Inputfield::addHeaderAction() method

Add header action

This adds a clickable icon to the right side of the Inputfield header. There are three types of actions: 'click', 'toggle' and 'link'. The 'click' action simply triggers your JS event whenever it is clicked. The 'toggle' action has an on/off state, and you can specify the JS event to trigger for each. This function will automatically figure out whether you want a click, toggle or 'link' action based on what you provide in the $settings argument. Below is a summary of these settings:

Settings for 'click' or 'link' type actions

• icon (string): Name of font-awesome icon to use.
• tooltip (string): Optional tooltip text to display when icon hovered.
• event (string): Event name to trigger in JS when clicked ('click' actions only).
• href (string): URL to open ('link' actions only).
• modal (bool): Specify true to open link in modal ('link' actions only).

Settings for 'toggle' (on/off) type actions

• on (bool): Start with the 'on' state? (default=false)
• onIcon (string): Name of font-awesome icon to show for on state.
• onEvent (string): JS event name to trigger when toggled on.
• onTooltip (string): Tooltip text to show when on icon is hovered.
• offIcon (string): Name of font-awesome icon to show for off state.
• offEvent (string): JS event name to trigger when toggled off.
• offTooltip (string): Tooltip text to show when off icon is hovered.

Other/optional settings (applies to all types)

• name (string): Name of this action (-_a-zA-Z0-9).
• parent (string): Name of parent action, if this action is part of a menu.
• overIcon (string): Name of font-awesome icon to show when hovered.
• overEvent (string): JS event name to trigger when mouse is over the icon.
• downIcon (string): Icon to display when mouse is down on the action icon (3.0.241+).
• downEvent (string): JS event name to trigger when mouse is down on the icon (3.0.241+).
• cursor (string): CSS cursor name to show when mouse is over the icon.
• setAll (array): Set all of the header actions in one call, replaces any existing. Note: to get all actions, call the method and omit the $settings argument.

Settings for dropdown menu actions (3.0.241+)

Note that menu type actions also require jQuery UI and /wire/templates-admin/scripts/main.js, both of which are already present in PW’s admin themes (AdminThemeUikit recommended). Requires ProcessWire 3.0.241 or newer.

• icon (string): Icon name to use for dropdown toggle, i.e. 'fa-wrench'.
• tooltip (string): Optional tooltip to describe what the dropdown is for.
• menuAction (string): Action that toggles the menu to show, one of 'click' or 'hover' (default).
• menuItems (array): Definition of menu items, each with one or more of the following properties.
  • label (string): Label text for the menu item (required).
  • icon (string): Icon name for the menu item, if desired.
  • callback (function|null): JS callback to execute item is clicked (not applicable in PHP).*
  • event (string): JS event name to trigger when item is clicked.
  • tooltip (string): Tooltip text to show when hovering menu item (title attribute).
  • href (string): URL to go to when menu item clicked.
  • target (string): Target attribute when href is used (i.e. "_blank").
  • modal (bool): Open href in modal window instead?
  • active (function|bool): Callback function that returns true if menu item active, or false.* if disabled. You can also directly specify true or false for this option.
  • NOTE 1: All menuItems properties above are optional, except for 'label'.
  • NOTE 2: To use callback or active as functions, you must define your menu in JS instead.
  • NOTE 3: For examples see the addHeaderAction() method in /wire/templates-admin/scripts/inputfields.js

Available since version 3.0.240.