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RFE：Page List block with directory + tag filtering & external/PDF link support

yoshida.mhx · 2026-03-12T07:41:08+00:00

Field Content Request for Feature Enhancement (RFE) Summary: Provide a Page List block that allows filtering by a specific path × specific directory, and supports listing non-HTML items such as PDF files and external links. Use-case: Content authors need to easily create lists such as news, column, and article indexes based on specific directories, and include non-HTML items (PDF files, external URLs) within the list. Current/Experienced Behavior: 1. It is currently not possible to generate a page list filtered by a specific path × specific directory. 2. Authors cannot easily include PDF files or external links in lists such as news indexes without creating dummy pages and setting manual redirects. As a result, page lists cannot naturally contain mixed content such as pages, PDFs, and external URLs. Improved/Expected Behavior: 1. Enable authors to generate a page list by specifying a directory × tag (or equivalent filtering criteria). 2. Allow authors to add PDF files or external links to page lists with the same ease as adding standard AEM pages, without requiring dummy redirect pages. Environment Details (AEM version/service pack, any other specifics if applicable): Experience Manager as a Cloud Service Customer-name/Organization name: asahi kasei Screenshot (if applicable): Code package (if applicable):

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March 12, 2026
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Field	Content
Request for Feature Enhancement (RFE) Summary:	Provide a Page List block that allows filtering by a specific path × specific directory, and supports listing non-HTML items such as PDF files and external links.
Use-case:	Content authors need to easily create lists such as news, column, and article indexes based on specific directories, and include non-HTML items (PDF files, external URLs) within the list.
Current/Experienced Behavior:	1. It is currently not possible to generate a page list filtered by a specific path × specific directory.
	2. Authors cannot easily include PDF files or external links in lists such as news indexes without creating dummy pages and setting manual redirects.
	As a result, page lists cannot naturally contain mixed content such as pages, PDFs, and external URLs.
Improved/Expected Behavior:	1. Enable authors to generate a page list by specifying a directory × tag (or equivalent filtering criteria).
Improved/Expected Behavior:	2. Allow authors to add PDF files or external links to page lists with the same ease as adding standard AEM pages, without requiring dummy redirect pages.
Environment Details (AEM version/service pack, any other specifics if applicable):	Experience Manager as a Cloud Service
Customer-name/Organization name:	asahi kasei
Screenshot (if applicable):
Code package (if applicable):

giuseppebaglio

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hi @yoshida.mhx,

To achieve a list block with directory filtering, tag filtering, and external link support, you could use the AEM Core Component List. This out-of-the-box component natively covers your required use cases, with the exception of dynamically querying PDF files which maybe can be achievied by leveraging the option listFrom=search:

./listFrom - defines the source of this List; possible values:
children - the list is built from the child pages of a root page
static - the list is built from a statically defined collection of pages and external links
search - the list is built from the search results of a query
tags - the list is built from the tagged children pages of a root page

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