AEM · AEM 6

AEM | Touch UI – What and Why?


Introduction Adobe introduced a new touch-optimized UI with AEM 5.6 for the author environment. This differs considerably from the original classic UI as it is designed to operate on both touch and desktop devices. The basic principles of the touch-optimized UI are: Mobile first (with desktop in mind) Responsive design Context relevant display Reusable Include embedded… Continue reading AEM | Touch UI – What and Why?

AEM · AEM 6

AEM | RTE – Custom Styles Plugin – Touch UI


Goal: Create RTE (Rich Text Editor) fontstyle & fontcolor plugin for Touch UI. A Similar classic UI RTE Extension is available here Note: Please see RTE – Custom Styles Plugin for understanding of Custom Styles plugin requirement. Download: Source Code | Package Install Preview Solution Login to CRXDE Lite (http://localhost:4502/crx/de) and create folder /apps/rte/plugins/touch-ui-styles Create node /apps/rte/plugins/touch-ui-styles/clientlib of type cq:ClientLibraryFolder and add a… Continue reading AEM | RTE – Custom Styles Plugin – Touch UI

AEM · AEM 6 · Sightly

AEM | ACS – Generic List | Support Site Inheritance


Generic List is a feature (by ACS AEM Commons) allowing easy creation and management of lists of title/value pairs. These lists can be managed by content team and will be used in Component’s dialogs. So instead of hardcoding dropdown values in dialog, we can point to any generic list and this list will be configured and managed by editors.… Continue reading AEM | ACS – Generic List | Support Site Inheritance

AEM · AEM 6 · Sightly

AEM | ACS – Generic List | Dialog Configuration – Touch UI


This article will explain how to identify and retrieve values from a list for current site, which is configured in Touch UI dialog’s dropdown. Note: Please see Generic List – Support Site Inheritance for understanding of Generic List requirement and complete solution. For Classic UI, Please see Generic List | Dialog Configuration – Classic UI Steps: Create MyList class, to find out… Continue reading AEM | ACS – Generic List | Dialog Configuration – Touch UI