Capability

Development and Tooling

Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

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Micro Frontends
Micro Frontends Micro frontends extend the concept of microservices to the frontend side of development. You can build a fully-featured and powerful browser application that uses a microservice...
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference You can define a Frontend Data Set cell renderer client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details The client-extension.yaml file...
Using a Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer Client Extension
Using a Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ You can use Frontend Data Set (FDS) cell renderer client extensions to customize the display for your data set. Use this type...
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Frontend data set filter client extensions define JavaScript functions for creating customizable filter...
Using a CSS Client Extension
Using a CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ CSS client extensions introduce new CSS styling to pages. A deployed CSS client extension on a page adds to the page's existing styling, including theme...
CSS YAML Configuration Reference
CSS YAML Configuration Reference You can define a CSS client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a CSS client extension definition: ...
Using a JavaScript Client Extension
Using a JavaScript Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a JavaScript (JS) client extension, you can run your own JavaScript on any page in Liferay without worrying about dependencies on Liferay code...
JavaScript YAML Configuration Reference
JavaScript YAML Configuration Reference You can define a JavaScript client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript client...
Using a Theme Favicon Client Extension
Using a Theme Favicon Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a theme favicon client extension, you can override the theme's favicon on the selected page. Start with the sample workspace to build and...
Theme CSS YAML Configuration Reference
Theme CSS YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme CSS client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a theme CSS client...
Theme Favicon YAML Configuration Reference
Theme Favicon YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme favicon client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a theme favicon...
Theme Sprite Map YAML Configuration Reference
Theme Sprite Map YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme sprite map client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml defines a theme sprite...
Editor Config Contributor YAML Configuration Reference
Editor Config Contributor YAML Configuration Reference Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ This feature is currently behind a release feature flag (LPS-186870). Read Release Feature Flags for more...
Using an Editor Config Contributor Client Extension
Using an Editor Config Contributor Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Editor Config Contributor client extensions override existing CKEditor configuration in a...
Developing Page Fragments
Developing Page Fragments Page fragments are the building blocks for content pages. They're made from the three components of web pages: CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. To create a page you combine...
Using a Theme Sprite Map Client Extension
Using a Theme Sprite Map Client Extension Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ With a theme sprite map client extension, you can override the default Clay sprite map used for icons on a page. Start...
Using a Theme CSS Client Extension
Using a Theme CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a theme CSS client extension, you can override the current theme's CSS files (main.css and clay.css) to change the look and feel of a page....
Adding Configuration Options to Fragments
Adding Configuration Options to Fragments Liferay DXP 7.2 SP1 Configurable options make your fragments flexible, minimizing the maintenance of similar fragments. For example, instead of creating...
Auto-Deploying Fragments
Auto-Deploying Fragments Liferay Portal 7.3 GA1+ or Liferay DXP 7.3+ If you're developing page fragments with your own tooling, you can deploy them by packaging them in ZIP files for importing via...
Applying Styles to Fragments
Applying Styles to Fragments When you add a fragment to a page, you can use the sidebar menu to configure the fragment, including the Styles configuration tab. Use the Styles tab in the sidebar...