applications/product/template/Main.ftl | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/applications/product/template/Main.ftl b/applications/product/template/Main.ftl
index a65947b1a6..733615ed00 100644
--- a/applications/product/template/Main.ftl
+++ b/applications/product/template/Main.ftl
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ under the License.
   <div class='label'> ${uiLabelMap.ProductGeneralMessage}.</div>
 </#if>
 <br />
+<button hx-get="<@ofbizUrl>sayDate</@ofbizUrl>"
+hx-target="#responseDiv" hx-swap="outerHTML">
+   Say Date
+ </button>
+
+ <div id="responseDiv">
+
+ </div>
 <#if security.hasEntityPermission( "CATALOG", "_VIEW", session)>
   <div class="form-container">
     <form class="basic-form" method="post" action="<@ofbizUrl>EditProdCatalog</@ofbizUrl>" style="margin: 0;" name="EditProdCatalogForm">
 applications/product/widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/applications/product/widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml b/applications/product/widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml
index 00c6c3eb70..81f3e37005 100644
--- a/applications/product/widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml
+++ b/applications/product/widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ under the License.
                 <set field="productId" from-field="parameters.productId"/>
                 <entity-one entity-name="Product" value-field="product"/>
                 <set field="helpAnchor" value="_help_for_catalog_main_screen"/>
+         <set field="headerItem" value="main"/><!-- this highlights
+the selected menu-item with name "main" -->
             </actions>
             <widgets>
                 <decorator-screen name="main-decorator" location="${parameters.mainDecoratorLocation}">
 framework/common/servicedef/services.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/framework/common/servicedef/services.xml b/framework/common/servicedef/services.xml
index 698610395d..fe799c11d1 100644
--- a/framework/common/servicedef/services.xml
+++ b/framework/common/servicedef/services.xml
@@ -977,4 +977,18 @@ under the License.
         <description>Set locale from browser.</description>
         <attribute name="localeName" type="String" mode="IN" optional="true"/>
     </service>
+
+<service name="noSyntaxError" engine="interface">
+    <description>
+        Dummy service to prevent empty files and syntax error - Remove
+when the 1st real service will be added here
+    </description>
+</service>
+
+<service name="sayDate" engine="java"
+         location="org.apache.ofbiz.product.product.HtmxServices"
+         invoke="sayDate">
+    <attribute name="currentDate" type="String" mode="OUT" default-value=""/>
+</service>
+
 </services>
 .../common/webcommon/WEB-INF/common-controller.xml      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/framework/common/webcommon/WEB-INF/common-controller.xml b/framework/common/webcommon/WEB-INF/common-controller.xml
index fa7f592437..d4022f1ea9 100644
--- a/framework/common/webcommon/WEB-INF/common-controller.xml
+++ b/framework/common/webcommon/WEB-INF/common-controller.xml
@@ -339,6 +339,13 @@ under the License.
         <response name="error" type="none" />
     </request-map>
 
+<request-map uri="sayDate">
+    <security https="true" auth="true"/>
+    <event type="service" invoke="sayDate"/>
+    <response name="success" type="view" value="sayDate"></response>
+</request-map>
+
+
     <!--========================== AJAX events =====================-->
 
     <!-- View Mappings -->
@@ -370,4 +377,14 @@ under the License.
     <view-map name="LookupLocale" type="screen" page="component://common/widget/LookupScreens.xml#LookupLocale"/>
     <view-map name="GetUiLabels" type="screentext" page="component://common/widget/CommonScreens.xml#GetUiLabels" auth="false" content-type="application/json"/>
 
+
+
+
+<!-- View Mappings -->
+<view-map name="main" type="screen"
+page="component://product/widget/catalog/CommonScreens.xml#main"/>
+
+<view-map name="sayDate" type="ftl"
+page="component://applications/product/template/say_date.ftl"/>
+
 </site-conf>
 themes/helveticus/template/includes/Header.ftl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/themes/helveticus/template/includes/Header.ftl b/themes/helveticus/template/includes/Header.ftl
index 9b22969158..5fd5e9eb3a 100644
--- a/themes/helveticus/template/includes/Header.ftl
+++ b/themes/helveticus/template/includes/Header.ftl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 specific language governing permissions and limitations
 under the License.
 -->
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@2.0.3"></script>
 <#assign docLangAttr = locale.toString()?replace("_", "-")>
 <#assign langDir = "ltr">
 <#if "ar.iw"?contains(docLangAttr?substring(0, 2))>