Catalog Configuration

The catalog configuration contains all the components that are available from the Component Toolbar. These components can be dragged and dropped in a container on a page using the Experience manager's Channel Editor.

Possible configuration locations for the catalog

On the configuration model introduction page, the  hst:catalog configuration node was briefly mentioned and shown at the following repository location:

/hst:hst
  /hst:configurations
    /example
      /hst:catalog

If the example configuration inherits from other configurations, the catalog items from the inherited configuration are also available. Also all catalog items below the  default inherited configuration ( hst:default) are available. It is even possible to define a catalog directly below hst:configurations that is available everywhere (although note that this latter location is an uncommon one), which boils down to be similar to having it below hst:default. Resuming this in one configuration as follows

/hst:hst:
  /hst:configurations:
    /example:
      hst:inheritsfrom: ../common
      /hst:catalog:
        jcr:primaryType: hst:catalog
    /common:
      /hst:catalog:
        jcr:primaryType: hst:catalog
    /hst:default:
      /hst:catalog:
        jcr:primaryType: hst:catalog
    /hst:catalog:
      jcr:primaryType: hst:catalog 

then the example configuration has access to all catalog items available from:

  1. /hst:hst/hst:configurations/example/hst:catalog
  2. /hst:hst/hst:configurations/common/hst:catalog
  3. /hst:hst/hst:configurations/hst:default/hst:catalog
  4. /hst:hst/hst:configurations/hst:catalog

The catalog configuration itself

Below an  hst:catalog node, child nodes of type  hst:containeritempackage must be placed. Below a node of type  hst:containeritempackage the actual Component Toolbar items of type  hst:containeritemcomponent are placed. For example, the configuration below results in two available components in the Component Toolbar:  banner and search.

/hst:hst:
  /hst:configurations:
    /example:
      hst:inheritsfrom: ../common
      /hst:catalog:
        jcr:primaryType: hst:catalog
        /example-catalog-package:
          jcr:primaryType: hst:containeritempackage
          /banner:
            jcr:primaryType: hst:containeritemcomponent
      /hst:default:
        /hst:catalog:
          jcr:primaryType: hst:catalog
          /onehippo-essentials-package:
            jcr:primaryType: hst:containeritempackage
            /search:
              jcr:primaryType: hst:containeritemcomponent

Dynamic Component Configuration

For components created using the Headless Dynamic Components feature, the component catalog also provides configuration details for component parameters. In this case, the hst:componentdefinition node type is used instead of the hst:containeritemcomponent node type. Further details about the configuration options are explained on this page.

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