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Asked: 2026-06-03T18:48:15+00:00

I’ve been building a JavaScript and CSS only GUI extension. I followed the instructions

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I’ve been building a JavaScript and CSS only GUI extension.

I followed the instructions in Albert’s post here:
http://albertromkes.com/2012/01/30/tridion-gui-extensions-how-to-load-a-javascript-without-showing-a-gui-element/

The JavaScript loads in OK but I can’t get the CSS included, am I missing something?

Here’s an approximation of my configuration file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?> 
<Configuration xmlns="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration/Merge"
      xmlns:cfg="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration"
      xmlns:ext="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions"
      xmlns:cmenu="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions/ContextMenu">
  <resources cache="true">
    <cfg:filters/>
    <cfg:groups>
      <cfg:group name="Rob.Prototype.Extensions"
       merger="Tridion.Web.UI.Core.Configuration.Resources.CommandGroupProcessor" 
       merge="always">
        <cfg:domainmodel name="Rob.Prototype.Extensions.Domain">
          <cfg:fileset>
            <cfg:file type="script">/Scripts/script1.js</cfg:file>
            <cfg:file type="script">/Scripts/script2.js</cfg:file>
            <cfg:file type="style">/CSS/styles.css</cfg:file>
          </cfg:fileset>
          <cfg:services/>
        </cfg:domainmodel>
      </cfg:group>
    </cfg:groups>
  </resources>
  <definitionfiles/>
  <extensions>
    <ext:editorextensions/>
    <ext:dataextenders/>
  </extensions>
  <commands/>
  <contextmenus/>
  <localization/>
  <settings>
    <defaultpage>/Views/Default.aspx</defaultpage>
    <navigatorurl>/Views/Default.aspx</navigatorurl>
    <editurls/>
    <listdefinitions/>
    <itemicons/>
    <theme>
      <path>/CSS/</path>
    </theme>
    <customconfiguration/>
  </settings>
</Configuration>
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  1. Editorial Team

    The domain model is supposed contain non-visual things only, so Tridion only processes non-visual file types. You should not include CSS files in a domainmodel, but instead put them in a separate fileset outside of any domainmodel.

    This requires that you have a GUI element that uses the group that your CSS is in. If you weren’t planning to add any GUI elements, you could add a dummy ribbon button to links to the CSS.

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