Disable the Input Text field

Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)
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Hi,

I have a document type with one input field which is String, wanted to disable the input field once the value is entered, it shouldn’t be editable , as I need some unique value for each document created using this document type.

Let’s say I have “Menu” document Type with Field “Unique Id”, I have created multiple documents using “Menu” with different content in each, in order to differentiate each document I want a unique value which shouldn’t be editable by users. I know we can go with UUID, but if document is deleted the UUID will be a new one and we cannot go with the hardcoded UUID.

I also tried adding property “mode” as “view” but this doesnt solve as it is same again if I create multiple documents with “menu”

Please suggest me any solution in order to achieve this.

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There’s no easy solution like simple configurations, but if you are with v13.2 or higher, you might want to implement an OpenUI Field Extension [1] for that specific field to have a full control of the field, as a workaround.

Just my two cents,

Woonsan

[1] https://documentation.bloomreach.com/library/concepts/open-ui/open-ui-document-field-extensions.html

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You should be able to restrict editing on specific fields using domain rules on the wicket plugins in the namespace (/hippo:namespaces///editor:templates/default/). Though it might be that this won’t work in the editor integrated in the channel manager. You can use a derived data function or workflow event to populate the field. How you generate unique id’s is up to you.