Does Universal Editor support dynamic dropdown in the latest release

[MengshaJiang]

Hi everyone,

Our project has several dynamic dropdowns by using coral select. And it is supported in touch UI. Now we want to use the Universal Editor, but we didn't find a proper way to configure. So, my question would be:
1. Does Universal Editor support dynamic dropdown? 

2. If the editor supports dynamic dropdown, how can we implement it?

3. If dynamic dropdown is not supported, does anyone know why this function is out of scope? Can this function be added back to the Universal Editor?

Thanks in advance!

[daniel-strmecki]

Hi @MengshaJiang,

This kind of customization is supported, but I think it requires a custom render/plugin, see https://developer.adobe.com/uix/docs/services/aem-universal-editor/api/item-types-renderers/

You can create your own input field of type select or combo/autocomplete. Make sure to use the Adobe Spectrum React components, which make it easy it implement. Then just fill the select box with dynamic values, which you can fetch from an AEM servlet.

Good luck,

Daniel

[MengshaJiang]

Hi Daniel,

Will adobe provide dynamic dropdown extension officially in the future? We think customization is not always a good solution. 

Thanks!

Mengsha

[daniel-strmecki]

Hi @MengshaJiang,

I agree with that statement, but that's a question for Adobe, I don't know. You can raise a feature request here: https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager-ideas/idb-p/adobe-experien...

Good luck,

Daniel

[aanchal-sikka]

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[MengshaJiang]

Hi Aanchal Sikka,

We didn't find a valid solution except to develop a custom dynamic dropdown extension, so I raised an idea here https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager-ideas/dynamic-dropdown-usi.... 

Thanks,

Mengsha