The App launcher is the first page you see when you log into Magnolia. The launcher displays apps as boxes – also known as the app launcher tiles. A click on a tile will launch the associated app. Each tile has an icon and a label. The apps that have something in common belong to the same group.

The app launcher layout organizes apps into groups and defines what the groups look like. You can find the layout configuration in /modules/ui-admincentral/config/appLauncherLayout.

Node name

Value

 modules

 

 ui-admincentral

 

 config

 

  appLaucherLayout

 

 groups

 

 edit

 

 apps

 

 pages

 

  assets

 

  contacts

 

 color

#9A3332

 label

Edit

 permanent

true

Properties:

  • <group name>: Name of the app group. This is an internal name not displayed to the user. The user sees the group label instead.
    • apps
      • <app name>: Name of an app that belongs to the group. The name must match the name given in the app configuration, for example pages.
    • clientGroup: Moves the group to the bottom of the app launcher and sets the groups color to white. Set the property to true when you create your own app groups. This way they stand apart from the Magnolia native apps and editors can identify them as your company's apps.  
    • color: Color of the group box. You can use any valid hex code, RBG value or color name. 
    • label: Text displayed on the group tile. Use a label that says something common about the apps in the group such as Edit or Manage. The system transforms all characters to uppercase.
    • permanent: Defines whether the group is displayed at the top (true) or bottom (false) in the app launcher layout. The default is bottom (false).
    • permissions: Defines which users can see the app in the app launcher.

Permissions

The permissions node controls which users can see the app in the app launcher. The subnodes are roles. This allows you to provision the app to a limited group of users in your organization.

In this example, the Dev app group is provisioned to the superuser role only. The name of the role property name is arbitrary but the value must be a valid role name.

Node nameValue

 modules

 

 ui-admincentral

 

 config

 

  appLauncherLayout

 

 groups

 

 dev

 

 apps

 

 devTools

 

 messages

 

 sample

 

 groovyConsole

 

 groovyScripts

 

 permissions

 

 roles

 

 superuser

superuser
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