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Embedded Schema fields should be editable in Edit Popup in Experience Manager

Current state (Web 8 Experience Manager): It is already possible to add or remove Embedded Schema fields using the Add icon representing the ability to add Embedded Schema fields in Tridion Sites. or Delete icon indicating the option to remove Embedded Schema fields in Tridion Sites. icon. But you can only edit existing fields when they are visible on the website via Inline Editing or by opening the selected component in Form view. If you need to change not visible fields of the Embedded Schema it is not possible to do so via Inline Editing. I would like to avoid that Editors need to use the Open in Form view functionality as far as possible, but the Embedded Schema feature forces Editors to do so. This behaviour is kind of inconsistent as adding and removing Embedded Schema fields is already possible.

Future State: It would be better to have something "gear" button to open the currently selected Embedded Schema fields in an Popup (like the Popup that appear if you click the  icon) where you can edit the contents of the fields.

Screenshot showing the Embedded Schema Field interface in Tridion Sites with a gear icon, a red arrow pointing to it, and a description 'smltItem' indicating a mandatory field.

Arthur Nowottny
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  • Thanks for your comment, but that's not really a great improvement imho. If you have a large schema, the user will be overwhelmed by all the fields. When you click on "Add", you also see just the relevant fields of the embedded Schema, which is much more convenient especially for casual users.  So it would be better to have the possibility to just edit the selected embedded Schema field so the user also just see the relevant fields (filled with the respective content).

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  • Thanks for your comment, but that's not really a great improvement imho. If you have a large schema, the user will be overwhelmed by all the fields. When you click on "Add", you also see just the relevant fields of the embedded Schema, which is much more convenient especially for casual users.  So it would be better to have the possibility to just edit the selected embedded Schema field so the user also just see the relevant fields (filled with the respective content).

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