Symptoms
Custom Button column does not show on List
Diagnoses
When adding a Button control to the List View, the button only shows up in Edit mode.
Resolution
I've compiled a workaround that lets you add buttons to the row that will allow you to utilize that row's SmartObject reference:
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1) Add a hidden data label to the views toolbar to track which row action button has been clicked, and name it: RowButtonState
2) Add a hidden literal data label to the views toolbar, with an expression containing the following JavaScript method that will be used to handle the button click, and store which button was clicked in the state variable from step #1:
<script type="text/javascript">
function MyView_RowButtonClicked(name) {
var xpath = 'Controllers/Controller/Controls/Controlr@Name="RowButtonState"]';
var windowToUse = window;
if (!checkExists(windowToUse.viewControllerDefinition)) { windowToUse.viewControllerDefinition = $xml(windowToUse.__runtimeControllersDefinition); }
var control = windowToUse.$sn(windowToUse.viewControllerDefinition, xpath);
var controlInfoObj = new windowToUse.PopulateObject(null, name, control.getAttribute('ID'));
windowToUse.executeControlFunction(control, 'SetValue', controlInfoObj);
windowToUse.raiseEvent(control.getAttribute('ID'), 'Control', 'OnChange');
}
</script>
This takes the button name being clicked and stores it in the Data Label created in step #1.
3) Add a column to the list view that will render the necessary per-row action buttons. Add a literal data label to the row with the following script:
<button onclick="MyView_RowButtonClicked('button1')">Button1</button>
This creates the necessary buttons, with each calling the MyView_RowButtonClicked method, passing its button name. This is a logical button name that is used to identify which button was clicked – it need not be an actual identifier.
4) Implement the List Item Clicked rule for the view, and use conditions to check the value of RowButtonState:
- If RowButtonState contains button1
- Perform actions
