Sitecore Author Toolbox

Description

This extension will help you to save a lot of time by providing a set of handy tools into Sitecore Content Editor and Experience Editor.

• Live URLs of a page
• Status of a page (Published/Not available)
• Dynamic error messages
• Dark Mode
• Language flags + version highlight
• Workbox badge & notifications
• New Media Library views (grid ans list)
• Support native Drag and Drop media upload
• Desktop notifications (Publish items, Rebuild indexes, Install packages)
• Instant Search
• Right-to-left support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi)
• Favourites Bar
• Resume form where you left off
• Syntax highlighter (HTML/Css/Scriban)
• Accordion sections to Tabs
• Auto Expand Tree
• Character counter
• Translate Mode Copy Button
• Experience Editor Quick Tabs
• Enhanced preview mode (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)
• Experimental UI Theme

What's new in 6.2 & 6.2.x
• Live Urls: Add Display Name support
• Bug fixing

What's new in 6.1
• Bug fixing

What's new in 6.0
• Live Urls: Multi-sites configuration
• Live Urls: Multi-languages configuration
• Media Library: Card view
• Media Library: Lightbox
• Media Library: Instant search
• Experimental UI: new set of icons
• Experimental UI: New Experience Editor toolbar
• Experimental UI: Dark mode palette updated (dark night)
• Experience Editor: Search a rendering
• Experience Editor: default text highlighter
• Template builder query suggestions (SXA)
• Enhanced Quick Info
• Extension sites: Save your sites (import/export .json)
• Sitecore 10.1: new launchpad icon

What's new in 5.0
• Experimental UI for Desktop mode
• New user menu
• Option menu updated
• Performance and compatibility improvements

What's new in 4.0
• New preview mode (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)
• Treelist: go to source link
• Experimental mode UI enhancement
• Bug fixing

What's new in 3.1
• Clickable breadcrumb in Experimental UI
• Media Library list view bug fixing (with non admin account)
• Bug fixing

What's new in 3.0
• Media Library list view
• Experimental mode UI Dark Mode
• Experimental mode UI fixes
• Experience editor enhancements (Open datasource in Content Editor)
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.6
• Bug fixing with Live URL Chrome CORS policy
• Experimental mode UI fixes
• Experience editor enhancements
• Syntax highlighter (Support added for HTML Snippet template)
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.5
• Show/hide editable content button in Experience Editor
• Experience editor enhancements
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.4
• Better Copy to Clipboard (Sitecore ID, Sitecore path)
• Compatibility fixes with Sitecore 9.3
• Experimental UI, fixes
• Better Sitecore detection
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.3
• Launchpad tiles
• Experimental UI, colours/contrasted icons
• Experimental UI, new actions menu
• Experimental UI, enhancements and bug fixing
• Experimental UI, new save message bar UI
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.2
• Instant Search in Content Editor
• Help link message bar
• Auto Expand enhancements (Speak UI)
• Sitecore Experimental Interface
• Dark mode enhancements

What's new in 2.1
• Better sharable URLs (now with language and version)
• Experience Profile Gravatar image (Inspired by Corey Smith's Gravatar tool)
• Content tab (opens by default)
• Back/Next buttons to navigate in your history
• Checkbox style to switch toggle
• Version menu alert (if editing a past version)
• Media Drag & Drop (Upload button)
• Dark mode enhancement (Speak UI)
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 2.0.2, 2.0.3:
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.0:
• Live Status URLs (published / not published)
• Better live URLs (configure your CM+CD/Live domains)
• Workbox badge & notifications
• Auto Dark Mode (based on your OS)
• Right-Click menu (open any live page in Experience Editor)
• Sound notification
• Languages sorted by version number
• Auto Expand Tree (Security Editor)
• Custom message bars, with meaningful icons
• UX improvements (and preloaders)
• Spring code cleaning and bug fixing

What's new in 1.7.2:
• Bug fixing

What's new in 1.7:
• Accordion sections to Tabs (Content editor)
• HTML editor color syntax + completion (Content editor)
• Reload page upgrade (keeps your language and version)
• Multi-list enhancement (Experience Editor)
• Version number display (Content editor)
• Loader icon (Content editor)
• Search result list shows full path (Content editor)
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.6:
• Translate Mode Copy Button
• Experience Editor Quick Tabs
• Auto Expand Tree
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.5.2:
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.5:
• Dark mode in Experience Editor
• Language flag in Experience Editor ribbon
• Browser icon badge when Sitecore is detected
• Dark mode fixes
• Load speed improvement

What's new in 1.4:
• Character counter (input, text area)
• Go To Item action in Multi-list Select and Bucket Select lists
• Better Experience Editor mode detection
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.3:
• Sharable Urls (Recipients must have the extension installed)
• Multi-list view enhancement, with template icons and path (beta)
• On a live page: Right click > Edit page into Experience Editor (beta)
• Experience Editor improvements (Button fields tooltip, Dynamic errors in EditFrames, UI improvement
• Better Live URL (Site is now detected via your site grouping cookie)
• Loads of bug fixing and improvements for Dark mode and RTL
• Fallback if "Quick Info" and "Title Bar" section are not activated in your Content Editor

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If your Sitecore install is highly customised or not one of the tested versions, then certain features might not work.
Requires that Sitecore is installed to the default directory of /sitecore/ and your homepage name to be set as "Home".

This extension is written in vanilla JS.

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Tested on Sitecore versions:
• 10.1
• 10.0.1
• 9.3
• 9.2
• 8.2