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burhanuddinj
burhanuddinj
Level 2
July 7, 2025
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Issue with multiple RTE

  • July 7, 2025
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Multiple RTE fields with different editing options is not working.

For ex- On one page, we have 2 different components with RTE's. Each has different editing options. But whichever component is opened first, the same options are seen in another RTE as well.

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ShivamKumar
Level 4
July 7, 2025

Hi @burhanuddinj ,

AEM reuses RTE config globally. When RTE fields have the same node name (like text) or lack unique config scopes, the toolbar leaks across components.

You can try following solutions - 

  • Use different RTE field names in dialogs
    • e.g., ./overview, ./details (not both ./text)
  • Use unique dialog node names
    • e.g., <rteOverview> and <rteDetails>
  • Do NOT use shared configPath

 

You can refer below xml - 

<!-- Component A --> <rteOverview jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured" sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext" name="./overview" features="[bold,italic]" /> <!-- Component B --> <rteDetails jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured" sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext" name="./details" features="[underline,subscript]" />

 

Let me know if this works.
 

burhanuddinj
burhanuddinjAuthor
Level 2
July 9, 2025

Hi @shivamkumar ,

Thanks for your response, but it did not work. Below is my rte config

RTE 1

<listitemlabel
jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"
sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext"
features="[underline,subscript]"
fieldDescription="Provide a label for the list item"
fieldLabel="List item label"
name="./itemlabel"
removeSingleParagraphContainer="{Boolean}true"
useFixedInlineToolbar="{Boolean}true"/>

 

RTE 2

<byline
jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"
sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext"
features="[bold,italic]"
fieldDescription="Provide a byline"
fieldLabel="Byline"
name="./byline"
useFixedInlineToolbar="{Boolean}true"/>

S
ShivamKumar
Level 4
July 9, 2025

Hey, I think the problem is occurring because of useFixedInIn AEM, when using useFixedInlineToolbar=true, the RTE toolbar config is cached and reused across fields, unless additional isolation is enforced.

 

Try this -

Use Distinct uiSettings to Isolate Toolbars
Embed explicit toolbar configurations under each field like this:- 

<listitemlabel jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured" sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext" name="./itemlabel" fieldLabel="List item label" useFixedInlineToolbar="{Boolean}true"> <uiSettings jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <cui jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <inline jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <toolbar jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <items jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <underline jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"/> <subscript jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"/> </items> </toolbar> </inline> </cui> </uiSettings> </listitemlabel> <byline jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured" sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext" name="./byline" fieldLabel="Byline" useFixedInlineToolbar="{Boolean}true"> <uiSettings jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <cui jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <inline jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <toolbar jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <items jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"> <bold jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"/> <italic jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"/> </items> </toolbar> </inline> </cui> </uiSettings> </byline>

 

  • Embedding uiSettings per field isolates toolbar definitions, stopping AEM’s global cache from overlapping.
  • useFixedInlineToolbar avoids multiple RTE instances colliding and ensures consistent behavior.

 

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