[5.1.6] File-based container content not showing up in edit view

[Michael Petry]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if someone could help me with an issue I'm having with a file-based container I've created in dotCMS.

Essentially the issue is that when I select content to display inside that container, dotCMS doesn't actually render it in the view. I can only see it if I switch it to the live view.

As a test, I've also created a second container directly in dotCMS using the UI with the exact same code I have in the vtl files, and that seems to render content fine in the test view.

If you look at the screenshots I am attaching to this post, you'll see that in Screenshot 1 the upper container (vtl file-based) doesn't render anything in the edit view while the lower one (dotCMS UI-based) does. What's interesting however, is that in the live view, the content for both show up fine.

Has anyone else experience anything like this before?

Thanks,

Mike.

[Jonathan Sanchez]

Hi Michael,

Could you please share:
1) the template
2) a screenshot of the container in your site browser (vtls)

Thanks,
J

[Michael Petry]

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you very much for your reply. 

I am using the same template for the dotCMS container and vtl file-based container. Please see the screenshot I have attached.

This is what I have in the VTL files:

\default\application\containers\accordion folder

container.vtl file

$dotJSON.put("title", "Accordion")
$dotJSON.put("description", "Accordion")
$dotJSON.put("max_contentlets", 25)
$dotJSON.put("notes", "Accordion: Generic")

preloop.vtl file

<snt-accor1dion-group multi-expand="false">

genericcontent.vtl file

<snt-accordion class="faq-accordion">
    <div slot="summary">$headline</div>
    <div slot="details">
        $copy
    </div>
</snt-accordion>

postloop.vtl file

</snt-accordion-group>

[Falzone, Chris]

So, in the editor you are going to get a bunch of extra divs and so forth that might be messing up your nested web component thing.  That is possibly what is happening.

Your not just getting ...

<snt-accor1dion-group multi-expand="false">

  <snt-accordion class="faq-accordion">
    <div slot="summary">ABC</div>
    <div slot="details">
        COPY1
    </div>
  </snt-accordion>
  <snt-accordion class="faq-accordion">
    <div slot="summary">123</div>
    <div slot="details">
        COPY2
    </div>
  </snt-accordion>

</snt-accordion-group>

You're getting something more like:

<div dotcms container wrapper>
  <snt-accor1dion-group multi-expand="false">
    <div dotcms content wrapper>
      <div dotcms container controls> ... </div>

      <snt-accordion class="faq-accordion">
        <div slot="summary">ABC</div>
        <div slot="details">
            COPY1
        </div>
      </snt-accordion>
     </div>
     <div dotcms content wrapper>
      <div dotcms container controls> ... </div>
      <snt-accordion class="faq-accordion">
        <div slot="summary">123</div>
        <div slot="details">
            COPY2
        </div>
      </snt-accordion>
     </div>

  </snt-accordion-group>

</div>

Might that be why you are not seeing the other contentlet in edit mode?

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[Michael Petry]

Thanks everyone for your replies! I've got this to work properly after recreating my container velocity files and clearing cache in dotCMS :)

[Jonathan Sanchez]

Cool, I have done the exercise in my local without no-issues, I was coming to tell you.

I am glad it is working now