Use the include component or sling:resourceSuperType to merge dialogs.
Dialogs are one of the most basic and widely used elements to edit content and display information in AEM. A typical use case of AEM dialogs is to reuse one dialog configuration as often as possible to cut down on extra, unnecessary updates. We have two options for doing this:
The include component - a way to include other resources. It’s an older method of building out components that requires manual input and can be labour-intensive and time-consuming.
Using sling:resourceSuperType - a way to include other resources by maintaining a virtual tree of resources. This method is more dynamic and it makes data organization and manipulation easier because updates are automatic, with less maintenance required.
We see a lot of our users rely upon the include component, and it often works well, but there are several instances where this component doesn’t work:
When there is a text editor (cq/gui/components/authoring/dialog/richtext)
When the text property is “text”, so the data will save in the text variable within AEM
When we want to have a different value that stores the data (jcr:description)
With the include component, we are unable to specify or override the name variable. But with sling:resourceSuperType, we can!
Here’s how it works:
This configuration prevents us from having to define all the variables and attributes throughout our configurations. We can define them once. In this case, on this node: /apps/dos/components/components/text/cq:dialog/content/items/tabs/items/style/items/text
and reuse them throughout our code. That means if we update our configuration in one spot, it updates everywhere automatically. Everyone loves a time saver!
