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MengshaJiang
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April 28, 2025
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Does Universal Editor support dynamic dropdown in the latest release

  • April 28, 2025
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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!

2 replies

daniel-strmecki
Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
daniel-strmeckiCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
April 28, 2025

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

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    MengshaJiangAuthor
    Level 2
    April 29, 2025

    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
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    daniel-strmeckiCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
    Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
    April 29, 2025

    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-experience-manager-ideas

     

    Good luck,

    Daniel

      aanchal-sikka
      Community Advisor
      aanchal-sikkaCommunity Advisor
      Community Advisor
      May 5, 2025

      @mengshajiang Did you find the suggestions helpful? Please let us know if you require more information. Otherwise, please mark the answer as correct for posterity. If you've discovered a solution yourself, we would appreciate it if you could share it with the community. Thank you!

      Aanchal Sikka
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      MengshaJiangAuthor
      Level 2
      May 6, 2025

      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-using-datasource-in-universal-editor/idi-p/751425. 

       

      Thanks,

      Mengsha

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