Add a custom action to the buttons on the right of a subpanel Row

andy · 12 August 2016 10:16

It can be done

If you look at the layout defs of your subpanel you will see the definitions for the edit and remove buttons. I am looking at custom/modules/Contacts/metadata/subpanels/Account_subpanel_contacts.php

In there I can see :


 'edit_button' => 
  array (
    'vname' => 'LBL_EDIT_BUTTON',
    'widget_class' => 'SubPanelEditButton',
    'module' => 'Contacts',
    'width' => '5%',
    'default' => true,
  ),

'remove_button' => 
  array (
    'vname' => 'LBL_REMOVE',
    'widget_class' => 'SubPanelRemoveButton',
    'module' => 'Contacts',
    'width' => '5%',
    'default' => true,
  ),

notice that they both point to a widget_class

 'widget_class' => 'SubPanelEditButton']

And

'widget_class' => 'SubPanelRemoveButton',

Widget classes are contained in : include/generic/SugarWidgets. But what you want to do is create your own widget class in custom/include/generic/SugarWidgets

If you inspect the actual edit button you will see a link similar to the following :

index.php?module=Contacts&action=EditView&record=6aa797c0-3b56-05b2-b2db-57ac8d113a4c&parent_module=Accounts&parent_id=cef2707e-3fd0-11e5-39d7-57557b10ceaf&return_module=Accounts&return_id=cef2707e-3fd0-11e5-39d7-57557b10ceaf&return_action=DetailView&return_relationship=contacts

What you need to do is create your definition in the subpanel layout defs that points to your own custom widget class that adds a link to your custom action in a similar manner to the above link.

Simple!!