Actions

An action is typically represented as a button or icon and can be invoked by a user to execute a particular function.

Actions are added to Rancher via the addAction method.

addAction

(Rancher version v2.7.2)

This method adds a button/action to the UI.

Method:

plugin.addAction(where: String, when: LocationConfig, options: Object);

Arguments

where string parameter admissable values for this method:

Key	Type	Description
ActionLocation.HEADER	String	Location for an action on the Header of Rancher Dashboard
ActionLocation.TABLE	String	Location for an action on a List View Table of Rancher Dashboard

when Object admissable values:

LocationConfig as described above for the LocationConfig object.

ActionLocation.HEADER options

options config object. Admissable parameters for the options with 'ActionLocation.HEADER' are:

Key	Type	Description
tooltip	String	Text for tooltip of button
tooltipKey	String	Same as "tooltip" but allows for translation. Will superseed "tooltip"
shortcut	String	Shortcut key bindings. Passed as a string (ex: m), for which the default will be Ctrl+m for Linux/Windows and Meta+m for Mac OS. Check examples below
icon	String	icon name (based on rancher icons)
svg	Function	icon based on a SVG file which can be included using @require
enabled	Function	Whether the action/button is enabled or not
invoke	Function	function executed when action/button is clicked

Usage example for 'ActionLocation.HEADER':

plugin.addAction(
  ActionLocation.HEADER,
  {},
  {
    tooltipKey: 'plugin-examples.header-action-one',
    tooltip:    'Test Action1',
    shortcut:   'm',
    icon:       'icon-pipeline',
    invoke(opts: any, resources: any) {
      console.log('action executed 1', this); // eslint-disable-line no-console
      console.log(opts); // eslint-disable-line no-console
      console.log(resources); // eslint-disable-line no-console
    }
  }
);

plugin.addAction(
  ActionLocation.HEADER,
  {},
  {
    tooltipKey: 'plugin-examples.header-action-two',
    tooltip:    'Test Action2',
    shortcut:   'b',
    svg:        require('@pkg/test-features/icons/rancher-desktop.svg'),
    enabled(ctx: any) {
      return true;
    },
    invoke(opts: any, resources: any) {
      console.log('action executed 2', this); // eslint-disable-line no-console
      console.log(opts); // eslint-disable-line no-console
      console.log(resources); // eslint-disable-line no-console
    }
  }
);

ActionLocation.TABLE options

INLINE TABLE ACTION

BULKABLE/GLOBAL TABLE ACTION

options config object. Admissable parameters for the options with 'ActionLocation.TABLE' are:

Key	Type	Description
label	String	Action label
labelKey	String	Same as "label" but allows for translation. Will superseed "label"
icon	String	icon name (based on rancher icons)
svg	Function	icon based on a SVG file which can be included using @require
divider	Boolean	Shows a line separator (divider) in actions menu
multiple	Boolean	Whether the action/button is bulkable (can be performed on multiple list items)
enabled	Function	Whether the action/button is enabled or not
invoke	Function	function executed when action/button is clicked

Usage example for 'ActionLocation.TABLE':

RENDERING A SIMPLE DIVIDER

plugin.addAction( 
  ActionLocation.TABLE,
  { resource: ['catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo'] }, 
  { divider: true });

CONFIGURING A NON-BULKABLE ACTION (inline action)

plugin.addAction(
  ActionLocation.TABLE,
  { resource: ['catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo'] }, 
  {
    label:    'some-extension-action',
    labelKey: 'plugin-examples.table-action-one',
    icon:     'icon-pipeline',
    enabled(ctx: any) {
      return true;
    },
    invoke(opts: ActionOpts, values: any[]) {
      console.log('table action executed 1', this, opts, values); // eslint-disable-line no-console
    }
  }
);

CONFIGURING AN INLINE AND BULKABLE ACTION

plugin.addAction(
  ActionLocation.TABLE,
  { resource: ['catalog.cattle.io.clusterrepo'] }, 
  {
    label:    'some-bulkable-action',
    labelKey: 'plugin-examples.table-action-two',
    svg:      require('@pkg/test-features/icons/rancher-desktop.svg'),
    multiple: true,
    enabled(ctx: any) {
      return true;
    },
    invoke(opts: ActionOpts, values: any[]) {
      console.log('table action executed 2', this); // eslint-disable-line no-console
      console.log(opts); // eslint-disable-line no-console
      console.log(values); // eslint-disable-line no-console
    },
  }
);