Can not add widget to specific Page Layouts

[gizmocn]

Try to add widget to specific page layouts, but in admin panel no page layouts list is empty

Preconditions

1. Magento 2.1.6
2. PHP 7.0.15

Steps to reproduce

1. Magento Admin panel -> Content -> Widgets
2. Click "Add Widget" button, then select any widget and theme.
3. Click Add Layout Update button and then select Display on to Page Layouts

Expected result

1. In Page dropdown, All Page Layouts should be list out.

Actual result

1. Actual, there are no Page Layouts listed.
   

[AlexWorking]

Hello, @gizmocn. Based on Your issue an internal ticket was created - MAGETWO-70278. You'll be informed after the issue is resolved. Thank's for applying.

[magento-engcom-team]

@gizmocn, thank you for your report.
We've created internal ticket(s) MAGETWO-70278 to track progress on the issue.

[jissereitsma]

I bumped into this issue as well. However, it seems that simply none of the Page Layouts (like 1column.xml) have been added to this widget selection box because of reasons. I created a sample module (as part of a training during which this was raised as a question) that demonstrates the right code: https://github.com/yireo-training/magento2-example-custom-page-layout For reference, I'm also including a question that Alan Storm raised on this, which got me on the right way: https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/102467/what-is-a-magento-2-design-abstraction

In short, a regular layout file (layout/example.xml) always starts with a page node that could now include a label (label="My example") and a design_abstraction="page_layout". In the current system, all of the layouts mentioned under the widget selection box discussed here, have set design_abstraction="custom". By changing custom into page_layout, layouts also appear in the Page Layout option group in the selection box.

However, the terminology leads me to think something is off. It would make sense if the custom value refers to handles within the regular layout and the page_layout value refers to handles within the page layout (like 1column). Unfortunately, the whole design_abstraction attribute is not allowed to be used in a page layout file, because it is not included in its XSD. As a workaround, in my example module, I've simply included the page layout in the regular layout, which works as well.

[goranhorvathr]

Hello everyone! Any status update on this?

Also please note that when adding a custom cms page in magento 2.2.5 that custom cms does not get displayed in widget layout update for specified pages. Page type does not get updated at all. This should be native functionallity tbh to add widgets to any page you want even if it is a newly made CMS page without manually updating the page_types.xml in your own module.

Steps to repilcate:

1. Create new cms page. Content -> Pages
2. Create new widget Content -> Widget
3. Go to layout updates
4. Select Specified page - check the dropdown list which will not have the newly created page on it

I noticed you are manually adding types in vendor/magento/module-cms/etc/frontend/page_types.xml.

Are we missing something here?

[V0RTX]

Just letting this feed know that I have the same problem with Magento 2.4 CE. I found by using Display On: Specified Pay | Page: CMS Pages (All) enabled those pages not appearing in the Page Drop-down to then display the widget on those "missing" pages.

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[dverkade]

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[jesse-thomas]

Same issue here! Has anyone found a solution to add a widget to all 2 col right pages?

[Lewischarlton93]

Issue still present in Magento 2.4.2

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[engcom-Delta]

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[engcom-Delta]

Hi @gizmocn ,

Thanks for your reporting and collaboration.
We have verified the issue in latest 2.4-develop instance and it is reproducible.

Hence, Confirming the issue.

Steps to reproduce:-

1. Navigate to Widget listing page. Content > Elements > Widgets
2. Click on "Add Widget"
3. Select Type and Design theme
4. Click on Continue button
5. Click on "Add Layout Update"
6. Click on Display on drop down
7. Select page layouts
8. Observe no page layouts are listed

Thanks.

[github-jira-sync-bot]

✅ Jira issue https://jira.corp.adobe.com/browse/AC-12652 is successfully created for this GitHub issue.

[m2-assistant]

✅ Confirmed by @engcom-Delta. Thank you for verifying the issue.
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