Adding a custom button to top of Detail view in Sugar 5

[mipapage]

Hey all,

As the subject says, I need to add a custom button to the top of the detail view in the opportunities module in Sugar 5. Can someone point me in the direction where to find this? (i.e. a php or tpl file where I may be able to insert this) Things seem a bit different from Sugar 4.x, of which I have about two weeks of experience

[Superman]

Look for sample at: modules/Meetings/metadata/detailviewdefs.php.

 ....
'templateMeta' => array('form'=>array('buttons'=>array('EDIT', 'DUPLICATE', array('customCode'=>'<input type="button" value="TEST" />'))
.... 
  

this will show Edit, Duplicate, TEST buttons to detailview screen

[mipapage]

Thanks Superman,

I had tried that with modules/Opportunities/metadata/detailviewdefs.php, but it did not seem to work. Should I have cleared a cache somewhere?

I tried adding to the code below, and editing it but nothing happened... In fact I have tested emptying the whole file, and no change was observed. This lead me to cache cleaning, which I also tried but to no avail...

 $viewdefs['Opportunities']['DetailView'] = array(
    'templateMeta' => array('form' => array('buttons'=>array('EDIT', 'DUPLICATE', 'DELETE', 
                                                         array('customCode'=>'<input title="{$APP.LBL_DUP_MERGE}" ' .
                                                                 'accesskey="M" ' .
                                                                 'class="button" ' .
                                                                 'onclick="this.form.return_module.value=\'Opportunities\';this.form.return_action.value=\'DetailView\';this.form.return_id.value=\'{$fields.id.value}\'; this.form.action.value=\'Step1\'; this.form.module.value=\'MergeRecords\';" ' .
                                                                 'name="button" ' .
                                                                 'value="{$APP.LBL_DUP_MERGE}" ' .
                                                                 'type="submit">'),
                                                                )),
                               'maxColumns' => '2', 
                            'widths' => array(
                                            array('label' => '10', 'field' => '30'), 
                                            array('label' => '10', 'field' => '30')
                                            ),
                           ), 
  

[Superman]

Yes, you need to clear cache.
Admin -> Repair -> Clear Template Data Cache

[mipapage]

Thanks again Superman,

I tried that, although its a bit different in 5.0 (see attached screenshot).

I did, however, try clearing and repairing the whole thing, again to no avail.

I also tried, again, uploading a blank file and clearing the caches etc. and nothing. Doublechecked the file, got the right one, it uploads properly etc etc.

I'm going to take a little break and come back and rm -rf / the whole rack :-)

[Superman]

1. Make sure you are looking at DetailView screen
2. Try to add new button code in custom/modules/Opportunities/metadata/detailviewdefs.php, in case this file exists there.

[mipapage]

Good thinking on #1, although I'm pretty bug-eyed from reading too much code I did have this right, but, #2 was it!! Nice work Superman. Many, many thanks-you's for sticking this out with me.

[Superman]

I am just doing my job

[mipapage]

Nice answer ;-)

Those {$fields.id.value} kinda tags are going to be very useful.

[julian]

Hello mipapage,

Also, just as a note (since you're new to Sugar), you should always try to apply changes in the ./custom/ directory. Changes made directly to the core Sugar files (for example, any files in ./modules/...) will require a merge when you upgrade Sugar, or will be lost.

You also may consider turning on 'Developer Mode' while you're performing customizations. It will disable all caching until you turn it off. To turn on Developer Mode:

1) login as an admin
2) click the Admin link on the top-right of the screen
3) click the System Settings link
4) check Developer Mode (on the bottom-right corner of System Settings)

Enjoy, and keep posting your questions here!