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July 28, 2016
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Missing Sidekick?

  • July 28, 2016
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Hello AEM experts, 

I am doing exercises in the chapter of "Creating Workflow Models" in AEM doc 6.2 (I was actually following an example in helpx. The example cross-referenced steps in the AEM doc therefore I was redirected to the related section in the doc ). When I was working on 

Collecting Data Using Forms and Workflows

With AEM you can associate a workflow with forms. It enables .....

Create the Product of the Day page

To create the Product of the Day page:

  1. Go to the Websites console.
  2. Create the Product of the Day page below Websites/Geometrixx Outdoors Site/Enlish/Equipment with the following property values:
    Title: Product of the Day
    Template: Content Page without Sidebar
  3. Open the new page. The two columns each contain a single paragraph with no text. Add the following text to the paragraphs:
    • Left-hand column: Name:
    • Right-hand column: Designed By:
  4.  Add a Text component from the General tab of Sidekick to each of the two columns, below the existing paragraphs.
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I found that the Sidekick was missing on my computer. In other words, I could not see this Sidekick on the "Product of the Day" on my computer. I did all that I could like clearing browser cache, deleting my other projects and even re-installed AEM completely from scratch in a different location. On the purely new-installed AEM, I did not do anything else but only created this "Product of the Day", however I still could not see the Sidekick tool bar. In this case I could not do the step 4. 

Did anybody meet this? How did you handle it? 

Thanks so much. 

David 

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Best answer by smacdonald2008

Those are TOuch UI views - you can tell because a Touch UI has this in the url: editor.html. Likewise - a Classic UI view has cf# in the URL. 

In Touch UI - there is no sidekick. There is a SideRail instead. See this view: 

Click the Toggle button to get the SideRail where the components are stored. 

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smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008
Level 10
July 28, 2016

What helpx article are you following. Are you sure you are in Classic view or are you in TOuch UI view? 

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Anonymous
July 28, 2016

hi Smacdonald, 

Thanks so much for your reply. I was working on "AEM 6.2 Forms Help / Submitting and processing form data using AEM workflows" (https://helpx.adobe.com/aem-forms/6-2/aem-workflows-submit-process-form.html#main-pars_header_5). This article cross-references ("Recommended reads") http://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2/develop/extending/workflows/wf-models.html. 

Where to check if I am in Classical view or Touch UI view? I am working on a desktop computer. 

Thanks again, 

David 

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Anonymous
July 28, 2016

I have found the location to configure Classical UI or Touch UI View. I go to change to Classical and see. 

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Anonymous
July 28, 2016

It looks to me that I am using Classical UI already as I can not find the "Authoring Mode" in the "User Preferences" window.  There is no "Authoring Mode" section. Checking to the AEM doc, I think this is Classic UI. 

Classic UI

The Preferences dialog is available from the account menu in the top right corner of the consoles:

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The dialog offers the following options:

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smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008
Level 10
July 28, 2016

Do you see a Sidekick with the AEM Demo pages - try this URL:

http://localhost:4502/cf#/content/geometrixx/en/products/triangle.html

You should see side kick there.

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Anonymous
July 28, 2016

Yes, I could see a Sidekick on http://localhost:4502/cf#/content/geometrixx/en/products/triangle.html!

smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008
Level 10
July 28, 2016

That is a good sign - meaning the AEM sidekick is working in your AEM instance. Can you post the URL on the AEM page where the sidekick is not showing up please. 

smacdonald2008
smacdonald2008Accepted solution
Level 10
July 28, 2016

Those are TOuch UI views - you can tell because a Touch UI has this in the url: editor.html. Likewise - a Classic UI view has cf# in the URL. 

In Touch UI - there is no sidekick. There is a SideRail instead. See this view: 

Click the Toggle button to get the SideRail where the components are stored. 

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Anonymous
August 1, 2016

I see. Yeah, you are right. Your answer works. 

Thanks so much!

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