View a Document in a Channel

The document editor includes a 'View' menu that displays all channels where the current document can be previewed. Select a channel name from this menu to open the document in that channel within the Experience manager.

View menu listing channels for a document

View Menu

The 'View' menu is provided by the channel actions plugin. The plugin configuration is located at:

/hippo:configuration/hippo:workflows/default/handle/frontend:renderer/channelactions

The channel actions plugin supports the following property:

  • plugin.class
    Specifies the CMS plugin class that renders the menu.
    Default value:
    • com.bloomreach.xm.experiencemanager.workflow.ChannelActionsPlugin (Bloomreach Content 17.0 and later)
    • org.onehippo.cms7.channelmanager.plugins.channelactions.ChannelActionsPlugin (prior to version 17.0)

Remove the 'View' Menu for Channels

To remove the 'View' menu for channels, delete the plugin configuration at:

/hippo:configuration/hippo:workflows/default/handle/frontend:renderer/channelactions
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