Touch UI Feature Status

CAUTION

AEM 6.4 has reached the end of extended support and this documentation is no longer updated. For further details, see our technical support periods. Find the supported versions here.

CAUTION

With version 6.4 of AEM, the Classic UI is deprecated. Adobe does not plan to make further enhancements to the Classic UI and users are encouraged to leverage the powerful new features available under the touch-enabled UI.

Starting with version 6.0, AEM introduced a new user interface referred to as the “touch-enabled UI” (also known simply as “touch UI”) that is aligned to the Adobe Marketing Cloud and to the overall Adobe user interface guidelines. With near feature partity reached, this has become the standard UI in AEM with the legacy, desktop-oriented interface referred to as “classic UI.”

While most capabilities are present in the touch-enabled UI, there are features that are not yet complete and will be added in future releases.

The following list shows the current status of the capabilities as implemented in AEM 6.4.

For recommendations for customers that upgrade to AEM 6.4, please see User Interface Recommendations for Customers for details.

NOTE

Please note that this page only covers feature parity with classic UI.

Capabilities added and unique to the touch-enabled UI that are not present in the classic UI are not listed.

NOTE

This list strives to be complete, but should not be considered exhaustive.

Legend

Complete: The feature is fully available in the touch-enabled UI
Mostly: The feature is mostly available in the touch-enabled UI.
Missing: The feature is not present in the touch-enabled UI, the classic UI has to be used to do this action.
Replaced: The feature was replaced with a new implementation that works differently.
Removed: The feature no longer exists in the touch-enabled UI and will not be replaced.

Feature Status: Sites Admin

This is a list of capabilities the classic UI Site Admin ( /siteadmin) has and the status in the touch-enabled UI ( /sites.html).

Feature	Status	Comment
Navigate Site Hierarchy	Complete	AEM 6.4 introduced a content tree view.
Start Workflow	Complete
Create new page	Complete
Create new site	Complete
Create new launch	Complete
Create new livecopy	Complete
Create folder	Complete
Show Publication Status	Mostly
Search	Complete
Copy / Paste page (Duplicate)	Complete
Move page(s)	Complete
Publish page(s)	Complete
Publish page(s) without replication rights	Complete
Publish later	Complete
Publish tree	Complete
Unpublish pages(s)	Complete
Unpublish page(s) without replication rights	Complete
Unpublish later	Complete
Delete	Complete
Lock/Unlock	Complete
View/Edit Properties	Complete
Set Permissions on Page(s)	Complete
Version history	Complete
Restore version	Complete
Restore tree and restore deleted pages	Missing	Use Classic UI.
Show difference between old and current version	Complete
Livecopy Actions (Roll-out)	Complete
See language copies	Complete
Find & Replace	Missing	Use Classic UI.
Notification Inbox (JCR events)	Missing	Use Classic UI. Will be replaced with different implementation.
References	Mostly	Display of incoming page links will be added in the 2019 release of AEM.

Feature Status: Page Editor

This is a list of capabilities the classic UI Page Editor ( /cf#) has and the status in the touch-enabled ( /editor.html).

Feature	Status	Comment
Edit Web Pages	Complete
Edit Mobile Web Pages	Complete
Edit content imported via Design Importer	Complete
Edit E-Mails	Complete
Edit Mobile Apps	Complete
Edit Forms	Complete
Edit Offers	Complete
Edit Workflows Models	Complete
ode: Edit & Preview	Complete
Responsive Preview	Complete
Mode: Edit Design	Complete
Mode: Scaffolding	Complete
Mode: Live Copy Status	Complete
Add annotations	Complete
Edit properties	Complete
Roll-out Page	Complete
Start & Show Workflow	Complete
Workflow package Handing	Mostly	Completely accessible in touch-enabled UI. Multiple workflow payload still presented in classic UI.
Lock/Unlock Page	Complete
Publish Page	Complete
Unpublish Page	Complete
Copy Page	Removed	Use Site Admin to copy pages.
Move Page	Removed	Use Site Admin to move pages.
Delete Page	Removed	Use Site Admin to delete pages.
Show References	Removed	Use Site Admin to see the detailed reference list.
Audit Log	Removed	Use Site Admin and open activity rail.
Create Version	Removed	Use Site Admin to create new versions.
Restore Version	Removed	Use Site Admin to restore versions.
Switch Launches	Removed	Use Site Admin to switch between launches.
Translate Page	Removed	Use Site Admin to add page to translation projects.
Timewarp (choose date/time and browse site as it then looked)	Complete
Set Permissions	Complete
Client Context UI	Replaced	Use the ContextHub UI going forward.
Content Finder for the various media types	Complete
Component List	Complete
Copy & paste components	Complete
List of components in clipboard	Missing
Undo / Redo	Complete
Drag & drop content into component placeholder	Complete
Drag & drop content directly into parsys placeholder with component auto-creation	Complete

Feature Status: Text, Table, and Image Editors

This is a list of capabilities the classic UI Text, Table, and Image Editor have and the status in the touch-enabled UI.

Feature	Status	Comment
Rich Text Editor	Complete	Usable in-place, in dialog, and in full screen.
Enable/disable RTE Plug-ins	Complete	Can be done using the Template Editor.
Use RTE for Plain-text	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Links & Anchor	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Character Map	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Copy/Paste	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Paste from Microsoft Word	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Find & Replace	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Text Formats (bold, ...)	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Sub & Superscript	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Justify	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Lists (bullet / numbers)	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Paragraph Format	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Text Styles	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Source Editor (Edit HTML)	Complete	Only available in dialog and full screen.
RTE Plug-in: Spellchecker	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Table (embedded Table Editor)	Complete
RTE Plug-in: Undo/Redo	Complete
RTE Plug-In: Allow in-line images	Complete
Table Editor	Complete	Usable in-place, in dialog, and in full screen.
Drag & drop Image into table cell	Complete	Usable in-line
Image Editor	Complete	Usable in-place, in dialog, and in full screen.
Enable/disable IPE Plug-ins	Complete	There is now a UI in the Template Editor.
IPE Plug-in: Crop	Complete
IPE Plug-in: Flip	Complete
IPE Plug-in: Undo/Redo	Complete
IPE Plug-in: Image Map	Complete
IPE Plug-in: Rotate	Complete
IPE Plug-in: Zoom	Complete

Feature Status: Tools

This is a list of various tools the classic UI have and the status in the touch-enabled UI.

Feature	Status	Comment
Task Management	Replaced	6.0 introduced Projects & Tasks.
Workflow Inbox	Complete
Workflow to Page Template Configuration (`/etc/workflow/wcm/templates.html`)	Missing	Use Classic UI.
Tagging Admin UI	Complete
MSM/Blueprint Control Center	Complete
Blueprint Manager UI	Complete
Roll-out Configuration UI	Missing	Use Classic UI.
User, Groups & Permissions UI	Mostly Complete	For advanced permission editing use Classic UI.
Purge Versions (`/etc/versioning/purge.html`)	Missing	Use Classic UI.
External Link Checker (`/etc/linkchecker.html`)	Missing	Use Classic UI.
Bulk Editor (`/etc/importers/bulkeditor.html`)	Missing	Use Classic UI.