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HTL Templates

HTL (Sightly) is AEM's template language. It keeps presentation logic in templates and business logic in Sling Models.

Basics​

<div data-sly-use.model="com.example.core.models.MyModel">
  <h2>${model.title}</h2>
  <p>${model.description}</p>
</div>

Escaping and context​

HTL escapes output by default. If you need a specific context (for example, URLs or HTML), use the correct context hint:

<a href="${model.link @ context='uri'}">Read more</a>

Best practices​

  • Keep logic in Sling Models.
  • Avoid string concatenation in templates.
  • Use data-sly-test and data-sly-list for conditional rendering and loops.

See also​