Fields not being populated in dialog when using multifield

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August 13, 2019
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Hello. I am having an issue when creating a new component in AEM 6.4.5 using a multifield in the dialog. The values are saved in the node, but when entering the dialog again these values are not displayed, meaning that when changing anything in the component we would have to reauthor all of the values again. I have found some solutions following the old style of creating child nodes with the individual values, and this populates the dialog properly. I am however of the understanding that with newer versions of AEM this is no longer the recommended way of working.

The dialog for our component has 2-6 columns to be authored and the number of tabs/columns to be shown is chosen in the "General Settings" tab.

This is what the XML for the dialog currently looks like. I have for simplicity removed all columns but one as they are all identical:

<?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" xmlns:nt="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/nt/1.0"

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog"

helpPath="http://www.adobe.com/go/aem6_1_docs_component_en">

<content

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/container"

class="target-options-dialog-footer"

formName="extendedFooter"

onloadFunc="function(){extendedFooterOnLoad();}">

<layout

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/layouts/tabs"

type="nav"/>

<general-settings

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

jcr:title="General Settings"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/container">

<layout

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/layouts/fixedcolumns"/>

<columns

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/container">

<number-of-items

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/select"

fieldLabel="Select number of columns"

id="columnNumber"

name="./columnNumber"

onSelectFunc="function(){extendedFooterOnSelect();}"

value="2
">

<two

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

text="2 Columns"

value="2"/>

<three

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

text="3 Columns"

value="3"/>

<four

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

text="4 Columns"

value="4"/>

<five

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

text="5 Columns"

value="5"/>

<six

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

text="6 Columns"

value="6"/>

</items>

</number-of-items>

</items>

</columns>

</items>

</general-settings>

<column-one

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

jcr:title="Column One"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/container"

id="1">

<layout

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/layouts/fixedcolumns"/>

<columns

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/container">

<column-title

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/textfield"

fieldDescription="Please enter a column name"

fieldLabel="Column Label"

name="./titleColumn1"/>

<column-items

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/multifield"

fieldDescription="Click '+' to add a new item"

fieldLabel="Links">

<field

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/fieldset"

name="./extendedFooterLinks">

<layout

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/layouts/fixedcolumns"

method="absolute"/>

<column

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/container">

<text

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/textfield"

fieldLabel="Link Text *"

name="./linkTextColumn1"

required="{Boolean}true"/>

<url

jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"

sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/foundation/form/pathbrowser"

fieldLabel="URL *"

name="./linkUrlColumn1"

required="{Boolean}true"

rootPath="/content/scanianoe"/>

</items>

</column>

</items>

</field>

</column-items>

</items>

</columns>

</items>

</column-one>

</items>

</content>

</jcr:root>

My question is then what in here is missing or wrong in the structure that makes it so that when opening the dialog, previously saved values will be shown?

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Hamid1350

Adobe Employee

You may want ot check the following sample project and compare the structure with what you have and make sure Coral components have been used properly.
Creating a Granite/Coral 6.3 Multifield HTL component for Adobe Experience Manager