Additional dashboard toolbar items/links
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Howdy,
I have been delving into having additional menu items on the dashboard toolbar. I noticed other posts regarding this, but nothing that seemed to resolve doing so.
I am able to add a custom toolbar item/link using the following in my package's controller on_start() method:
The problem with this technique is that once you enter a dashboard system page, the toolbar item/link will no longer display (that is, until you return to viewing/editing pages). I'm wondering if anyone knows if this is the intended happening, and if so is there a setting to ensure the item/link stays in the toolbar even when on a dashboard system page? (in fact, if I even navigate to one of my custom dashboard pages the item/link will disappear then too)
Any ideas would be great, otherwise I'll have to make do! Thanks for your time,
-Landson
I have been delving into having additional menu items on the dashboard toolbar. I noticed other posts regarding this, but nothing that seemed to resolve doing so.
I am able to add a custom toolbar item/link using the following in my package's controller on_start() method:
$ihm = Loader::helper( 'concrete/interface/menu' ); $ihm->addPageHeaderMenuItem( 'gen_product', 'Generic', 'right', array( 'href' => DIR_REL . '/index.php/dashboard/gen_product', 'dialog-width' => '50%', 'dialog-height' => '80%', 'dialog-modal' => 'false' ), 'gen_product' );
The problem with this technique is that once you enter a dashboard system page, the toolbar item/link will no longer display (that is, until you return to viewing/editing pages). I'm wondering if anyone knows if this is the intended happening, and if so is there a setting to ensure the item/link stays in the toolbar even when on a dashboard system page? (in fact, if I even navigate to one of my custom dashboard pages the item/link will disappear then too)
Any ideas would be great, otherwise I'll have to make do! Thanks for your time,
-Landson
Yes, those links are supposed to be hidden in the dashboard, that's intention )-:
thanks for the reply! Now I know not to keep searching for a solution via that route :)
I found a half-decent way to add an item/link to the dashboard toolbar when on a system page. By doing the following in my package controller's on_start() method:
and then within the js file ( located at /packages/package_handle/js/dashboard_item.js ) having:
I am able to have a working dashboard toolbar item/link. The issue I'm having now is actually the opposite of before, where now my item/link won't appear when viewing or editing a page. I have delved deeper into the core files to try to see what is going on, but I haven't yet figured it out.
I'm baffled that such functionality (the addition of items/links to the dashboard toolbar) isn't available for developers. My only thought is that the core team hasn't had time to implement it.
Anyways! Thought I'd show you my findings,
-Landson
$html = Loader::helper( 'html' ); $v = View::getInstance(); $v->addFooterItem( $html->javascript( 'dashboard_item.js', $this->pkgHandle ) );
and then within the js file ( located at /packages/package_handle/js/dashboard_item.js ) having:
$( document ).ready( function() { $( '#ccm-system-nav' ).prepend( '<li><a id="ccm-nav-generic" href="/dashboard/gen_product/">Generic</a></li>' ); });
I am able to have a working dashboard toolbar item/link. The issue I'm having now is actually the opposite of before, where now my item/link won't appear when viewing or editing a page. I have delved deeper into the core files to try to see what is going on, but I haven't yet figured it out.
I'm baffled that such functionality (the addition of items/links to the dashboard toolbar) isn't available for developers. My only thought is that the core team hasn't had time to implement it.
Anyways! Thought I'd show you my findings,
-Landson
Well, I'm not sure you want to go there.. You can certainly hack everything together, but if you try to release an add-on like this you'll probably have a few support requests sooner or later.
So far there haven't been many add-ons in the marketplace where such a functionality would make sense. But I think a github pull request for a change like this would be accepted...
So far there haven't been many add-ons in the marketplace where such a functionality would make sense. But I think a github pull request for a change like this would be accepted...
