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Matija Kovaček
Matija Kovaček

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Really? Preselected checkbox not working, common AEM?

Why one simple preselected checkbox doesn't work in page properties?

Today I needed to add one, simple checbox in page properties and it should be preselected by default. Sounds simple, 5 min task, yea sure....

Since I'm not doing this stuff so often I needed to check granite documentation to see how to achive it. Looks simple, I found properties what I need ( value , uncheckedValue , checked ).

<showSomething
    jcr:primaryType="nt:unstructured"
    sling:resourceType="granite/ui/components/coral/foundation/form/checkbox"
    cq:showOnCreate="{Boolean}true"
    text="Please be preselected by default"
    name="./showSomething"
    checked="{Boolean}true" // tried also with string "true"
    value="{Boolean}true" // "true"
    uncheckedValue="{Boolean}false" /> //"false"
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And of course it doesn't work in page properties just in component dialog...

Since I'm tired of doing some hacks or writing Javascript to get this stuff working, I just switched dialog to hideSomething so that not preselected checkbox have sense.

I don't understand how that kind of simple things doesn't work as expected OOTB.

Share your ridiculous cases which doesn't work? :D

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