topic Custom Form for Folder Properties in Alfresco Archive

Custom Form for Folder Properties

d_gruber — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:29:24 GMT

Hello,I've read so many sources about how to add custom metadata and everything is very confusing and unclear and nothing brings it straight to the point so I hope someone here can help me:I want to have a metadata form when I edit a folder with documents in it which has custom fields that contain f

Re: Custom Form for Folder Properties

romschn — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:08:52 GMT

If you browse a folder in alfresco-share, there is already edit metadata action available there which shows the out-of-the-box metadata for a folder.
What is your requirement? Do you want to add additional metadata property for folder is it?

Re: Custom Form for Folder Properties

d_gruber — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:26:38 GMT

Yes that's basically what I want… I want to add custom metadata for that folder:

Some Metadatas like:
Date, ID and so on….

Re: Custom Form for Folder Properties

romschn — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:42:58 GMT

You can apply an aspect (containing the properties) on the folder, then modify the config entry for folder content type in your share-config-custom.xml. Take a look at share-form-config.xml to get understanding of how folder entry is defined for it under following section

<config evaluator="model-type" condition="cm:folder">‍

this one is for creating new folder and

<config evaluator="node-type" condition="cm:folder">‍

this one is for existing nodes. Accordingly you can put the entries for your custom properties.

Re: Custom Form for Folder Properties

d_gruber — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:57:48 GMT

Thanks for your reply, but how do I apply an aspect on the folder and what do I have to modify?

Re: Custom Form for Folder Properties

romschn — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:04:54 GMT

Looks like you posted the same question on a different forum thread as well. Here is the reply to it.
https://forums.alfresco.com/comment/146458#comment-146458

Kindly do not post the same question/topic on different threads. Thanks.