domain: client
language: javascript
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.
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) });
}
}