DocumentationAEM 6.5User Guide

Components for Page Authoring components-for-page-authoring

Last update: Thu Jan 11 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

The following components are intended for use when authoring content for a standard web page. The components form a subset of the components available out-of-the-box for a standard installation of AEM.

Some are immediately available through the sidekick, various others are also available by using Design mode to enable/disable them.

CAUTION
This section only discusses components that are available out-of-the-box in a standard AEM installation.
Depending on your instance, you may have customized components developed explicitly for your requirements. These custom components may even have the same name as some of the components discussed here.

The components are available when editing a page from the Components tab of the sidekick and the Insert New Component selector (when you double-click in the Drag components or assets here area).

You can select a component and drag it to the required location on your page and then Edit Content and Properties.

Components are sorted according to various categories (component groups) including (for page authoring):

  • General: Includes basic components, including text, images, tables, charts, and so on.
  • Columns: Includes components necessary for organizing the layout of the content.
  • Form: Includes all the components necessary to create a form.

General general

The General components are the basic components that you use to create content.

Account Item account-item

You can define a link with title and description.

Link

Adaptive Image adaptive-image

The Adaptive Image foundation component generates images that are sized to fit the window in which the web page is opened. To use the component, you provide an image resource either from the file system or DAM. When the web page is opened, the web browser downloads a copy of the image that has been resized so that it is suitable for the current window.

The following characteristics can determine the size of the window:

  • Device screen: Mobile devices typically display web pages so that they extend across the entire screen.
  • Web browser window size: Users of laptop and desktop computers can resize web browser windows.

For example, the component generates a small image when the web page is opened on a cell phone, and a medium-sized image when opened on a tablet. On a laptop, the component creates and delivers a large image when the page is opened in a maximized web browser. When the web browser is resized to fit a portion of the screen, the component adapts by delivering a smaller image and refreshes the view.

Supported Image Formats supported-image-formats

You can use image files of the following file name extensions with the Adaptive Image component:

  • .jpg
  • .jpeg
  • .png
  • .gif **
CAUTION
** Animated .gif files are not supported in AEM for adaptive renditions.

Images Sizes and Quality images-sizes-and-quality

The following table lists the width of the image that is generated for the given viewport width. The height of the generated image is calculated to maintain a constant aspect ratio and no whitespace occurs inside the image edge. Cropping can be used to avoid whitespace.

When the image is a JPEG image, the viewport size can also influence the JPEG quality. The following JPEG qualities are possible:

  • Low (0.42)
  • Medium (0.82)
  • High (1.00)
Viewport Width Range (pixels)
Image Width (pixels)
JPEG Quality
Targeted Device Type
width <= 319
320
low
width = 320
320
medium
Cell phone (portrait)
320 < width < 481
480
medium
Cell phone (landscape)
480 < width < 769
476
high
Tablet (portrait)
768 < width < 1025
620
high
Tablet (landscape)
width <= 1025
full (original size)
high
Desktop

Properties properties

The dialog lets you edit properties for your instance of the Adaptive Image component, many of which are common with the Image component on which it is based. The properties are available in two tabs:

  • Image

    • Image
      Drag an image from the content finder or click to open a browse window where you can load an image. After the image is loaded, you can crop the image, rotate it, or delete it. To zoom in and out of the image, use the slide bar beneath the image (above the OK and Cancel buttons)

    • Crop
      Lets you clip out parts of an image. Drag the border to crop the image.

    • Rotate
      Click Rotate repeatedly until the image is rotated as desired.

    • Clear
      Remove the current image.

  • Advanced

    • Title
      The Adaptive Image component does not use this property.

    • Alt Text
      The alternate text to use for the image.

    • Link To
      The Adaptive Image component does not use this property.

    • Description
      The Adaptive Image component does not use this property.

Extending the Adaptive Image Component extending-the-adaptive-image-component

For information about customizing the Adaptive Image component, see Understanding the Adaptive Image Component.

The Carousel Component lets you display images associated with individual pages:

  • one at a time
  • for a short time
  • in an order you specify
  • with a time delay that you specify

Clickable controls also let the user cycle through the displayed pages in real time, on demand. Selecting the currently visible page image takes you to that page. In other words, the Carousel acts as a navigation control.

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Properties are available in two tabs:

  • Carousel
    Here you specify how the carousel operates:

    • Play Speed
      The time in milliseconds before the next slide is shown.
    • Transition Time
      The time in milliseconds for the transition between two slides.
    • Controls Style
      Various options are available from a pulldown menu; for example, Prev / Next Buttons, Top-Right Switches.

  • List
    Here you specify how pages are included in your Carousel:

    • Build list using
      There are several ways to build a page list - Child Pages, Fixed List, Search, or Advanced Search (all described below).
      No matter which method you choose, the pages you include in your list should each already have an image associated with the page. It is this image that is displayed in the Carousel. If there is no image for a page under that page’s Page Properties, you should associate an image with the page before beginning. Otherwise, the Carousel displays a blank page. See Editing Page Properties.
      Depending on the item you choose, a new panel appears:

      • Options for Child Pages

        • Parent Page
          Specify a path either manually or using the selector. Leave empty to use the current page as parent.

      • Options for Fixed List

        • Pages
          Select a list of pages. Use + to add more entries and the up/down buttons to adjust the order.

      • Options for Search

        • Start in
          Enter a starting path, either manually or using the selector.

        • Search query
          You can enter a plain text search query.

      • Options for Advanced Search

        • Querybuilder predicate notation
          You can enter a search query using Querybuilder predicate notation. For example, you can enter “fulltext=Marketing” to have all pages with “Marketing” in their content show up in the Carousel.
          See QueryBuilder API for full discussion of query expressions and further examples.

    • Order by
      Select jcr:title, jcr:created, cq:lastModified, or cq:template from the dropdown menu.

    • Limit
      Optional. The maximum number of items that you want to use in the Carousel.

NOTE
You can create a custom carousel component for Adobe Experience Manager that displays digital assets in the AEM DAM.

Chart chart

The Chart component lets you add a bar, line, or pie chart. AEM creates a chart from the data that you provide. You provide data by typing directly into the Data tab or by copying and pasting a spreadsheet.

  • Data

    • Chart Data
      Enter your chart data using the CSV format; the Comma Separated Values format uses commas (“,”) as the field separator.

  • Advanced

    • Chart Type
      Select from Pie Chart, Line Chart, and Bar Chart.

    • Alternative text
      Text that displays instead of the chart.

    • Width
      The width of the chart in pixels.

    • Height
      The height of the chart in pixels.

The following show an example of chart data followed by the resulting Bar chart:

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Content Fragment content-fragment

CAUTION
The full functionality of Content Fragment Management is only available with the touch-optimized UI.
The Content Fragment component can be seen in the classic UI sidekick, but further functions are not available.

Content fragments are created and managed as page-independent assets. You can then use these fragments, and their variations, when authoring your content pages.

Design Importer design-importer

Lets you upload a zip file holding a design package.

Download download

The Download component creates a link on the selected web-page to download a specific file. You can either drag an asset from the Content Finder or upload a file.

  • Download

    • Description
      A short description displayed with the download link.

    • File
      The file that is available for download on the resulting web-page. Drag an asset from the content finder, or select the area so you can upload the file that you want to make available for download.

The following example shows the Download component in Geometrixx:

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External external

The external application integration component (External) enables you to embed external applications into your AEM page using an iframe.

  • External

    • Target application

      Specify the URL of the web application to be integrated; for example:

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

    • Pass parameters

      Check the box for parameters to be passed to the application when required.

    • Width and Height

      Define the size of the iframe

The external application is integrated into the paragraph system of the AEM page; for example, when using a Target application of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page:

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NOTE
Depending on your use case, other options are available for integration of external applications, for example, the Integration of Portlets.

Flash flash

The Flash component lets you load a Flash movie. You can drag a flash asset from the content finder onto the component, or you can use the dialog:

  • Flash

    • Flash movie

      The flash movie file. Either drag an asset from the content finder, or click to open a browse window.

    • Size

      Dimensions in pixels of the display area holding the movie.

  • Alternative Image

    An alternative image to be shown

  • Advanced

    • Context menu

      Indicates whether the context menu should be shown or hidden.

    • Window Mode

      How the window appears, for example, opaque, transparent, or as a distinct (solid) window.

    • Background color

      A background color selected from the color chart provided.

    • Minimum version

      The minimum version of Adobe Flash Player required to run the movie. The default is 9.0.0.

    • Attributes

      Any further attributes required.

Image image

The image component displays an image and accompanying text according to the specified parameters.

You can upload an image, then edit and manipulate it (for example, crop, rotate, add link/title/text).

You can either drag and drop an image from the Content Finder directly onto the component or its Edit dialog. You can also double-click in the central area of the Edit dialog to browse your local file system and upload an image. The two tabs of the Edit dialog also control all definitions and manipulation of the image:

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NOTE
The progress of the upload cannot be monitored with Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer users must upload the image and click Ok, then reopen the image to see the uploaded file in the preview and to be able to perform modifications (that is, crop).
See the Certified Platforms section for more information about HTML5 features used by AEM.

When an image is loaded, you can configure the following:

  • Map

    To map an image, select Map. You can specify how you want to create the image map (rectangle, polygon, and so on) and where the area should point to.

  • Crop

    Select Crop so you can clip off a part of an image. Use your mouse to crop the image.

  • Rotate

    To rotate an image, select Rotate. Use repeatedly until the image is rotated the way you want it.

  • Clear

    Remove the current image.

  • Zoom bar

    To zoom in and out of the image, use the slide bar beneath the image (above the OK and Cancel buttons)

  • Title

    The title of the image.

  • Alt Text

    An alternative text for use when creating accessible content.

  • Link To

    Create a link to assets or other pages within your website.

  • Description

    A description of the image.

  • Size

    Sets the height and the width of the image.

The final image (with Title and Description) may be shown as:

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Layout Container layout-container

CAUTION
Although the Layout container component is available in the classic UI, its full functionality is only available in the touch-enabled UI. For details see Responsive Layout.

List list

The List component lets you configure search criteria for displaying a list:

  • List

    • Build list using

      Here you specify where the list retrieves its content. There are several methods:

    • Depending on the item you choose, a new panel appears:

      • Options for Child Pages

        • Children of (Parent Page)
          Specify a path either manually or using the selector. Leave empty to use the current page as parent.

      • Options for Fixed List

        • Pages

          Select a list of pages. Use + to add more entries and the up/down buttons to adjust the order.

      • Options for Search

        • Start in

          Enter a starting path, either manually or using the selector.

        • Search query

          You can enter a plain text search query.

      • Options for Advanced Search

        • Querybuilder predicate notation

          You can enter a search query using Querybuilder predicate notation. For example, you can enter “fulltext=Marketing” to have all pages with “Marketing” in their content show up in the Carousel.

          See QueryBuilder API for full discussion of query expressions and further examples.

      • Tags

        Specify the Parent page, Tags/Keywords, and your required match criteria.

    • Display as

      How you want the items to be listed; includes Links, Teasers and News.

    • Order by

      Whether the list is to be ordered, and if so, the criteria to use for sorting. You can enter a criteria or select one from the drop-down list provided.

    • Limit

      Specify the maximum number of items that you want displayed in the list.

    • Enable Feed

      Indicates whether an RSS feed should be activated for the list.

    • Paginate after

      Here you can specify the number of list items to display at once. A list with more items than specified uses pagination to display the list in several portions.

The following example shows a List component in the way that it may display a list of child pages (the design is controlled by a site design’s custom CSS definitions).

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Login login

Provides the Username and Password fields.

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You can configure:

  • Log In

    • Section Label

      Lead-in text for the input fields.

    • Username Label

      Text to label the username field.

    • Password Label

      Text to label the password field.

    • Log In Button Label

      Text for the login button.

    • Redirect to

      You can specify the page on your website that should be opened once the user has logged in.

  • Already Logged In

    • Continue Button Label

      Text to indicate that the user is already logged on.

Order Status order-status

  • Title

    • Title

      Specify the title text that you want displayed.

    • Link

      Specify the page (product) for which the order status should be displayed.

    • Type/Size

      Select from the selection provided.

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Reference reference

The Reference component lets you reference text from another page of your AEM website (within the current instance). The content of the referenced paragraph then appears as if it was on the current page. The content is updated when the source paragraph changes (might need a page refresh).

  • Paragraph Reference

    • Reference

      Specify the path to the page and paragraph that you want to reference (include content).

To specify the path to a paragraph, you must suffix the path (to the page) with the following:

.../jcr:content/par/<paragraph-ID>

For example:

/content/geometrixx-outdoors/en/equipment/biking/cajamara/jcr:content/par/similar-products

Besides referencing a specific paragraph, the path can also be modified to specify an entire par-system. Suffix the path with the following:

/jcr:content/par

For example:

/content/geometrixx-outdoors/en/equipment/biking/cajamara/jcr:content/par

After configuration, the content appears exactly as on the source page. The fact that it is a reference is only seen when you open the component for editing:

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Search searching

The Search component adds search capability to your page.

You can configure:

  • Search

    • Node Types

      If the search is to be restricted to specific node type list them here; for example, cq:Page.

    • Path to search in

      Specify the root page of the branch that you want to search.

    • Search Button Text

      The name displayed on the actual search button.

    • Statistics Text

      The text displayed above the search results.

    • No Results Text

      If there are no results, the text entered here is displayed.

    • Spellcheck Text

      If someone enters a similar term, this text is displayed before the term.
      For example, if you type Geometrixxe, the system displays “Did you mean? Geometrixx”.

    • Similar Pages Text

      The text that is displayed next to a result for similar pages. To clip out part of an image, click this link.

    • Related Searches Text

      The text that appears next to searches for related terms and topics.

    • Search Trends Text

      The title above the search terms that a user enters.

    • Result Pages Label

      The text that appears at the bottom of this list with links to other results pages.

    • Previous Label

      The name that appears on the link to previous search pages.

    • Next Label

      The name that appears on the link to subsequent search pages.

The following example shows the Search component after a search for the word geometrixx from the root directory of a standard installation. It also illustrates the pagination of results:

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The following example shows a search term that is misspelled and not available:

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Sitemap sitemap

An automatic sitemap listing, which (with the default settings) lists all pages (as active links) in the current website. For example, an extract shows:

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If necessary, you can configure:

  • Sitemap

    • Root Path

      Path from where the listing is to start.

Slideshow slideshow

This component lets you load a series of images to be displayed as a slideshow on your page. You can add or remove images and assign each a title. Under Advanced, you can also specify the size of the display area.

You can configure:

  • Slides

    • New Slide

      You can specify a selection of slides using the Add (and Remove) buttons.

    • Title

      Specify a title, if necessary. This title is overlaid on the appropriate slide.

  • Advanced

    • Size

      Specify the width and height in pixels.

The slideshow component then repeatedly displays each in sequence, for a short time, before fading into the next slide:

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Table table

NOTE
The Table component is based on the Rich Text editor, as is the Text component.
Adobe recommends that you use the Table component for tables, although they can also be constructed with the Text component.

The Table component is preconfigured to let you construct, fill, and format a table. Using the dialog, you can configure your table and create the contents from scratch, or by copying and pasting a spreadsheet or a table from an external editor, such as Excel, OpenOffice, or Notepad.

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The following screenshot shows an example of the table component; the design is determined by the site-specific CSS:

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Tag Cloud tag-cloud

A tag cloud shows a graphically presented selection of the tags applied to content within your website:

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When configuring the Tag Cloud component, you can specify:

  • Tags to Display
    Where the tags to be displayed are collected from. Select from a page, a page with all children or all tags.

  • Page
    Select the page to be referenced.

  • No links on tags
    Whether the tags displayed should act as links.

For more information about applying tags, visit Using Tags.

Text text

NOTE
The Text component is based on the Rich Text editor, as is the Table component.
Adobe recommends that you use the Table component for tables, although they can also be constructed with the Text component.

The Text component lets you enter a text block using a WYSIWYG editor, with functionality provided by the Rich Text editor. A selection of icons let you format your text, including font characteristics, alignment, links, lists, and indentation.

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When you open the Styles tab of the Edit dialog, you can also set the following:

  • Spacer
  • Text Style

The formatted text is then shown on the page. The actual design depends on the site CSS:

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For more detailed information about the Text component and the functionality provided by the Rich Text editor, see the Rich Text Editor page.

Inplace Editing inplace-editing

In addition to the dialog-based Rich Text editing mode, AEM also provides Inplace Editing, which allows direct editing of the text as it is displayed in the layout of the page.

Text & Image text-image

The Text & Image component adds a text block and an image. You can also add and edit text and images separately. See the Text and Image components for details.

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You can configure:

  • Component Styles (Styles)

    Here you can either left or right align the image. The default is Left aligned, with the image at the left.

  • Image Properties (Advanced Image Properties)

    Lets you specify the following:

    • Image asset

      Upload the required image.

    • Title

      The title for the block. It is shown by mouseover.

    • Alt Text

      Alternative text to be shown if the image cannot be displayed. If left empty, the title is used.

    • Link to

      Specify a target path.

    • Description

      A description of the image.

    • Size

      Sets the height and width of the image.

The following example shows a Text Image Component that displays the image left-aligned:

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Title title

The title component can either:

  • Display the name of the current page by leaving the Title field blank.
  • Display a text that you specify in the Title field.

You can configure the following:

  • Title

    If you want to use a name other than the page title, enter it here.

  • Link

    The URI if the title is to operate as a link.

  • Type/Size

    Select Small or Large from the dropdown list. Small is generated as an image. Large is generated as text.

The following example shows a Title component being displayed; the design is determined by the site-specific CSS.

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Video video

The Video component lets you place a predefined, out-of-the-box video element on a page.

See also Configure your Video Profiles for use with HTML5 elements.

After placing an instance of the component on your page, you can configure the following:

  • Video

    • Video asset

      Upload or drop your video asset.

    • Size

      The video’s native size (width x height in pixels) appears in the boxes next to Size (see above). Manually enter width and height dimensions here if you wish to override the video’s native dimensions. Selecting OK dismisses the dialog.

NOTE
Formats supported include:
  • .mp4
  • Ogg
  • FLV (Flash video)

Columns columns

Columns are a mechanism to control the layout of content in AEM. In a standard installation, components for creating two and/or three columns are provided.

The following example shows the two Columns and three Columns components in use. You can use the placeholders for new components:

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2 Columns columns-1

A Column Control component that defaults to two equal columns.

3 Columns columns-2

A Column Control component that defaults to three equal columns.

Column Control column-control

The Column Control component lets users select how they want to split the content in the main panel of the web-page into multiple columns. Users can select the number of columns required (from a predefined list) and then create, delete, or move content within each of the columns.

  • Column Control

    • Column Layout

      Select the number of columns that you want rendered. Once created, each column has its own link for dragging components or assets when adding content.

Form form

Form components are used to create forms for visitors to submit input. Forms and form components can be used to collect information including user feedback (for example, a customer satisfaction questionnaire) and user information (for example, user registration).

NOTE
See AEM Forms Help for information about AEM Forms.

Forms are built up from several different components:

  • Form

    The form component defines the beginning and end of a new form on a page. Other components can then be placed in between these elements, such as tables and downloads.

  • Form fields and elements

    Form fields and elements can include text boxes, radio buttons, and images. The user often completes an action in a form field, such as typing text. See individual form elements for more information.

  • Profile Components

    Profile components relate to visitor profiles used for social collaboration and other areas where visitor personalization is required.

The following shows an example form. It is composed of the Form component (start and end), with two Form Text fields used for input, a General Text field used for the lead-in text and a Submit button.

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NOTE
Information about developing and customizing your forms is available on the Developing Forms page. This form customizing includes adding actions, constraints, preloading fields and using scripts to call a service to action, among others.

Settings Common to (Many) Form Components settings-common-to-many-form-components

Although each of the form components has a different purpose, many are composed of similar options and parameters.

When configuring any of the form components, the following tabs are available in the dialog:

  • Title and Text

    Here you must specify the basic information, such as the title of the form and any accompanying text. Where appropriate it also lets you define other key information such as whether the field is multi-selectable and items available for selection.

  • Initial Values

    Lets you specify a default value.

  • Constraints

    Here you can specify whether a field is required and place constraints are on that field, such as being numeric.

  • Styling

    Indicates the size and styling of the fields.

NOTE
The fields you see vary significantly depending on the individual component.

These tabs provide you with the necessary parameters. The tabs depend on the individual component type, but can include the following:

  • Title and Text

    • Element Name

      Name of the form element. It indicates where in the repository that the data is stored.
      This field is required and should only contain the following characters:

      • alphanumeric characters
      • _ . / : -

    • Title

      The title displayed with the field. If left blank, the default title is shown.

    • Description

      Lets you provide additional information for the user, if necessary. On the form, this description is shown below the field, in a smaller font than the title.

    • Show/Hide

      Determines when the field is visible.

  • Initial Values

    • Default Value

      The value displayed in the field when the form is opened. That is, before the user has made any input.

  • Constraints

    • Required

      This constraint depends on the form component type, but provides one or more click boxes to indicate that this field is required, or certain parts of this field are required.

    • Required Message

      A message to inform users that this field is required. A required field is flagged with an asterisk.

    • Constraint

      The constraints available for selection depend on the form component type.

    • Constraint Message

      A message to inform users what is required.

  • Styling

    • Size

      In rows and columns.

    • Width

      In pixels.

    • CSS

Form (component) form-component

The Form component defines both the start and end of a form using the Form Start and Form End elements. The start and end elements are always paired to ensure that the form is correctly defined.

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In between the start and end of a form, you can add form components that define the actual input fields for users.

Start of Form start-of-form

This needed component defines the start of a new form on a page. You can configure the following:

  • Form

    • Thank You Page

      The page to be referenced to thank visitors for providing their input. If left blank, the form redisplays after submission.

    • Start Workflow

      Determines which workflow is triggered once a form is submitted.

  • Advanced

    • Action Type

      A form needs an action. The action defines the operation that is triggered for execution with the data submitted by the user (similar to action= in HTML). Some need a corresponding Action Configuration.

      A selection of action types are included in a standard AEM installation:

      • Account Request

      • Create Content

      • Create Lead

      • Create and Update Account

      • E-Mail Service: Create Subscriber and add to list

      • E-Mail Service: Send auto-responder email

      • E-Mail Service: Unsubscribe user from list

      • Edit Community

      • Edit Resources

      • Edit Workflow Controlled Resources

      • Mail

      • Placed Order Details

      • Profile Update

      • Reset Password

      • Set Password

      • Store Content

        The default action type.

      • Store Content with Uploads

      • Submit Order

      • Unsubscribe Subscriber

      • Update Order

    • Form Identifier

      The form identifier uniquely identifies the form. Use the form identifier if you have several forms on a single page; make sure they have different identifiers.

    • Load Path

      The path to node properties used to load predefined values into the form fields.
      This field is optional and specifies the path to a node in the repository. When this node has properties that match the field names, then the appropriate fields on the form are preloaded with the value of those properties. If no match exists, then the field contains the default value.
      Using Load Path you can preload the form with values in the required fields. See Preloading Form Values.

    • Client Validation

      Indicates whether client validation is required for this form (server validation always occurs.). Validation is achieved with the Forms Captcha component.

    • Validation Resource Type

      Defines the form validation resource type if you want to validate the entire form (instead of individual fields). If you are validating the complete form, also include one of the following:

      • A script for client validation:

        /apps/<myApp>/form/<myValidation>/formclientvalidation.jsp

      • A script for validation on the server side:

        /apps/<myApp>/form/<myValidation>/formservervalidation.jsp

    • Action Configuration

      The options available in Action Configuration depend on the selected Action Type:

      • Account Request

        • Create Account Page
          The page used when creating an account.

      • Create Content

        • Content Path
          The content path for any content that the form dumps. Enter a path that ends with a slash /. The slash means that for each form port, a new node is created at the given location; for example:
          /forms/feedback/

        • Type

          Select the required type.

        • Form

          Specify the form.

        • Render with

          Select the required option from the list.

        • Resource Type

          If set, it is added to each comment as sling:resourceType

        • View Selector

      • Create Lead

        • Lead will be added to this list
          Specify the required lead list.

      • Create and Update Account

        • Initial Group

          Group to assign new user to.

        • Home

          Page to display after successful login.

        • Path

          The path (relative) to where the new account is created and stored.

        • View Data…

          Select button so you can access the information about form results in the Bulk Editor. From here, you can export the information to a .tsv (tab-separated) file (for use, for example, in an Excel spreadsheet).

      • Mail

        • From

          Enter the email address that the email should come from.

        • Mailto

          Enter one or more email addresses that the form is sent to.

        • CC

          Enter one or more CC email addresses.

        • BCC

          Enter one or more BCC email addresses.

        • Subject

          Enter a subject for the email.

      • Reset Password

        • Change Password Page

          The page used when changing the password.

      • Store Content

        • Content Path

          The content path for any content that the form dumps. Enter a path that ends with a slash /. The slash means that for each form port, a new node is created at the given location; for example:
          /forms/feedback/

        • View Data…

          Select button so you can access the information about form results in the Bulk Editor. From here, you can export the information to a .tsv (tab-separated) file (for use, for example, in an Excel spreadsheet).

      • Store Content With Uploads

        Has the same options as Store Content.

      • Unsubscribe Subscriber

        • Lead will be deleted from this list

          Specify the required lead list.

End of Form end-of-form

Marks the end of the form. You can configure the following:

  • Form End

    • Show Submit Button

      Indicates whether a Submit button should be shown or not.

    • Submit Name

      An identifier if you are using multiple submit buttons in a form.

    • Submit Title

      The name that appears on the button, such as Submit or Send.

    • Show Reset Button

      Selecting the check box makes the Reset button visible.

    • Reset Title

      The name that appears on the Reset button.

    • Description

      Information that appears below the button.

Account Name account-name

Lets the user input an account name:

dc_form_accountname

Address address

Lets you add an international address field with the following format:

dc_form_addressfield

The component is configured for immediate use, but you can change the configuration, if necessary. For example, constraints can be added for the individual elements of the address. Leaving fields empty means that default settings are used.

Captcha captcha

The Captcha component requires the user to type in an alphanumeric string as displayed on screen. The string changes with each refresh.

dc_form_captcha

You can configure various parameters for this component, including a message to be shown when the captcha string is invalid.

Checkbox Group checkbox-group

A checkbox lets you build a list of one of more checkboxes, several of which may be selected at the same time.

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You can specify various parameters including a title, description, and element name. Using the + and - buttons you can add or remove items, then position them with the up and down arrows.

NOTE
Using Items Load Path you can preload the check box group list with values.
See Preloading Form Fields with Multiple Values.

Credit Card Details credit-card-details

Lets you provide the fields needed for entering credit card details. You can configure it to specify the types of card accepted and the information required (for example, security code).

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A drop-down list can be configured to provide your use with a range of values for selection:

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You can specify a title and items to appear in the list. Using the + and - buttons you can add or remove the list items, then position them with the Up and Down buttons. You can specify whether the users are allowed to select several items from the list and any items that should be automatically selected the first time they open the list (initial values).

NOTE
Using Items Load Path you can preload the drop-down list with values.
See Preloading Form Fields with Multiple Values.

File Upload file-upload

The file upload component provides the user with a mechanism for selecting and uploading a file.

dc_form_fileupload

Hidden Field hidden-field

This component lets you create a hidden field. These hidden fields can be used for various purposes such as when you must perform an action after submitting the form, or when hidden data is required in post processing.

dc_form_hiddenfield

NOTE
You can also customize your form to show or hide specific form components according to the value of other fields in the form. Changing the visibility of a form field is useful when the field is needed only under specific conditions.
See Showing and Hiding Form Components.

Image Button image-button

An image button lets you create a button with your own image and text:

dc_form_imagebutton

Image Upload image-upload

The image upload component provides the user with a mechanism for selecting and uploading an image file.

dc_form_imageupload

The link field lets a user specify a URL:

dc_form_link

Most commonly used for the calendar event form, where it is used for the URL/link field of an event.

Password Field password-field

Lets a user input their password:

dc_form_password

Password Reset password-reset

This component provides your user with two fields for:

  • the input of a password
  • repeated input of the password to check to confirm that input is correct.

With default settings, the component appears as the following:

dc_password_reset

Radio Group radio-group

A radio group provides you with a list of one of more radio checkboxes, only one of which may be selected at any particular time.

You can specify the element name together with a title and description. Using the + and - buttons, you can add or remove items, position them with the up and down arrows and specify a default value, if necessary:

dc_form_radiogroupuse

NOTE
Using Items Load Path you can preload the radio group with values.
See Preloading Form Fields with Multiple Values.

Submit Button submit-button

This component lets you create a submit button, with either the default text:

dc_form_submitbutton

Or with your own text:

dc_form_submitbuttonuse

Tags Field tags-field

This field lets you select tags:

dc_form_tags_use

You can specify various parameters, including the namespaces that can be used, using the specialized tab:

  • Tag Field

    • Allowed Namespaces

      • Geometrixx Outdoors
      • Workflow
      • Forum
      • Stock Photography
      • Geometrixx Media
      • Standard Tags
      • Marketing
      • Asset Properties

    • Width in pixels

    • Popup Size

Text Field text-field

The standard text field can be configured to your required size and with your own lead in message:

dc_form_text

Workflow Submit Buttons workflow-submit-button-s

Lets create a Submit button for use in a workflow.

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