topic What is the right way to edit an existing file in Aikau? in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/what-is-the-right-way-to-edit-an-existing-file-in-aikau/m-p/31892#M13536 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to edit the SearchBox.js file in Aikau (add a part of code in it), located in alfresco/header folder of the Aikau jar. I have created a share amp with the below:</P><P></P><UL><LI>src\main\amp\config\alfresco\web-extension\site-data\extensions\aikau-searchbox-extension.xml</LI></UL><P>&lt;extension&gt;<BR /> &lt;modules&gt;<BR /> &lt;module&gt;<BR /> &lt;id&gt;History search extension&lt;/id&gt;<BR /> &lt;version&gt;1.0&lt;/version&gt;<BR /> &lt;auto-deploy&gt;true&lt;/auto-deploy&gt;<BR /> &lt;customizations&gt;<BR /> &lt;customization&gt;<BR /> &lt;targetPackageRoot&gt;org.alfresco.share.header&lt;/targetPackageRoot&gt;<BR /> &lt;sourcePackageRoot&gt;customSearchBox&lt;/sourcePackageRoot&gt;<BR /> &lt;/customization&gt;<BR /> &lt;/customizations&gt;<BR /> &lt;configurations&gt;<BR /> &lt;config evaluator="string-compare" condition="WebFramework" replace="false"&gt;<BR /> &lt;web-framework&gt;<BR /> &lt;dojo-pages&gt;<BR /> &lt;packages&gt;<BR /> &lt;package name="customSearchBox" location="js/customSearchBox"/&gt;<BR /> &lt;/packages&gt;<BR /> &lt;/dojo-pages&gt;<BR /> &lt;/web-framework&gt;<BR /> &lt;/config&gt;<BR /> &lt;/configurations&gt;<BR /> &lt;/module&gt;<BR /> &lt;/modules&gt;<BR />&lt;/extension&gt;<BR /><BR /></P><P></P><UL><LI>src\main\amp\config\alfresco\web-extension\site-webscripts\customSearchBox\share-header.get.js</LI></UL><P>var searchbox = widgetUtils.findObject(model.jsonModel.widgets, "id", "HEADER_SEARCH");<BR />if (searchbox != null) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Change the widget to our custom menu...<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; searchbox.name = "customSearchBox/SearchBox";<BR />}&nbsp; <BR /><BR /></P><P></P><UL><LI>src\main\amp\web\js\customSearchBox</LI></UL><P>This folder contains all the files of the folder js\aikau\1.0.8.1\alfresco\header of the aikau.jar with the SearchBox.js having the required changes.</P><P></P><P></P><P>This solution works fine as it does what I want, but I don't think it is the correct one as I have to accompany the rest of the header files in my amp. Is there another way to do this aikau edit, so I don't have to copy and include the rest of the header files in my amp?</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:28:35 GMT hackerkok 2017-06-02T11:28:35Z What is the right way to edit an existing file in Aikau? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/what-is-the-right-way-to-edit-an-existing-file-in-aikau/m-p/31892#M13536 I want to edit the SearchBox.js file in Aikau (add a part of code in it), located in alfresco/header folder of the Aikau jar. I have created a share amp with the below:src\main\amp\config\alfresco\web-extension\site-data\extensions\aikau-searchbox-extension.xml&lt;extension&gt; &lt;modules&gt; &lt;m Fri, 02 Jun 2017 11:28:35 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/what-is-the-right-way-to-edit-an-existing-file-in-aikau/m-p/31892#M13536 hackerkok 2017-06-02T11:28:35Z Re: What is the right way to edit an existing file in Aikau? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/what-is-the-right-way-to-edit-an-existing-file-in-aikau/m-p/31893#M13537 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Read the official Aikau tutorial here&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://github.com/Alfresco/Aikau/blob/master/tutorial/chapters/About.md" title="https://github.com/Alfresco/Aikau/blob/master/tutorial/chapters/About.md" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aikau/About.md at master · Alfresco/Aikau · GitHub</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Also, I believe this discussion can&nbsp;help you&nbsp;<A href="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/thread/215244">Customizing the aikau search placeholder</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:15:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/what-is-the-right-way-to-edit-an-existing-file-in-aikau/m-p/31893#M13537 douglascrp 2017-06-08T15:15:15Z