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Modifications to Content Editor for Accessibility Input Labels

Is there a Sitecore supported or unsupported way of modifying html structure of Content Editor and Experience Editor for the purpose of supporting screen readers used for accessibility/visually ...
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Multi-list with search showing gibberish after switching to SOLR Cloud

I'm running Sitecore 8.1 (Original Release), and last night we switched our SOLR indexes to use a dedicated SOLR Cloud set of servers instead of using a stand-alone SOLR instance on our CM server. ...
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Droptree fails on certain items

I've got a strange error with a droptree field, it works for all items except those below a certain folder, as below. Debugging with Chrome the last request before the null item is returned was to ...
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Difference between "Copying -> Move To" and dragging an item to move it when the source item is in a bucket

In my SXA 10.3.1 site, I want to move a bucketable item out of a bucket and into an unbucketable folder that is a direct child of the parent bucket item. When doing so, I get different results based ...
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Comparing versons of an item when using data source items

We're a bit behind the curve in adopting this stuff, but I hope that makes this an easier question. I should also mention we are on 7.2 Historically we had published articles on our site where, ...
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How can a previously removed component be fully restored from standard values?

When a component coming from a template has been removed from a page item, it can be restored by resetting layouts from standard values. However, if changes are made to the component at the template ...
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Bucketable Item is being removed from bucket

I have an item in Sitecore (10.0.1) that has 'Bucketable' and 'Lock Child Relationship' toggles set to True on their template's standard values: Occasionally, we have a situation where certain items ...
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Custom fonts issue in Sitecore Content Editor (Rich Text Editor and Single Line Text Fields)

We are running through one issue in Sitecore, Please let me know if anyone faced similar issue and know the solution. We are trying to copy content from MSWord (Which uses custom fonts "Times new ...
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Why are page components getting bumped to bottom of components list after template is deployed?

After a particular template is deployed during a release, page level components are getting bumped to the bottom of the components list on page final layout. We've pulled that template from getting ...
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Search query custom path

I'm trying to build a search query to find an item that is a child of the current item. Something like this: custom:path|./_local/* But this returns 0 results (should be 3 results). How do I do ...
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Is there a way to manage external links in Sitecore Content Editor so that it can be reused?

Recently I got an interesting query from one our Sitecore clients. The current site they are working on has a large number of external links. If they use the hyper link manager to add these links ...
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Saving presentation details kills browser

I'm having issue with saving presentation details on standard values for a template. I navigate to the template and standard values I'd like to edit in content editor, I open presentation details ...
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Adding custom control dynamically to Custom Field in Sitecore gives App_Web_xxxx.dll not found

I have a created a simple user control and dynamically added that control to a new custom field in Sitecore. When viewing the item having that custom field in content editor, it works just fine. If I ...
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General Link - Raw Value inside but not editable in Field

I have a general link field where the value is still inside when I look at the raw value but the field seems to be empty and has to be cleared before it is editable again. How do I fix that and what ...
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Sitecore Link Inserted at Top of Page Instead of Desired Location

When using the content editor, a user encounters an issue where, upon opening the rich text editor and adding a Sitecore link, the link is placed at the top of the editor instead of at the intended ...
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How can I call render ribbon from code?

I have CustomPanel class. public class CustomPanel : RibbonPanel { public int SelectedItemCount { get; set; } private const string SelectedItems = "Seleceted items:"; public ...
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ReferenceError: Sys is not defined

We are facing this issue whenever we try to open the hyperlink manager in richtext it starts to throw the error. I have checked the webconfig the Telerik dialogue handler is present. Can you please ...
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Clicking on an item throws error

When a user clicks on a particular item alone she is encountering a 500 custom error page. Below is the stack trace from log. This issue is happening for one particular user and not for all. Call ...
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Null exception been thrown when interacting with generated PowerShell report executed from context menu sitecore spe

When the report is generated by the PowerShell script that is executed from the context menu within content-editor, it typically provides interaction features like sorting, export choices, and item ...
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Can not delete copied items in Sitecore 7. Getting Error Job started: RemoveLinks|System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null

Hello – As I’m working through Sitecore trying to add some pages and delete some, I’m running into this “Breaking Links” error that doesn’t allow me to delete pages I don’t need. For example, I now ...
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Paste from Word, Still Bringing Over Custom Formatting

We have an internal editorial process which requires team members to make text updates in Microsoft Word before posting in Sitecore. We've tried all of the different pasting options from the Rich Text ...
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Is it possible to target a specific page template in sitecore and convert all pages of that template into an SXA pages

Recently we have upgraded to Sitecore 10 XP, some of our pages are still using old templates. Is it possible to target a specific page template in Sitecore and convert all pages of that template into ...
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9.2: More than one Product Template from one Commerce Catalog

So, in our Bizfx we defined a catalog Catalog containing two categories, Category_1 and Category_2. In Content Editor the catalog displays the items from both categories with CommerceProduct template. ...
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Code editor compatibility with Sitecore 9.3

We have used the Code editor market place module to edit CSS, Less & JS in Sitecore 8.1 content editor, this module downloaded from the marketplace. It was working perfectly fine in our old ...
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Experience editor missing Workflow

When I edit the content on the content editor the workflow is triggering and showing Request for approval command option under the Review tab, whereas when I edit the content through Experience editor ...
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Customizing Rich Text Editor to automatically link email addresses while editing

While I know you can hook into the item:save command or override the scSendRequest method, is there a better way to automatically make email addresses self mailto link when entered? (think of MS word, ...
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Closing custom tab on item context change

I have a custom button in content editor that will trigger a command that will run the following code(simplified for this purpose) SheerResponse.Eval((new ShowEditorTab() { ...
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On Item Creation: Warning/Confirmation dialog for invalid Item Name

I want to create a Warning/Confirmation dialog when certain items do not pass our custom item name validation rules. The user can still override the warning dialog via OK/Cancel Buttons. I've tried ...
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how to create custom saveactions at content tree side

sitecore 9.1 how to create forms saveactions at content tree side,like sitecore 8.2 wffm's saveactions.? In sitecore 9.1 directly select save action at forms module but we need to same at content ...
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Default enabling checkbox in rendering parameter isn't recognized by view

We have a view that uses rendering parameters, one of which sets a model property that determines whether a form should show inside the view. When I change the default value to 1 for that checkbox, ...
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What is the difference between Speak UI and Sheer UI?

We are switching from Speak UI to Sheer UI due to performance issue. We would like to know what are the screens which would change for an Author in Sitecore CMS
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Unpublish workflow command disabled in Published (final state) in CE

We are using Sitecore 9.0.2 along with SXA 1.7.1 We have a workflow in place with these states: 1. Draft (initial state) 2. Approver Approval 3. Publisher Approval (it has Approve and Reject ...
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While clicking on an item in Content Editor throws Invalid Certificate exception

Configuring Sitecore 9.0.2 on scaled environment. On the CM environment when we click any of the items related to our website, we see the exception below. Whereas all the Sitecore ootb items in ...
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Images wiped out by virtualssuser

Bit of an unusual one. Came into work one morning to be told images are missing from multiple components within Sitecore. Live appears to be unaffected. Carousels and other components with images ...
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Sitecore MultiLanguage Content changes the URL. Results 404, Not found error

I'm having an issue in my site.I'm using VirtualFolder property to change the site language content. I've a link 'Environment' and my default site language is Chinese. So,the URL looks like www.xyz....
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Sitecore 8.1 copying bucket item ends up by copying to same parent

Issue with the item copy functionality. When I try to copy any bucket item to another item (bucket or non bucket item) on selection of item in content tree, it works fine. But when the same has been ...
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Model has not been found Exception while adding WFFM form in Content Editor

I'm trying to insert a WFFM form via content editor (Presentation > Insert Form) in a page. Instead of showing the list of placeholders, it shows the page. When I add via experience editor it is fine. ...
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Automatically assign tags based on a single parent value

I'm new to Sitecore and am hoping someone can help. What is the best/easiest way to set this up for content editors so that if they choose a value from one tree, it automatically tags for other ...
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If I add a CSV file to the media library and visit that item in Sitecore, a file is downloaded automatically with the content of that media item

I want to upload a CSV file into our media library. In our Dev environment, this works as expected, the file uploads, shows up in the content tree, mime-type/extension is getting set appropriately, ...
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Custom Validation-Make any one Field required at item level in Rendering Parameters template

Created custom item validation rule and in standard values of parameter template as suggested in below mentioned link. Make one of two sitecore content fields required? Here requirement is to validate ...
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Duplicate related items in Links under Navigate after Sitecore upgrade to 10.2

Upgraded an application on Sitecore XM from version 9 to 10.2.1. I installed Sitecore CM\CD via SIF and performed the clean-up of databases as per the SC-XP-10.2.0-Upgrade-Guide-en under section 3.1.3....
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Find root cause of warning on all items as "This item contains broken links in: Tracking"

We are getting the warning for "This item contains broken links in: Tracking" on all the items. I have verified the "Tracking" field and its blank in raw values, still we are ...
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Deleting an item refered to by other items causes the items to be "mass edited" (can't trust the edited by on versions)

This is nothing new. When an item/page is referred to by components on other pages, let's say that the data source of the components refers to the item. Then, when the item is deleted, all referencing ...
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Expand Content Editor children item not showing

In Content Editor, while I expanding the Sitecore content tree of any item children item is not showing. I have enabled the "Content tree option in View ribbon. But its failed to showing the ...
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Custom code for sorting multilist not working

Tried to use custom code for populating multilist with sorted desired certain items of certain template sorted by publish date, after implementing code successfully, results in the multilist weren't ...
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CMS Editor does not display a language in Language dropdown for Content Editor role, but displays for Admin role

For Content Editor I have checked the access, he has Language Read and Language Write for all the languages, except de all other languages appear for Content Editor. Please let me know if I have ...
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Sitecore GeneralLink Field causing 403 Forbidden error

We are getting 403 Forbidden error while selecting general link field. This was working earlier and causing error now. We also tried Sitecore Services Client 403 Forbidden, but no luck. We have also ...
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Special Characters breaking the Experience Editor

We recently had an issue while editing a list, a user tried to add é to a list within a rich text editor while working in the Experience Editor, see below. After adding é, the list the user was ...
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What is the difference between using the Sitecore gutter to unlock an item and using the command button in the Sitecore Ribbon?

I am working on creating an SPE version of unlocking an item in Sitecore I can assign to content editors so an administrator does not have to do it. Unlocking an item using the Sitecore ribbon seems ...
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How to disable content editing to users other than content owners and super admin in Sitecore workflow

We need to disable 'lock and edit' option for authors other than content owner who initiated the workflow. I able to achieve this by changing the below settings in Sitecore.config ...
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