Dialog vs Design Dialog

[prasanth_subram]

What are the differences between Dialog and Design dialog ?

[arunpatidar · Accepted solution]

A component can be configured for following

1. Page specific (in this case component dialog is used)
2. Design/Global (in this case design_dialog is used)

The obvious difference is in their name i.e. “dialog” and “design_dialog”

The way properties (stored content/values) are access:

The way a dialog or design_dialog is defined is exactly same, there are only two differences:

• Retrieve values from dialog (widget) to jsp: String var= properties.get("","");

• Retrieve values from design_dialog to jsp: String var= currentStyle.get("","");

Content/values stored via get stored at page level under component’s node. On the other hand, content/value stored via a design dialog is store at design path of your teamplate (see cq:designPath property of root node of your application/page), usually this location is under /etc/design/

If you want to change something on page level you create dialog and if changes are global/template level you go for design dialog.