                            hideLabel="true"
                            layout="form"
                            padding="10px"
                            width="1000"
                            xtype="multi-field-panel">
                            <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
                                <product-year-value
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="year"
                                    fieldLabel="Year"
                                    width="60"
                                    xtype="textfield"/>
                                <product-price-value
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="price"
                                    fieldLabel="Price"
                                    width="60"
                                    xtype="textfield"/>
                                <product-version-value
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="version"
                                    fieldLabel="Path to Version"
                                    xtype="pathfield"/>
                                <product-region-multifield
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="region"
                                    fieldLabel="Region"
                                    hideLabel="false"
                                    title="Add Regions"
                                    xtype="multifield">
                                    <fieldConfig
                                        jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                        border="true"
                                        hideLabel="true"
                                        layout="form"
                                        padding="10px"
                                        width="1000"
                                        xtype="multi-field-panel">
                                        <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
                                            <product-country
                                                jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                                dName="country"
                                                fieldLabel="Country"
                                                width="60"
                                                xtype="textfield"/>
                                            <product-state
                                                jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                                dName="state"
                                                fieldLabel="State"
                                                width="60"
                                                xtype="textfield"/>
                                        </items>
                                    </fieldConfig>
                                </product-region-multifield>
                            </items>
                        </fieldConfig>
                    </map>
                </items>
            </tab1>
        </items>
    </items>
</jcr:root>


Solution


1) Login to CRXDE Lite, create folder (nt:folder) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel

2) Create clientlib (type cq:ClientLibraryFolder/apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel/clientlib and set a property categories of String type to cq.widgets

3) Create file ( type nt:file ) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel/clientlib/js.txt, add the following

                         multi-field.js

4) Create file ( type nt:file ) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel/clientlib/multi-field.js, add the following code

CQ.Ext.ns("ExperienceAEM");

ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel = CQ.Ext.extend(CQ.Ext.Panel, {
    panelValue: '',

    constructor: function(config){
        config = config || {};
        ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel.superclass.constructor.call(this, config);
    },

    initComponent: function () {
        ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel.superclass.initComponent.call(this);

        this.panelValue = new CQ.Ext.form.Hidden({
            name: this.name
        });

        this.add(this.panelValue);

        var dialog = this.findParentByType('dialog');

        dialog.on('beforesubmit', function(){
            var value = this.getValue();

            if(value){
                this.panelValue.setValue(value);
            }
        },this);

    },

    afterRender : function(){
        ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel.superclass.afterRender.call(this);

        this.items.each(function(){
            if(!this.contentBasedOptionsURL
                    || this.contentBasedOptionsURL.indexOf(CQ.form.Selection.PATH_PLACEHOLDER) < 0){
                return;
            }

            this.processPath(this.findParentByType('dialog').path);
        })
    },

    getValue: function () {
        var pData = {};

        this.items.each(function(i){
            if(i.xtype == "label" || i.xtype == "hidden" || !i.hasOwnProperty("dName")){
                return;
            }

            pData[i.dName] = i.getValue();
        });

        return $.isEmptyObject(pData) ? "" : JSON.stringify(pData);
    },

    setValue: function (value) {
        this.panelValue.setValue(value);

        var pData = JSON.parse(value);

        this.items.each(function(i){
            if(i.xtype == "label" || i.xtype == "hidden" || !i.hasOwnProperty("dName")){
                return;
            }

            i.setValue(pData[i.dName]);
        });
    },

    validate: function(){
        return true;
    },

    getName: function(){
        return this.name;
    }
});

CQ.Ext.reg("multi-field-panel", ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel);

11 comments:

  1. Hi Srikanth,
    There is a issue when we have checkboxes in multifield panel and try to click move down or up (multifield move up or down) .The checkbox values in the panel are not moving .
    For instance
    I have checkbox A in the panel
    I checked in first item and un checked in second .
    when i click multifield move up or down first is always being checked.

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    1. hi raghav, can you upload the dialog xml to google drive or dropbox and post the url here?

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  2. Hi Sreekanth, I was referring this blog and http://experience-aem.blogspot.in/2015/03/aem-6-sp2-touch-ui-coral-ui-nested-multi-multifield.html . I need to create a dialog for component having both Touch UI and Classic UI. I came up with the standard layout for both of these dialogs, But the issue is once i add the nested level multifield values via Touch UI dialog, these doesn't appear in Classic UI vice-versa. Can you please have a look where i am doing the wrong.
    Here is the package link:
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw8wcLLeYm3QMHBsVXZTTnR1NHM

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    1. Content that getting store in JCR for touch-ui nested multi-field doesn't contains "/" in json array, but in classic-ui nested multi-field its store with "/".
      Classic - UI
      {"countryname":"India","states":["{\"state\":\"NDLS\"}","{\"state\":\"PUN\"}"]}
      {"countryname":"AUS","states":["{\"state\":\"SYD\"}","{\"state\":\"VIC\"}"]}
      Touch UI
      {"countryname":"India","states":[{"state":"NDLS"},{"state":"PUN"}]}
      {"countryname":"AUS","states":[{"state":"SYD"},{"state":"VIC"}]}

      Can you provide the fix for it. Thanks

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    2. Vivek, access to the package uploaded to drive.google.com (above) is restricted.. can you make it public

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    3. I have the same problem. Who fixed this problem. Please share the solution. Thank you very much.

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    4. Hi All,

      Could you please share the package?

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    5. @Vivek Dhiman Any Solution found ? can u update here.

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  4. Hi Sreekanth

    I have added your nested multifield code to an existing component and it works great!! Nested data is stored in the jcr:content. However when i view a page with that component, the pre-authored content does not appear on page load. only after i "edit" the component and touch the content and save, does the pre-authored content appear on the page.

    Any ideas on a bug-fix would be great.

    Thanks Jason

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  5. Hi Sreekanth

    I am also facing the same issue wherein the classic nested multifield includes '/' in the generated json where as the touch ui nested multifield does not have '/'. Could you please provide a solution to this.

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