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How do I implement the out of the box button component within a custom component?

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I want the button component to come onto my custom component. The button should be customizable like so:

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This is dialog box that comes up when you try to configure the button. I would like this to come up when I click on the implemented button within the custom component I built.

 

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For less confusion, the buttons have rendered since I added it to the html file. But I would like to able to configure the button with the dialog box popping up.

 

Is this possible?

 

@kautuk_sahni @BrianKasingli @arunpatidar @DEBAL_DAS @SantoshSai 

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you don't need to allow button component in your customcomponent.

Add isContainer property to your component.

 

Example

https://github.com/arunpatidar02/aemaacs-aemlab/blob/master/ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/apps/a... 



Arun Patidar

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Embed the OOTB component in your custom one by adding a placeholder like for tabs , accordion where you can drag and drop any other existing component .

Himanshu Jain

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Hi, thank you for your response. I'm very new to AEM so I don't quite understand what you mean by adding a placeholder. How would I do that? 
Thanks

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@cosmicthief You could probably include the dialog of the OOTB button components via /libs/granite/ui/components/coral/foundation/include and customize the HTML/CSS as you would like.

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you can embed those button using data-sly-resource in custom component.

 

<div class="custom-comp">

......

<div class="cmp-custom-bt1" data-sly-resource="${@path='btn1', resourceType='mypass/content/button'}"></div>
<div class="cmp-custom-bt2" data-sly-resource="${@path='btn2', resourceType='mypass/content/button'}"></div>


</div>

 



Arun Patidar

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Hi, thank you for your response. I have already added that to my HTL file. With that only the empty button is rendered. I would like the button to have the options to edit text etc (exactly like the dialog box I attached to the original question). Do you have any recommendations of what I should do? (I am very new to AEM so I may need extra steps that are considered obvious haha.)

Thanks

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you need to create your custom component as a container and make button components editable within custom components. It is like composite component.

 

check the button components from left trail content tree Screenshot 2023-02-15 at 16.54.09.png

 



Arun Patidar

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Hi, so I tried that by editing the content xml file. I changed the supertype to a container. 

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Do I have to change something else as well? So far, it's not allowing me to add any components.

 

 

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you don't need to allow button component in your customcomponent.

Add isContainer property to your component.

 

Example

https://github.com/arunpatidar02/aemaacs-aemlab/blob/master/ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/apps/a... 



Arun Patidar

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@cosmicthief An off topic question: What is the purpose of mentioning the below users? Does it mean that other users of this forum shall not answer your question?

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According to me

Intentions to tag certain users in the post so that they will get notified and see the question from notication.



Arun Patidar

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Hello @cosmicthief 

 

There would be 2 pieces for using OOTB Button component in another component"

 

1. Dialog: Possible approaches to configure:

-- Add fields to custom component, with property names as OOTB button.

-- Reuse the tabs of the OOTB button component by including it.

2. HTL: Use data-sly-resource to render the button component

<div data-sly-resource="${ 'foo' @ resourceType='<myapp/content/button>' }">

This Sling Model for "myapp/content/button" would use the properties from the foo resource, to render the button component

 

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How would include/reuse the tabs of OOTB component? Sorry, I'm new to AEM so I don't how to do that.

 

Thanks