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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Is there an alternative to the 'Liferay.Util.selectEntity' function?

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Jose L. Bango

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Issue

  • After upgrading to 2024.Q2+, Liferay.Util.selectEntity does not work anymore. It has been removed, according to the 2024.Q2 Breaking Changes.
  • Is there any replacement for it?

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+

Resolution

  • Although it has been removed as of 2024.Q2, the replacement was made a few years ago in LPS-112298 Update Liferay.Util.selectEntity utility, as part of the epic LPS-101984 Provide Modal Patterns matching Lexicon Definition, where you can find more information.
  • Within the product, usages of Liferay.Util.selectEntity (AUI-based) were replaced by Liferay.Util.openModal (Clay-based). You can find the changes in this pull request. For example (FragmentCompositionDropdownDefaultEventHandler.es.js):
    • Before
      Liferay.Util.selectEntity(
      {
      dialog: {
      constrain: true,
      destroyOnHide: true,
      modal: true,
      },
      eventName: this.ns('selectFragmentCollection'),
      id: this.ns('selectFragmentCollection'),
      title: Liferay.Language.get('select-collection'),
      uri: selectFragmentCollectionURL,
      },
      (selectedItem) => {
      if (selectedItem) {
      ...
      }
      }
      );
    • After
      Liferay.Util.openModal({
      id: this.ns('selectFragmentCollection'),
      onSelect: (selectedItem) => {
      if (selectedItem) {
      ...
      }
      },
      selectEventName: this.ns('selectFragmentCollection'),
      title: Liferay.Language.get('select-collection'),
      url: selectFragmentCollectionURL,
      });

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