Custom widget dialog in a workflow

[Former Community Member]

Hi,

I have a problem with a workflow. When I use a dialog with standard CQ widgets, i.e. xtypes (e.g. textfield, multifield, etc.), everything works great, but when I place my custom widget/xtype instead, it crashes (doesn't go further - next step) and a JavaScript error comes up: "uncaught exception: cannot create Component: xtype 'pagetreebrowse' not found and no default supplied" (my custom xtype is named "pagetreebrowse"), on line 93351 in widget.js :

return cw.CQ.wcm.mobile.simulator.DeviceSimulator.getInstance(config);

When I use this custom widget in a normal CQ enviroment/dialog, it works great. Is this a CQ limitation (no custom widgets in workflow dialogs), or can it be solved?

Thank you for your time and help in advance!

[nikash1]

Hi,

I am facing the same error while trying to access the page properties of a page from context menu on the siteadmin page. However when i try accessing the page properties of the same page through side kick after opening the page, it works.

Please help.

thanks in advance,

Nikash

[jocamp]

Are you running the workflow from the inbox? Make sure the widget's clientlib is being loaded into the page. Check the clientlibs "categories" property. I had to add "cq.workflow" to it for it to be loaded into the workflow inbox page as neither "cq.wcm.admin" or "cq.wcm.edit" are loaded.

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

I'm sorry. After a lot of trying to figure this out in a lot of places, I went back to what you wrote and tried a couple of more combinations. And finally found the right combination to work... cq.widgets and cq.workflow:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<jcr:root xmlns:sling="http://sling.apache.org/jcr/sling/1.0" xmlns:cq="http://www.day.com/jcr/cq/1.0" xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0"
    jcr:primaryType="cq:ClientLibraryFolder"
    sling:resourceType="widgets/clientlib"

    categories="[cq.widgets, cq.workflow]"/>

Thanks again!

[Former Community Member]

Thank you for the reply, and sorry for the long time it took me to answer, was a non-working day.

I tried it from within the site (from the sidekick), and also now from the inbox. Same thing. Then I tried all possible combinations to the categories property of my custom "clientlib" (before, I only had cq.widgets). I tried: "<project_name>.global", "cq.widgets", "cq.wcm.admin", "cq.wcm.edit" and of course "cq.workflow". The same problem persisted both from the sidekick and from the inbox. 

[Former Community Member]

Hmm... sorry, I don't know what this could be, never had this exact problem. The problem in the thread / topic was the registration of custom clientlib. Did you try any of it on listed above?