Add option to generate custom actions in Admin UI

It would be handy to add some custom actions to Admin UI. Such actions that do not require any input and they just return a message and information whether the operation was succesful or not.

For example, for posts there could be a button Archive. This would be in the Admin UI in the view that shows the selected post.

A draft:

var Post = new keystone.List('Post', {
    autokey: { path: 'slug', from: 'title', unique: true },
    map: { name: 'title' },
    defaultSort: '-createdAt',
    actions: {
       'Archive': archive
    }
});

var archive = function(next) {
    this.state = 'archived';
    this.save(function(err) {
        if (!err) {
            next(err, 'Post is archived');
        } else {
            next(err, 'Archiving failed');
        }
    });
}

Of course this example is not very useful, but I think that useful use cases exist.

[dahei]

+1

Yes, this would be great! I have also several use-cases where I could need such a custom button/action in the Admin UI.

[mxstbr]

This is definitely a feature that is on the roadmap, but when we include it we want to make the entire admin interface extensible at once, instead of just having a few more buttons. We have big plans for this, but aren’t ready to fully commit just yet due to #2566 amongst other things.

I’ll close this issue for now and move it to ProductPains, let us know if you want this by upvoting it there: https://productpains.com/post/keystonejs/cannot-find-ways-to-add-a-custom-button-or-links-in-admin-ui