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Very disappointed in the Highlighted Content web part
Sorry Ali, but I agree with Brandon.
The HCWP is extremely disappointing when compared with how robust and flexible the old CQWP was.
I had no choice about going to Modern. Our local Microsoft reps came in all 'jazz hands' and told my decision makers to rebuild our intranet using Modern.
If HCWP is intended for novice users, fine, but Microsoft also needs to have a CQWP equivalent for users who do understand how to use it to build more complex queries.
I believe that highlighted content web part is one of the best web part that has the capability to aggregate the information from multiple site collections and render it in many different ways. You just have to know the tips and tricks. I have posted a blog on it
https://anandinnani.com/2019/03/19/sharepoint-online-change-highlighted-content-webpart/
Do comment and provide your feedbacks
Hiainnani
Thanks for your feedback.
I don't know about Brandon Murray 's situation, but I certainly don't have the necessary access to go to templates to change the Highlighted content UI as you show in your blog post. I'm now not considered a 'developer' by my organisation, just a site administrator. Those in my organisation who do have 'developer' access are way to busy to do this kind of work for me.
I just want Microsoft to provide a properly functional web part that works the same way as the old CQWP out of the box in the Modern Online environment. I.E. that you can create filters using both And (and) Or, and also group as well as sort the returned results.