Context panel

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The Context panel is the multi-function column on the right of the Navigator and the Editor. It hosts a set of widgets — small tools that act on the currently selected content item. Widgets can be built-in, shipped by Content Studio+, or contributed by any installed application.

Context panel

The panel is toggled open and closed with the navigator context panel icon icon next to the Action-menu button in the Navigator, or with the cog icon on the right of the editor toolbar in the Editor.

Context panel toggle

Widget selector

The dropdown at the top of the panel lists the available widgets: the built-ins appear first, followed by widgets from installed applications. A filter field at the top narrows the list by keyword.

Widget selector with filter
Widget selector

Built-in widgets

  • Details — basic properties of the selected content item (display name, path, status, permissions, properties, schedule, attachments).

  • Dependencies — inbound and outbound references between the item and other content.

  • Version history — every version of the selected item; lets you compare or revert.

  • Components — the page-building tool that appears in the Editor for renderable content.

Content Studio+ widgets

The following widgets are contributed by Content Studio+:

  • Layers — shows the status of a content item across every layer in the system.

  • Variants — creates and manages A/B variants of the selected item.

Contributing a widget

The Context panel is pluggable: any installed application can contribute a widget that appears in the widget selector.

See the Context panel extension reference for the descriptor format, lifecycle, and implementation details.

Custom widget in the Context panel

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