Can SPA be safely disabled?

Issue

• We are developing some components and we are having issues with single-page application (SPA). Therefore, we would like to know if it can be safely disabled

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.3

Resolution

• From Liferay side, SPA can be safely disabled.
• However, carefully consider your specific requirements and ensure that disabling the SPA functionality does not conflict with any other ongoing developments.
• When creating some custom frontend code you need to consider how your code will interact SPA mode. As an example of this, you can see how many components in Liferay destroy their components before navigating using SPA (sample 1, sample 2). You might need to do the same within your custom code.
• Enabling SPA offers numerous advantages that would be lost if it were disabled. Somo of these benefits include:
  
  • Enhanced performance and responsiveness: faster loading times by dynamically updating content based on user interactions, eliminating the need to reload entire pages.
  • Reduced data consumption: smooth page rendering even on slow or unstable internet connections.
  • Better user experience: due to its advantages, users are more engaged.
• If you still want to disable it, you may want to do it just for a specific portlet, or even for an individual element. See Disabling SPA.
• Or you may want to disable it for some paths. See Custom Excluded Paths in SPA

Additional Information

• Automatic Single Page Applications
• Working with Single Page Application SPA
• Disabling SPA
• Custom Excluded Paths in SPA