Clearing auto-population of Web Content fields while adding translations

• Type: Feature Request
• Status: Reviewed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not Aligned with the Roadmap
• Affects Version/s: None
• Fix Version/s: None
• Component/s: Web Content > Web Content Administration
• Labels:
  • DXP
  • WebContent
  • translation
  • web
  • web-content-managment

We are currently on LR DXP 7.2 with Service Pack 3 (SP3).

While adding new data in web content, default translations is selected and data is saved, but when we change locale the same data gets auto-populated in other locales as well.

Customer doesn't want this behavior as they will be manually entering the translations for all the fields rather than auto-population.

We have tried a few customizations approaches, but it didn't work. A few of them are listed below:

First Way
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1. Created fragment of edit_article.jsp file of journal-web Portlet.
2. Add Liferay-Config-js file path in bnd.bnd
3. Created a JournalTest.es.js file inside src>main>resources>META-INF>rsources>js folder.
4. Then loaded the module using
Loader.addModule(

{ dependencies: [], exports: 'JournalOverride', name: 'journal-override', path: MODULE_PATH + 'JournalTest.es.js' }

);
5. Try to replace the below piece of code in edit_article.jsp
<liferay-frontend:component
componentId='<%= liferayPortletResponse.getNamespace() + "JournalPortletComponent" %>'
context="<%= journalEditArticleDisplayContext.getComponentContext() %>"
module="js/JournalPortlet.es"
servletContext="<%= application %>"
/>
by below code
<liferay-frontend:component
componentId='<%= liferayPortletResponse.getNamespace() + "JournalPortletComponent" %>'
context="<%= journalEditArticleDisplayContext.getComponentContext() %>"
module="js/JournalTest.es"
servletContext="<%= application %>"
/>
Note:- It's giving error module not loaded.

Second Way
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1. Below Script to empty the structure fields in web content on changing Locale.
Event :- inputLocalized:localeChanged :::: this event get trigged when locale get change in edit_article.jsp
let defaultLangId = Liferay.ThemeDisplay.getDefaultLanguageId;
Liferay.after('inputLocalized:localeChanged',(event) => {
let langId=event.details[0].item.getAttribute('data-value');
if(defaultLangId != langId){
//Below code not able to clear input field.
$('.lfr-ddm-container').find('input').each(function(node)

{ $(node).val(''); }

);
}
});

Steps to reproduce:
1- Navigate to Site -> Content & Data -> Web Content
2- Add New Basic Web Content
3- Enter Title and Content
4- Change Language

Actual Results:
Default Locale contents are auto-populated

Expected Results:
Default Locale content should not be auto-populated