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jCaltrans
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April 10, 2026
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Pagination window greyed out for Pages in the body section

  • April 10, 2026
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In the hierarchy the root object’s properties are no longer available to make changes to the settings.  This makes the pages objects under it unavailable in to the settings of the Pagination window.  Without these settings being usable then pages can’t be assigned to masterpages.

    Best answer by rahulpandey27

    Hello ​@jCaltrans 

     

    As we discussed on the support case, the Parent subform doesn’t contains the layout as “tb”, which is causing the issue.
    After adding layout=’tb’ , the pagination is enabled as shown in the below screenshots

    The shared template did not declare a flowed (top-to-bottom) layout on the root subform (name="PM-0207").
    Because the root had no layout (flowed), Designer treated the hierarchy as mixed and left Pagination and those page/root options disabled, even though inner objects could still show different behaviour.

    What we changed
    We updated the XDP so the root subform (name="PM-0207") uses layout="tb" (top-to-bottom flow), and everything works as expected.

     

    Thanks,

    Rahul

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    AmitVishwakarma
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    AmitVishwakarmaCommunity Advisor
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    April 11, 2026

    Hi ​@jCaltrans 

    This usually happens in AEM Forms Designer (LiveCycle Designer) when the form/body pages are not in a "dynamic, flowed" context, so pagination settings are disabled.

    Do this:

    1.Make the form Dynamic XML (not Static PDF)

    • In Designer: File -> Form Properties -> Defaults
    • Set PDF Render Format to Dynamic XML Form (or similar wording).
    • Click OK, then save and reopen the XDP.

    2.Set the root body subform to Flowed

    • In the Hierarchy panel, select the root subform under form1 (often named Page1 / untitled Subform, not the Master Page).
    • Open the Object palette -> Subform tab.
    • Set Content to Flowed (top to bottom) and ensure it's not locked.

    3.Select the body page subform and open Pagination

    • In Hierarchy, click the page/subform you want to map.
    • Open Object -> Pagination tab.
    • Now the Place / After / Overflow controls should be active and you can set Place -> On Page -> [MasterPageName] to assign pages to master pages.

    If Pagination is still greyed out, double‑check you are:

    • Not on a Master Page itself,
    • Not on a field instead of a subform/page,
    • The parent container of that page is also Flowed and in a Dynamic XML Form file.
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    April 22, 2026

    Hello ​@jCaltrans 

     

    As we discussed on the support case, the Parent subform doesn’t contains the layout as “tb”, which is causing the issue.
    After adding layout=’tb’ , the pagination is enabled as shown in the below screenshots

    The shared template did not declare a flowed (top-to-bottom) layout on the root subform (name="PM-0207").
    Because the root had no layout (flowed), Designer treated the hierarchy as mixed and left Pagination and those page/root options disabled, even though inner objects could still show different behaviour.

    What we changed
    We updated the XDP so the root subform (name="PM-0207") uses layout="tb" (top-to-bottom flow), and everything works as expected.

     

    Thanks,

    Rahul

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