[opencms-dev] Issue with Tabs EditPoint Visibility

[niveditasheoran]

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the pointer and the link — much appreciated.

For the thread: editableby wasn't the cause in our case. The real issue was the
Element view setting on the a-tabs resource type, found in the module's .config
file at /system/modules/org.opencms.apollo.template.tabs/.config. It was set to
System elements, which requires Admin-level access — so the Tabs EditPoint was
filtered out for the Editor-role users, even though nested content inside the
tabs (under "Content elements") remained editable.

Changing Element view to Content elements and republishing the .config fixed it.

One question though — since this is a module-level setting, it applies across
all sites using this tabs template. Is there any major downside or risk to
changing this Element view sitewide, or is it generally safe to leave a-tabs on
"Content elements" going forward?

Thanks again for the help narrowing this down.

Best regards,
Nivedita


On July 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM Daniel Seidel via opencms-dev
<opencms-dev at opencms.org> wrote:

> 
>  Hi Nivedita,
> 
>  just a guess: The <cms:container> tag takes an attribute "editableby". If
> this is set for the nested containers and a role higher than ROLE.EDITOR is
> required, that could be the case.
> 
>  Here's the documentation for the tag:
> https://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/tld/cms/container.html
> <https://documentation.opencms.org/javadoc/tld/cms/container.html>
> 
>  Best, Daniel.
> 
>  Am 15.07.26 um 12:04 schrieb niveditasheoran via opencms-dev:
> 
>      > > 
> >      Hello,
> > 
> >      I am facing an issue with the Tabs component in OpenCms.
> > 
> >      When logged in as Admin, the Tabs EditPoint is visible and editable.
> > However, when logged in as an individual school subsite user, only the
> > Content EditPoint is displayed, while the Tabs EditPoint is not visible.
> > 
> >      The school user is assigned the role Editor from the Root
> > Organizational Unit and has all the required permissions on the respective
> > school subsite folder.
> > 
> >      Could you please help investigate why the Tabs EditPoint is not
> > appearing for the school subsite user, even though it is visible for the
> > Admin user?
> > 
> >      Please let me know if any additional information is required.
> > 
> >      Thanks & Regards,
> >      Nivedita Sheoran
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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