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Improvement
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Resolution: Obsolete
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Description
In V8, the layout property is there for the composite field, but associates with PlainFormLayoutDefinition, which unfortunately gives no layout config option.
If users migrate and leave there their original layout setting (e.g. layout: vertical (horizontal was default)), the instance won't like it due to the fact that info.magnolia.ui.framework.layout.LayoutDefinition seems to be called, but is used for different purposes:
2019-10-01 09:34:17,185 WARN agnolia.config.source.yaml.YamlConfigurationSource: Severity type: MAJOR Title: contacts-v8/subApps/detail/form/properties/address/layout: [Definition resolution] - Source data processing problem Problem details: Failed to instantiate an object of type [interface info.magnolia.ui.framework.layout.LayoutDefinition] due to [Failed to create instance of [interface info.magnolia.ui.framework.layout.LayoutDefinition]], null is returned

@Data
@FieldType("compositeField")
public class CompositeFieldDefinition<T> extends ConfiguredComplexPropertyDefinition<T> implements FormDefinition<T> {
private Class<EditorView<T>> implementationClass = (Class) FormView.class;
private List<EditorPropertyDefinition> properties = new ArrayList<>();
private LayoutDefinition layout = new PlainFormLayoutDefinition();
}
Before V8, users could easily configure the layout of field in a composition
fields:
compo-vertical:
fieldType: composite
label: compo-vertical
layout: vertical
fields:
compoV-1:
fieldType: text
label: compoV-1
placeholder: compoV-1
compoV-2:
fieldType: text
label: compoV-2
placeholder: compoV-2
compo-horizontal:
fieldType: composite
label: compo-horizontal-default
fields:
compoH-1:
fieldType: text
label: compoH-1
placeholder: compoH-1
compoH-2:
fieldType: text
label: compoH-2
placeholder: compoH-2
to get:

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- is caused by
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MGNLUI-5386 DOC: Composite field - 6 UI
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- Closed
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