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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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Deployment Approach
Donut Charts
Donut Charts Donut charts are percentage-based. A donut chart is similar to a pie chart, but it has a hole in the center. Each data set must be defined as a new instance of the SingleValueColumn...
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Pie Charts
Pie Charts Pie charts are percentage-based. A pie chart models percentage-based data as individual slices of pie. Each data set must be defined as a new instance of the SingleValueColumn object....
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Predictive Charts
Predictive Charts Predictive charts let you visualize current data along with predicted/forecasted data within a given value range. Predicted/forecasted data is surrounded by a highlighted area of...
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Refreshing Charts to Reflect Real Time Data
Refreshing Charts to Reflect Real Time Data The polling interval property is an optional property for all charts. It specifies the time in milliseconds for the chart's data to refresh. You can use...
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Scatter Charts
Scatter Charts Scatter charts contain multiple sets of data. A scatter chart models the data as individual points. Each data series (created with the addColumns() method) is defined with a new...
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Spline Charts
Spline Charts Spline charts contain multiple sets of data. A spline chart connects points of data with a smooth curve. Each data series (created with the addColumns() method) is defined with a new...
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Step Charts
Step Charts Step charts contain multiple sets of data. A step chart steps between the points of data, resembling steps. Each data series (created with the addColumns() method) is defined with a new...
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Clay Tag Library
Clay Tag Library The Liferay Clay tag library provides a set of tags for creating Clay UI components in your app. AUI taglibs are deprecated as of Liferay 7.1. We recommend that you use Clay...
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Clay Buttons
Clay Buttons Buttons come in several types and variations. This tutorial covers the different styles and variations of buttons you can create with the Clay taglibs. Types Primary button: Used for...
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Clay Dropdown Menus and Action Menus
Clay Dropdown Menus and Action Menus You can add dropdown menus to your app via the clay:dropdown-menu and clay:actions-menu taglibs. The Clay taglibs provide several menu variations for you to...
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Clay Form Elements
Clay Form Elements The Liferay Clay tag library provides several tags for creating form elements. An example of each tag is shown below. Checkbox Checkboxes give the user a true or false input. "...
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Clay Navigation Bars
Clay Navigation Bars Similar to dropdown menus, navigation bars display a list of navigation items. The key difference is navigation bars are displayed in a horizontal bar with all navigation items...
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Clay Alerts
Clay Alerts Clay alerts come in two types: embedded and stripe. Both types, along with several examples of each, are shown below. Embedded Alerts Embedded alerts are usually used inside forms. The...
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Clay Badges
Clay Badges Badges help highlight important information such as notifications or new and unread messages. Badges have circular borders and are only used to specify a number. This covers the...
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Clay Cards
Clay Cards Cards visually represent data. Use them for images, document libraries, user profiles and more. There are four main types of Cards: Image Cards File Cards User Cards Horizontal...
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Clay Icons
Clay Icons The Liferay Clay taglibs provide several icons that you can use in your apps. Use the clay:icon tag and specify the icon with the symbol attribute: You can include icons in your app...
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Clay Labels and Links
Clay Labels and Links Liferay Clay taglibs provide tags for creating labels and links in your app. Both of these elements are covered below. Labels The Liferay Clay taglibs provide a few different...
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Clay Management Toolbar
Clay Management Toolbar The Management Toolbar gives administrators control over search container results in their apps. It lets you filter, sort, and choose a view type for search results, so you...
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Clay Progress Bars
Clay Progress Bars You can add progress bars to your app with the clay:progressbar tag. These indicate the completion percentage of a task and come in three status styles: default (blue), warning...
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Liferay Portlet Objects For JSPs
Liferay Portlet Objects For JSPs You may have noticed the tag in your JSPs. Similar to the theme:defineObjects tag, when you include this tag in your JSP, you gain access to several variables ...
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Clay Stickers
Clay Stickers Whereas badges display numbers and labels display short information, stickers are small visual indicators of the content (usually the content type). They can include a small label or...
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Liferay Theme Objects For JSPs
Liferay Theme Objects For JSPs When you include the tag in your JSP, you gain access to several Liferay theme objects via variables. These objects are described in the table below: ...
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Liferay UI Tag Library
Liferay UI Tag Library The Liferay UI tag library provides tags that implement commonly used UI components. These tags make your markup consistent, responsive, and accessible. You can find a list...
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Liferay UI Icon Help
Liferay UI Icon Help The icon help tag lets you communicate additional information to your users in an unobtrusive way. It renders as an iconic question mark that provides more information through...
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Liferay UI Icon Lists
Liferay UI Icon Lists An icon list displays icons in a horizontal list, instead of in a pop-up navigation menu like an icon menu. You can see an example of an icon list menu in a message board...
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Liferay UI Icon Menus
Liferay UI Icon Menus You can add a pop-up navigation menu to your app with the liferay-ui:icon-menu tag. Icon menus display menu options when needed, storing them away in a collapsed menu when...
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Liferay UI Icons
Liferay UI Icons The Liferay UI taglibs provide several icons you can include in your apps. To add an icon to your app, use the liferay-ui:icon tag and specify the icon with either the icon,...
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Liferay UI Tabs
Liferay UI Tabs Tabs create dividers that organize content into individual sections. Content can be embedded or included from another JSP. To add tabs to your app, use the tag and specify each...
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Using Liferay Util Body Bottom
Using Liferay Util Body Bottom The body bottom tag is not a self-closing tag. It lets you add additional HTML or scripts to the bottom of the body tag. content placed between the opening and...
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Using Liferay Util Get URL
Using Liferay Util Get URL The get URL tag scrapes the URL provided by the url attribute. If a value is provided for the var attribute, the content from the screen scrape is scoped to that...
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Using Liferay Util Include
Using Liferay Util Include The include tag lets you include other JSP files in your portlet's JSP, theme, or web content. This can increase readability as well as provide separation of concerns for...
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Liferay Util Tag Library
Liferay Util Tag Library The Liferay Util taglib is used to pull other resources into a portlet or theme. You can use it to specify which resources to insert at the bottom or top of the page's...
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Using Liferay Util Body Top
Using Liferay Util Body Top The body top tag is not a self-closing tag. The content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is moved to the top of the body tag. When something is passed...
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Using Liferay Util Buffer
Using Liferay Util Buffer The buffer tag is not a self-closing tag. The content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is saved to a buffer and its output is assigned to the Java...
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Using Liferay Util Dynamic Include
Using Liferay Util Dynamic Include The dynamic include tag lets you specify a point or points in a JSP or theme where a developer can inject additional HTML, resources, or functionality, using the...
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Using Liferay Util HTML Bottom
Using Liferay Util HTML Bottom The HTML bottom tag is not a self-closing tag. Content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is moved to the bottom of the tag. When something is passed...
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Using Liferay Util HTML Top
Using Liferay Util HTML Top The HTML top tag is not a self-closing tag. The content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is moved to the tag. When something is passed using this...
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Using Liferay Util Whitespace Remover
Using Liferay Util Whitespace Remover The whitespace remover tag removes line breaks and tabs from code blocks included between the opening and closing of the tag. Below is an example configuration...
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Using a JSP and MVC Portlet
Using a JSP and MVC Portlet An easy way to start developing a web application is to add markup to a JSP file and render it using a portlet Java class. The W3E7 example application demonstrates...
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Scoping Configurations
Scoping Configurations In Liferay DXP, you can set an application's configuration to different levels of scope: System, Instance, Site, or Portlet. For example, if you create an application to have...
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Dependency Injection
Dependency Injection
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Tuning Messaging Performance
Tuning Messaging Performance Messaging performance is tuned at the destinations. Performance depends on the destination type, the amount of processing the message listeners require, and the thread...
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Portlet Providers
Portlet Providers
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Servlets
Servlets
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Message Bus
Message Bus The Message Bus provides a loosely coupled way to exchange messages. A class sending a message invokes the Message Bus to send the message to a destination, while other classes...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Using a Theme Sprite Map Client Extension
Using a Theme Sprite Map Client Extension Liferay 7.4 2023.Q4+/GA100+ With a theme sprite map client extension, you can override the default Clay sprite map used for icons on a page. Start with...
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Using Data Set Actions
Using Data Set Actions Liferay DXP 2024.Q1 U112 [Beta Feature](../../../../system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags.md#beta-feature-flags) Here are some examples for how to use...
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Batch YAML Configuration Reference
Batch YAML Configuration Reference Use a client-extension.yaml file to define a batch client extension. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a client extension of type batch: ...
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Importing/Exporting Data
Importing/Exporting Data Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 If you want to import or export data from Liferay, you use batch client extensions. Use and reuse your data...
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Integrating External Applications
Integrating External Applications Custom Element and IFrame client extensions register applications with Liferay and render them as widgets on site pages. When you create one of these frontend...
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Notification Type YAML Configuration Reference
Notification Type YAML Configuration Reference You can define a notification type client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a...
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Object Action YAML Configuration Reference
Object Action YAML Configuration Reference You can define an object action client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml defines an object action and...
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Creating a Basic Custom Element
Creating a Basic Custom Element Liferay 7.4+ Custom element client extensions use Liferay's frontend infrastructure to register external, remote applications with the Liferay platform and render...
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Custom Element YAML Configuration Reference
Custom Element YAML Configuration Reference You can define a custom element client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a custom...
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Using an IFrame Client Extension
Using an IFrame Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ IFrame client extensions use Liferay's frontend infrastructure to register external applications as HTML elements. They're added to Liferay pages as...
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IFrame YAML Configuration Reference
IFrame YAML Configuration Reference You can define an IFrame client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Data Usage This client-extension.yaml file defines an IFrame client extension: ...
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Using a Microservice Client Extension
Using a Microservice Client Extension A microservice client extension is a standalone server process that relies on OAuth 2 for communication with Liferay. The microservice is a resource server and...
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