Adding Components to a Channel
Components are the fundamental elements of the AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) experience. You can use a number of components and add it to your channel in an AEM Screens project.
Components in AEM Screens
AEM Screens provide different AEM components that can be used in a Screens project.
Viewing AEM Screens Components
Whenever you create an AEM Screens project, you will see a list of default components that can be added to the project.
To view the default components to your Screens project, follow the steps below:
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Select the channel. For example, We.Retail In Store –> Channels –> Idle Channel.
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Click Edit from the action bar to open the AEM editor.
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Click the + icon from the side bar to open the components.
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All the components that are included by default in an AEM Screens project displays, as shown in the figure below.
Adding a New Component
AEM provides a number of other components. You can always add other components (not included by default) to your project, given that those are compatible with AEM Screens.
The following example shows the addition of a Livefyre component to a an AEM Screens project:
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Select the channel where you want to add a new component. For example, We.Retail In Store –> Channels –> Idle Channel.
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Click Edit from the action bar to open the editor.
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Select Design mode.
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Select the entire design editor on the right and click on the settings symbol to open the ParSys Design dialog box.
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You can select the components that you want to import to your AEM Screens project. The following example shows the addition of Livefyre component to an AEM Screens project.
Understanding AEM Screen Components
The following section explains the AEM Screens components that you can use in your project.
Application
The Application component allows you to add an application to your channel.
Application component has the following properties:
The following example shows how to embed an application component along with the preview of its properties:
Channel
The Channel component allows you to add an entire channel to your project.
The Channel component has the following properties:
Embedded Page
An Embedded Page allows you to add an embedded page to your project. For example, it can be a web application or a product catalog.
The Embedded page has the following properties:
Embedded Sequence
An Embedded Sequence allows you to add an embedded sequence channel inside your existing channel (with other assets).
The Embedded Sequence has the following page properties:
Dynamic Embedded Sequence
A dynamic embedded sequence allows to add a sequence similar to the above mentioned except by channel role.
Refer to Embedded Sequences under Authoring Screens section, to learn in detail about embedded sequences.
The dynamic embedded sequence has the following properties:
Experience Fragment
An Experience Fragment allows you to add an experience fragment (group of one or more components including content and layout that can be referenced within pages) to your AEM Screens channel. Drag and drop the component to AEM editor and select the experience fragment.
To learn more about how to create an experience fragment and leverage it into an AEM Screens project, refer to Using Experience Fragments.
Image
An Image allows you to add an image to your channel.
The image asset has three tabs namely Image, Accessibility, and Sequence:
Transition
The Transition component allows you to add a transition to your Screens project.
The following image shows the transition component (added via drag and drop) to the editor.
Select the transition icon and click the Configure (wrench icon) to open the Transition dialog box. This dialog box includes three tabs:
- Transition
- Sequence
- Activation
The transition component has the following properties:
Video
The Video component allows you to add a video to your Screens project.
The video component has the following properties: