Questions on Rules for Adaptive form

Hi ​@kolluax 

On 6.5 on‑prem, the Rule Editor's "Validate" action only validates the current panel. To validate the entire adaptive form (all panels) from one button, you must call guideBridge.validate() at form level via a code rule. The Cloud‑only navigatebetweenpanels action is not required and is not available on 6.5.

What to do

1. Keep your Submit button directly under the root guide container (as you already have).
2. Open Rule Editor on that button -> event: Click -> choose Code Editor (not Visual).

• Use this script:

  // Click rule on the submit button
  var errors = [];
  guideBridge.validate(errors, "", true);  // "" = whole form, true = focus first error
  
  if (errors.length === 0) {
    // No validation errors: let your React SPA take over
    window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("af-valid-submit"));
  }
  // At this point, ALL invalid fields in ALL panels are marked with errors/isValid=false
  

• guideBridge.validate(errorList, somExpression, focus) with somExpression == "" (or null) tells AEM to validate the entire adaptive form, not just the current panel.
• This marks every invalid field across all panels (isValid=false) and shows the standard error messages; your React SPA can then parse the DOM and build the modal exactly as you want.

Notes

• The behavior is part of the standard guideBridge API used in AEM 6.5 Forms and exposed for rules/code editor usage: see guideBridge.validate(errorList, somExpression, focus) in https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-65-lts/content/forms/adaptive-forms-basic-authoring/adaptive-forms-best-practices https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-manager-65/content/forms/adaptive-forms-advanced-authoring/rule-editor
• The missing navigatebetweenpanels rule action is Cloud‑only; on 6.5 you handle navigation yourself (React can scroll to first invalid field, or you can use guideBridge.setFocus() in the same rule).