Supported Characters

Activator enforces naming rules for folders, documents, and assets. Using unsupported characters will cause errors or prevent content from being saved. Follow the guidelines below when naming items in Activator. 

Folders

Layouts and Helpers are saved in the Design System as folders. Folder names must not contain any of the following characters:

Documents

Document names may contain only the following characters:

• Unicode letters — any letter from any language

• Unicode marks — accents, diacritics, and similar marks used with letters

• Digits (0–9)

• Hyphen (‐)

• Underscore (_)

• Period (.)

• Parentheses (( and ))

• Space ( )

Assets

Version note: From release v2.6 onwards, assets uploaded from within Activator must also follow the character rules listed under Documents above.

When referencing or using assets, asset names may contain the following characters:

• Alphanumeric characters (a–z, A–Z, 0–9)

• Hyphen (‐)

• Underscore (_)

• Period (.)

• Parentheses (( and ))

• Percent-encoded slash (%2F)

• Plus sign (+)

• Square brackets ([ and ])

• Backslash (\)

• Asterisk (*)

• Exclamation mark (!)

• Tilde (~) 

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