6.4 no longer allows custom themes?

[Christopher_Pa4]

Hi!

In our 6.2/6.3 installation, I had set up a custom template and theme using the process shown at AEM 6.0 Forms Help | Creating custom adaptive form themes​.

We had no entry on the "Adaptive Form Theme" property of the Form Container - we would set the dropdown to blank and our template would force all look and feel.

Now we are building a clean installation of 6.4, but our above solution no longer works. I don't want to recreate all the work I did in LESS to a new Theme, and I find the the Theme Editor to be very clunky and difficult to use. Is there any way to point the theme to a "blank" theme that will allow the original template to be used?

Thanks!

[smacdonald2008]

One big difference between AEM 6.4 is older versions is clientlibs are recommended under /apps now - as opposedto /etc. If you place your clientlibs under /apps with the required CSS - it should work the same.

[smacdonald2008]

Also - i am checking with the team to see if this document has been updated for 6.4.

[Christopher_Pa4]

Thanks! I'll be looking for updated documentation, but will test in the meantime.

[Khushwant_Singh · Accepted solution]

The documentation is being updated. It will be published once ready.

[smacdonald2008]

Thanks for confirming.

[Christopher_Pa4]

Thanks! Would it be possible to be notified when published?

In the meantime I'm experimenting. I can get my webpage templates to work, but still having issues with the form templates, even after moving to /app/ file. I'm going through and checking for broken links, etc.

[Christopher_Pa4]

Also, is it possible to get an ETA, in case I can't figure out on my own? We need to know for planning. Thanks!

[smacdonald2008]

I asked the Team to respond and give an estimate of when the doc will be updated.

[Christopher_Pa4]

Thanks Scott!

[Christopher_Pa4]

One thing to watch for that I found, is that any images or imports need to have the reference links changed as well, as the library structure appears to have changed.

@import "../../../../clientlibs/fd/af/guidetheme/common/less/globalvariables.less"; ended up changing to @import "/libs/fd/af/runtime/clientlibs/guidetheme/common/less/globalvariables.less";

[Christopher_Pa4]

Also, I found another potential bug. All of our help icons disappeared, and it looks like the bootstrap glyphicon location may have changed?

In my CSS Less code, I had to manually update bootstrap references:

@font-face {

  font-family: 'Glyphicons Halflings';

  src:url('../fd/af/third-party/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot');

to

@font-face {

  font-family: 'Glyphicons Halflings';

  src:url('/libs/fd/af/runtime/clientlibs/third-party/resources/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot');

[Christopher_Pa4]

Also, I'm finding that the div#guideContainerTheme links to /etc.clientlibs/fd/afaddon/clientlibs/adobesign/common.css and /etc.clientlibs/fd/af/runtime/clientlibs/guidetheme2/common.css are causing radio buttons and checkboxes to disappear. I am trying to recover in my custom theme code, but because the div#guideContainerTheme is at the end of the page it is difficult to over-write some sections. I can get to re-appear if I add

.guideCheckBoxItem .guideFieldWidget input[type="checkbox"], .guideRadioButtonItem .guideFieldWidget input[type="radio"] {

    /* float: none; */

    /* vertical-align: middle; */

    margin-top: 0px !important;

    width: auto!important;

}   

to my code, but the checkboxes float to the right of the label, rather than to the left, as they should.

I may have to put an extra CSS file in my footer to correct.

[smacdonald2008]

The document is updated and pushed live:

  https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/6-4/forms/using/creating-custom-adaptive-form-themes.html

[Christopher_Pa4]

Excellent! I'll read through and double-check things.

I am noticing that it says "only if you have upgraded from a version that does not have Theme Editor​" - since 6.4 requires a Theme, it might be good to add information from How to programmatically force a theme in 6.4

I had to create a new theme and strip out all the CSS in that theme, but am still encountering issues like the latest ones above, as I'm overwriting common.css, entered by having a theme. Perhaps the engineers could include a "No Theme" option in the future?

[IainClucas]

Hi, did you get a resolution to this? We have a similar situation where we do not what the theme at all. The client provides a Design platform for all their components including CSS. We can create our own version of guide components that SuperType to the originals. In our components we can add the required CSS classes. 

However, like you, I cannot run the form without a theme. I have created an empty theme but it is not really empty. I have removed the themeRef from the properties, but the code says (no theme have this default one).

I am minded to create a new page type for non-themed forms where I update the includeTheme.jsp to remove the code that included the theme clientlibs.

However a NoTheme options would be a really nice solution.