Re-order form fields for different locales

[shravanthprasad]

User Story

As a user filling up a form for US,UK the first name should be displayed first and then last name
but for Korean,JP - last name should be displayed first and then first name.

Description & Motivation

In Japanese culture, the family name is written first to emphasize lineage and collective identity over the individual.

Deliverables

Simple rule or code snippet to reorder fields based on locale

Acceptance Criteria

User should be able to swap order of first name and last name based on locale

Verification Steps

[rismehta]

@shravanthprasad You can implement locale-based field reordering by customizing the container's child resource filtering logic. The key is to extend the method that determines the order of child fields before they're rendered.

Implementation Approach

Location to customize: https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-forms-components/blob/master/bundles/af-core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/forms/core/components/util/AbstractContainerImpl.java#L200

You can modify the getFilteredChildrenResources() method to reorder child fields based on the current locale. The locale can be determined from the request context using the getLang() method, which is already available in the component hierarchy.

Let me know if you need any help on this.

[shravanthprasad]

The key is to extend the method that determines the order of child fields before they're rendered.

@rismehta Thanks, I will try this out and let you know if this works!