Component Presentations using templates from the same region are always collapsed into a single region

[willprice76]

If I have a page with the following CPS:

Teaser (2-column)
Teaser (2-column)
Article
Teaser (2-column)
Teaser (2-column)

When the page is rendered, the 2 groups of 2-col teasers will be collapsed into a single 2-col region, whereas what I expected, as an editor is for the article to appear between two separate 2-col regions.

[rpannekoek]

If you want to have two Regions which use the 2-Column Region View, you should ensure that you define two Regions with distinct names. For that purpose, we introduced a Region Name metadata field next to Region View Name in DXA 1.2.

[willprice76]

This sounds like I would need to duplicate all my component templates - so not an ideal solution - or do I misunderstand?

[rpannekoek]

No, that's correct; you will need to have CTs for each distinct Region; the CTs don't represent much more than the MVC metadata. In general, the currently solution of using CT metadata to indicate Region is not ideal, but a necessary evil until we get full Region support in SDL Web itself (which might happen this year :-))

[willprice76]

I created a PR with what I think is a better solution. #27

[bb-ceccles]

Second this as an improvement. Would be a big improvement if this functionality was enabled

[ablyth-building-blocks]

+1

[AndyMcInnes]

+1

[rsleggett]

+1

[Vouzamo]

+1 (component presentation metadata would be the best solution)

[rpannekoek]

TSI-1945 (internal issue ID for tracking purposes)

[justsayantan]

+1