assets css javascript minify System Administrator Jahia 7.3 Legacy

How to disable the JS and CSS minification?

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The permanent way

The following property has to be added in [Jahia]/digital-factory-config/jahia/jahia.properties :

####################
# Prior DX 7.3.1.0 #
####################
aggregateAndCompressAssets = false

###########################
# DX 7.3.1.0 and superior #
###########################
# to disable the compression
compressAssetsDuringAggregation = false
# to disable the aggregation
aggregateAssets = false

A restart of the Jahia instance is mandatory.

NOTE: Starting with DX 7.3.1.0 this property is replaced by two properties, aggregateAssets and compressAssetsDuringAggregation, so the aggregation and the compression can be managed independently, but the property compressAssetsDuringAggregation will be ignored if your instance is running with a version of JDK other than 1.8 as the compression of asset will be dropped in future version of Jahia.

The non-permanent way

Another non-permanent way to do it is to execute following instruction from your JCR console http://localhost:8080/modules/tools/jcrConsole.jsp

No restart is needed but after a restart, the default behavior or the value set for aggregateAndCompressAssets the will be used

/********************/
/* Prior DX 7.3.1.0 */
/********************/
SpringContextSingleton.getBean("staticAssetsFilter").setAggregateAndCompress(false)

/***************************/
/* DX 7.3.1.0 and superior */
/***************************/
//to disable the compression
SpringContextSingleton.getBean("staticAssetsFilter").setCompressDuringAggregation(false)
// to disable the aggregation
SpringContextSingleton.getBean("staticAssetsFilter").setAggregateAssets(false)

And of course, you can enable it back with the following instruction

/********************/
/* Prior DX 7.3.1.0 */
/********************/
SpringContextSingleton.getBean("staticAssetsFilter").setAggregateAndCompress(true)

/***************************/
/* DX 7.3.1.0 and superior */
/***************************/
//to disable the compression
SpringContextSingleton.getBean("staticAssetsFilter").setCompressDuringAggregation(true)
// to disable the aggregation
SpringContextSingleton.getBean("staticAssetsFilter").setAggregateAssets(true)