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GMasucci
GMasucci

Reputation: 2882

Adobe CQ - CQ5 - Limit a component to only being usable on a given page template

I am developing components for CQ5 and wish to control them so that component A is only displayed in the sidekick if the page is of template T_A, and components B and C are only visible if the page is of type template T_B, however I have so far not been able to find a set of properties to allow this.

Does anyone know of any way to achieve this functionality?

I am also able to retrieve the page template in code via the use of currentPage.getProperties().get("cq:template", "").equals(MyTemplate) however, once I have not been able to find a way to control sidekick component visibility.

I have also attempted variation on Disabling The Components Tab, however this too has met with no success (even at the level of disabling the entire components tab).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2207

Answers (1)

Sharath Madappa
Sharath Madappa

Reputation: 3402

This feature is baked into CQ5 and requires no special coding. The general way of controlling what components are visible in the side kick (specially what components are allowed for a given parsys) is controlled via a design. The remainder of my answer is based on the assumption that you have no special requirement other than controlling what components are allowed for a parsys (i.e no run time requirements).

The components (or component groups) allowed for a parsys are stored in the design of the site . You can control this behavior by editing the design dialog of the parsys.

The steps for achieving this are as follows

  • Go to design mode by clicking on the ruler icon at the bottom of the side kick
  • Click on edit button of the required parsys
  • Check the components required from the allowed component list

The allowed components are stored on per template basis. Since this data is stored in a design , all the pages must have the same design. The design must be exported too, for this to work across instances [ref : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17049259/limiting-allowed-components-in-a-template-in-cq5 ]

Upvotes: 2

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