add_view_button

add_view_button(text, options)

domain: client

language: javascript

Description

Use add_view_button to dynamically add a button in the view form.

This method is usually used in the on_view_form_created events.

The following parameters are passed to the method:

  • text - the text that will be displayed on the button

  • options - options that specify additional properties of the button

The options parameter is an object that may have following attributes:

  • parent_class_name is a class name of the parent element, the default value is ‘form-footer’

  • btn_id - the id attribute of the button

  • btn_class - the class of the button

  • type - specifies the type (color) of the button, it can be one of the following text values:

    • primary

    • success

    • info

    • warning

    • danger

  • image - an icon class, one of the icons by Glyphicons from http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/base-css.html

  • secondary: if this attribute is set to true, the button will be right aligned if Buttons on top attribute of the View Form Dialog is set, otherwise left aligned.

  • expanded - if set to true the button will have class ‘expanded-btn’ and that defines its min-width to 120px, default true

The method returns a JQuery object of the button.

Examples

function on_view_form_created(item) {
    var btn = item.add_view_button('Select', {type: 'primary'});
    btn.click(function() {
        item.select_records('track');
    });
}

function on_view_form_created(item) {
    if (!item.view_form.hasClass('modal')) {
        var print_btn = item.add_view_button('Print', {image: 'icon-print'}),
            email_btn = item.add_view_button('Send email', {image: 'icon-pencil'});
        email_btn.click(function() { send_email() });
        print_btn.click(function() { print(item) });
    }
}