All about cq:editConfig

All about cq:editConfig

cq:editConfig is the node with the type cq:editConfig and name cq:editConfig that is defined under the component node. There are different configuration/properties those can be configured with cq:editConfig in order to render the dialog in required way. 

• cq:layout specifies how the component is edited in classic UI. The possible values are rollover, editbar, auto.
• cq:dialogMode specifies how the dialog is opened in classic UI. The possible values are floating, rollover and auto.
• cq:emptyText specifies the text to be displayed when the component is empty.
• cq:inherit specifies if the values should be inherited from the parent in case they are missing. This can be true or false. 
• cq:actions specifies the comma separated list of actions those can be performed on the component. This also allow a user to set the label of dialog. These actions are - insert, edit, delete, - , text:value, copymove. All of these should be configued as string array.

cq:editConfig has following child nodes those define the extra behavior configuration for the component. All of these are of the type nt:unstructured except cq:inplaceEditing and cq:listeners which has the type cq:inplaceEditingConfig and cq:editListnersConfig respectively.

• cq:dropTargets specifies the list of drop targets from the asset finder that can be draged. It should have the child node of cq:dropTargetConfig which has properties - accept, groups and propertyName defined. 
• cq:actionsConfigs specifies the custom actions that can be defined and listed in cq:actions property of cq:editConfig. For each custom action there should be a new node created under this of type nt:unstructured. This node should have properties like handler and text that defines the action to be performed. handler property can have the ExtJs function.
• cq:formParameters defines the addtional parameters those are added to the dialog.
• cq:inplaceEditing defines the inplace editing for the component. The properties those can be configured for this are - active, configPath and editorType. Where in editorType can be text, plaintext, title, begins.
• cq:listeners specifies the actions those should be taken when the component is changed. The events those are captured by listeners are - beforedelete, beforeedit, beforecopy, beforemove, beforeinsert, beforechildinsert, afterdelete, afteredit, aftercopy, aftermove, afterinsert, afterchildinsert.