Add Custom Action Button Using Javascript

[sakshik]

Steps to add a custom button/link in Document Actions and Folder Actions on Document and Folder Level:

Step 1: Create a directory scripts in ...\tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension\

Step 2 :

cd into ...\tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension\scripts

Create a file publishDoc.js

.....

document.copy(DestNode) - [write script according to your requirement]

.......

Step 3:

Registering action

Create a context file custom-action-services-context.xml in \tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\extension\ with the following code :

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>
<beans>
   <bean id="publish-doc-action" parent="script">
      <property name="scriptLocation">
      <bean class="org.alfresco.repo.jscript.ClasspathScriptLocation">
      <constructor-arg>
         <value>alfresco/extension/scripts/publishDoc.js</value>
      </constructor-arg>
   </bean>
   </property>
</bean>
</beans>

Step 4:

Calling action

Add the following code to tomcat\shared\classes\alfresco\web-extension\share-config-custom.xml:

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocLibActions">

<!–
Action definitions
–>
<actions>
<!– Publish Document –>
   <action id="publish-doc" icon="ic-publish" type="javascript" label="Publish">
      <param name="function">onActionSimpleRepoAction</param>
      <param name="action">publish-doc-action</param>
      <param name="successMessage">Successfully Published</param>
      <param name="failureMessage">failed</param>
   </action>

</actions>
<actionGroups>

<!-- For action button to show up at document level -->
   <actionGroup id="document-browse">
      <action index="460" id="publish-doc"/>
   </actionGroup>
   <actionGroup id="document-details">
      <action index="400" id="publish-doc"/>
   </actionGroup>

<!-- For action button to show up at Folder level -->

   <actionGroup id="folder-browse">
      <action index="460" id="publish-doc"/>
   </actionGroup>
   <actionGroup id="folder-details">   
      <action index="400" id="publish-doc"/>
   </actionGroup>

</actionGroups>
</config>

Step 5: Add icon image named ic-publish-16.png in tomcat\webapps\share\components\documentlibrary\actions\

Restart Alfresco server

You will be able to see a button in document Action and in Folder Action:

[acervantes2018]

Nice!!! Very useful!! Thank you!!!

[vikash_patel]

Great Job.