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After migrating to a newer update, UI elements are misaligned or not displaying properly

Issue After moving to a newer update, UI elements are misaligned or not displaying properly Environment This was observed in a recent case where a Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 47 environment was migrated to the 2023 Quarterly...

OpenGraph image preview looks pixelated in page settings

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Issue We are facing an issue with OpenGraph and images. OpenGraph uses preview images instead of the full size images. Therefore, the image is too small for Twitter/X and Facebook to use it. Upon further clarification and...

Clicking back arrow on page when editing a page results in a NullPointerException

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Issue When editing a page, exiting using the back arrow leads to an error page instead of the previous page and a NullPointerException in the log Environment DXP 7.3 u18 Resolution Upgrade to 7.3 u34 or seek...

How to change the default Asset Selection in Asset Publisher Configuration

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Issue Currently the default value for Asset Selection in Asset Publisher Configuration is Collection. Is it possible to change the default Asset Selection value to Dynamic? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution...

How can we control which web content appears in the search results?

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Issue We have loads of web contents that we want to hide from the search results Can we do it somehow in a bulk edit, or assign a category to them so we would only need to change the category's...

The checkboxes inside the facet are not clickable

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Issue Category Facet is not working Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a Minium Site 2. Open the Minium Catalog 3. Use the Category Facet to filter by category Expected Behavior: The checkboxes inside the facet are...

Cancel button is not working in page fragments

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4. 2. Navigate to Control Panel > System Settings > Content and data > Page Fragments > Click on 'Cancel' button. Expected Result: When click on the cancel button,...

Publishing Dynamic Data List linked page returns "No Access" error or returns to Staged environment

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Issue With local live staging, the linked page within the DDL returns to "Staged" page. With remote live staging, the linked page within the DDL returns a "No Access" error. Reproduce Launch a Live and...

Reply button is not responsive when use Asset Publisher with Comments

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Issue When try to use a Asset Publisher using Rich Summary and Comments, the Reply button is not responsive Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 (equal to or above Update 88) Resolution Please request a Hotfix with...

Error message not displayed on UI after exceeding the Upload Servlet Request limit

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Issue When the web content size limit exceeds, there is no error displayed on the UI that the upload size is too large. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 U83. 2. Navigate to Control Panel > System...

How to create a default translation for editable fields in a fragment

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Issue We have some fragments similar to the one below <button> <span data-lfr-editable-id="text1" data-lfr-editable-type="rich-text"> ${languageUtil.get(locale,'exit')} </span> </button> We are trying to set the...

The code view is visible at the bottom of the content section

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Issue In the web content, when selecting the 'Code View [</>]' of the content section, the code view won't display, but, if users scroll to the bottom, the code view is visible. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay...

ADA Accessibility - I expect the Tab key focus to be visible for all elements when editing the Home page

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Issue Expected Result: The keyboard Tab key focus should be clearly visible for all the interactive elements on the page. Actual Result: The keyboard Tab key focus is not visible for all the elements in the main...

ADA Accessibility - I expect Screen Reader focus not to navigate to blank spaces when using the Tab key

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Issue Expected Result: When using the Tab key to navigate, Screen Reader focus only goes to areas which have visible text or content, not visibly blank spaces. Actual Result: Screen Reader Focus is landing on...

Is it possible to assign a site template to an already existing site?

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Issue When we have already created a site, can we assign it a site template? Environment DXP 7.0 + Resolution It is not possible as site templates should be used during site creation. Site Templates serve to...

Web content links do not open when "Data Acquisition Method : Manual" is set in the Asset Publisher widget

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ADA Accessibility - I expect the Home page to be keyboard accessible when zoomed to 400%

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Issue Expected Result: I expect the Home page to be accessible via keyboard when the page is zoomed in to 400%, and for the left navigation panel to collapse when zoom is applied. Actual Result: The left...

ADA Accessibility - I expect the "Search" button to have an accessible and appropriate label

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Issue Expected Result: I expect the Search buttons to have the correct label and for the Screen Reader to announce it with the following announcement: "Search Button" Actual Result: the Screen Reader is...

How to use validation for a fragment's text field?

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Issue You want to create validation for a fragment's text field When trying to validate a fragment's text field using Freemarker, it is not executed in the published editable field The validation only works on the...

Freemarker is not executed in an editable field

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Issue When Freemarker code is added to an editable field fragment's HTML section, the Freemarker code is not (always) executed on the published fragment. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution It is not possible to...

Page Fragments is temporarily unavailable UI error

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Issue Some issues with the page fragment option inside the system setting. Steps to reproduce: 1) Start the DXP server 2) Log in as an Admin user 3) Navigate to Control Panel> System Settings> Content and Data>...

Need immediate error message while uploading a wrong extension file in Blogs portlet

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Issue While uploading a file of invalid extension but within the allowed size limit, a progress bar appears before the error message prompts. User needs immediate error message, as extension is invalid Environment...

Pagination does not show up using custom Search Results widget display template

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Issue Pagination is missing after upgrading to DXP 7.4-u75 using custom Search Results widget display template Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is a known bug and has been addressed in u82 using...

Need to set the status code of error page to 404

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Issue User is redirecting all the page-not-found request to a specific published public page, but the status code of the published public page is always 200 Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP...

After upgrade the method .getDisplayDate() is not working

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Issue After performing an upgrade, when trying to use the.getDisplayDate() method in the widget template, errors are returned. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2-7.4 Resolution The .getDisplayDate() method has been...

ADA Accessibility - Add User button is not descriptive and has incorrect role of "link"

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Issue Expected Result: I expect the Add User Button to behave in the following ways: 1. Add should have the correct role of "Button" 2. Add button should be descriptive. In this case the screen reader should...

How to enable Google Cloud Translator

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Issue How to set up Google Cloud Translator integration with Liferay DXP What type of information needs to be added in the field Service account private key Environment Liferay DXP Resolution To use Google Cloud...

ADA Accessibility - I expect the Option Menu Button to adhere to accessibility standards

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Issue Expected Result: I expect the Options Button Menu to behave in the following ways: 1. The Screen Reader should read that state of the button (expanded or collapsed) 2. Focus should move to the Export and...

Asset Publisher shows the webcontent folder instead of articles

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Issue Web contents are listed in their respective folders Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server 2. Navigate to Content & Data > Web Content. 3. Create a Structure (say str-1) using 3 text fields. 4. Create 3...

ADA Accessibility - Screen Reader is announcing "Go To" at the end of Heading Level announcement

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Issue Expected Result: I expect the Screen Reader to only announce relevant information to avoid confusion Actual Result: The SR is announcing the Heading Level 1 link on the Home page as as: "[Heading Name]...

'Questions' portlet not available in Type facet configuration

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Issue Unable to filter for "Questions" portlet in "Type Facet" configuration Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is intended behavior of Liferay Type Facet narrows search results down to...

Site navigation menu can't be edited

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Issue We noticed that our site navigation menu is not editable anymore and it throws an error message and an exception in the logs when we open it: <Menu> is temporarily unavailable....

Restrict drag and drop for multiple images in blogs

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Issue Why is there no error or warning while selecting multiple images to upload via drag-and-drop functionality? If it is not uploading multiple images, then it should not select multiple images in the first...

Values added at source in web content are not working properly

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Issue When the string '-' or any special character is written in the source code of web content, it should display the hyphen character or expected character on the display page Current Behavior: The page is not...

Do video fragments support sites other than YouTube?

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Issue There are 2 out-of-the-box fragments that support loading external videos: External Video Video URL Right now only a couple sites are supported, such as YouTube. When will the other sites, such as dailymotion, be...

Blogs show the author instead of the last modifier

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Issue After modifying blog content, the portal shows the author next to the last modified date. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution The observed behavior is a known issue which is addressed via: LPS-192045 -...

Unable to delete all public pages in the default site 'Guest'

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Issue When I try to remove the last public page in 'Guest' site, the 'Delete' option is missing from the Options Menu. It is not possible to revoke View permission for Guest users either because the option appears...

Accessibility Menu option available in Liferay

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Issue How to enable the accessibility menu on the portal Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To make it easier for the user to enable certain accessibility properties. Users can access the accessibility menu...

Users getting stuck with a non-default language in the URL

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Issue When a user accidentally chooses another language they get stuck in the URL and renders all links unusable. Users have to either manually enter /en/ or clear cache to get back to English. Environment DXP 7.4...

Control Panel looks distorted or has styling issues

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Issue Control Panel looks compressed and distorted or has incorrect styling, such as below. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Clear the browser cache, or use incognito/Private window mode to access Liferay. , content:...

Categories displaying ID in URLs

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Issue When using a Category Filter with an Asset Publisher in my Portal, when selecting the category, my URL displays the ID of that category instead of its name. Is it possible to configure my URL so that it displays...

Some of the common reasons why DXP may need to access the database instead of the cache

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Issue Why there are so many journalarticle calls in the database rather than in the cache? Environment Liferay DXP [all versions] Resolution A JournalArticle object in the database represents a Web Content Article,...

Unable to upload the webp images in small image section of blogs

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Issue Whenever the user tries to upload the .webp images in a small section of the blog, the following error is showing on the UI: An error occurred while scaling the abstract image." message on UI Steps to...

Theme images not loading in web content

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Issue Theme based images are not visible in web content fetched through themeDisplay.getPathThemeImages() function in the template. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4...

I can't delete a master page because it's being used

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Issue I cannot delete a master page because it's being used, but we cannot find the usage. I have the following error message: Error: You cannot delete master pages used by a page, a page template, or a display page...

Editing issue in fragments when using rich text

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Issue Using the following code in a fragment results in an error when editing the rich text field, using a copied text. The title field is empty and the pasted text gets duplicated and can not be edited and it gets...

My custom dropdown items are disabled

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Issue After following the steps of overriding the management toolbar the custom dropdown items are shown as disabled. Environment Liferay 7.4 Resolution You need to needs your customm buttons “actions” in...

The fields of the custom theme need to be re-filled

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Issue When using the look-and-feel.xml file to create a custom theme in Liferay, users observe that when they update the theme and reapply it, the previously entered data in the custom theme fields is lost. This...

Access to edit web content giving timeout

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Issue When trying to edit web contents they take a long time to open, the behavior in question was only reproduced in an oracle database in which the portal has to have a high number of pages and entries in the...

No Group exists with the primary "xxxxx" key shown in the logs

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue The following messages are identified in the logs: Jun...

Vulnerabilities in CKeditor

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Issue We plan to update the CKeditor version due to several vulnerabilities including XSS. https://security.snyk.io/package/npm/ckeditor4/4.17.1...

Changing events to a past date

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Issue Is it possible to edit expired events to change the date to past date? Environment All environments Resolution This is the expected behavior and the best practice that you can only set the expiry date to a...

Adaptive media not miniaturized after trying to adapt remaining

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Issue When trying to adapt media that were not automatically adapted using the "Adapt remaining" function, an error is shown in the UI and in the logs it may be possible to see the following error or warning:...

Web content structure filter is not working properly

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Issue When inserting a structure filter for a web content, the results are not listed correctly, always displaying all results, regardless of the chosen structure. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Update 71 Resolution...

Unable to edit react fargment

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Issue The user has created and uploaded a react fragment, but is unable to edit the same. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This is an intended behavior of the Liferay, to avoid bad experiences...

Unable to activate different tab on the different pages

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Issue Activating the same tab on different pages. Steps to reproduce Navigate to Site Menu > Design > Page fragment Click on the add button and create a master page. Now, drag and drop the 'Tabs' under the basic...

Autotranslate Button Not Visible When Using Third-Party in Instance Settings

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Issue When configuring a Third-Party for Translation in the Instance Settings, the Autotranslate button is not visible. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution This is a known issue reported in LPS-187034. Contact the...

How can I disable the Navigation Categories portlet filtering for the Asset Publisher portlet?

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Issue Navigation Categories portlet displays Asset Publisher portlet entries based on category selection. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4...

Guest Users Are Unable to View Web Content After Upgrade

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Issue After upgrading from Liferay 7.2 to 7.4 we have observed that guest users are unable to view web content. In 7.2 we had unchecked the 'article view permissions' checkbox under system setting > web content, but...

Issue with Publishing Expired Content in Publications

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Issue When trying to approve a Publication that includes expired Web Content, the following error is displayed: "This publication contains unapproved changes that need to be approved before being published."...