Reorder pages without delete permission

[Tylopilus]

Hey all, I am having rough time with permissions and move within AEM right now.I have the requirement that a editor without delete and publish rights should still be able to sort/reorder the pages (in list view via the dnd-handles).
I was looking and apparently this is considered a move operation. Move operation has been removed though as it requires delete and unpublish permissions.Are you aware of any other way to reorder pages / providing editors with the capabilities without the need of allowing them to delete / publish/unpublish pages?

I am wondering why this is considered a move as I am just changing the order of the nodes of the parent's page. There is no need to adjust any references thus I don't see why deletion and subsequentionally also unpublish rights are required

[EstebanBustamante · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

By design, the "move" operation consists of copying the node to the new location and then removing the old one. Hence, you cannot perform a move without "delete" permissions.

Some options that come to mind: You could disable the "delete" and "publish" buttons in the UI based on the group. This can be achieved by using granite:renderconditions. Please check this thread: https://jpsoares.medium.com/aem-granite-render-conditions-438c804b1e5a

Another alternative to explore is to use "preprocessors" to manually check if the group can replicate (publish) a resource. Review this link: https://dileepakv.blogspot.com/2018/01/aem-replication-preprocessor.html

Similar thread: https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager/what-permissions-does-some... 

Hope this helps