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ViewerToolbarItem Interface

A toolbar item.

Declaration

export interface ViewerToolbarItem

Remarks

The Web Dashboard allows customizing the dashboard item caption and dashboard title. For instance, you can add custom command buttons, create additional popup menus, add static texts, etc. Use the DashboardItemCaptionToolbarOptions and DashboardTitleToolbarOptions classes to create a toolbar item of the specified type (like custom buttons or static text). The ViewerToolbarItem object represents a toolbar item.

Use the ViewerApiExtensionOptions.onItemCaptionToolbarUpdated and ViewerApiExtensionOptions.onDashboardTitleToolbarUpdated handlers to customize the dashboard item’s caption and dashboard title.

You can use predefined colors for toolbar icons to make the icons consistent with the entire dashboard application. For example, you can use the predefined color for a new toolbar button. In this case, the button’s color depends on the selected Web Dashboard theme.

The table below lists the available predefined color classes:

Predefined Color Description
dx-dashboard-icon The theme’s primary color.
dx-dashboard-contrast-icon The theme’s additional color.
dx-dashboard-accent-icon The theme’s accent color.
dx-dashboard-green-icon A green hue based on the theme.
dx-dashboard-red-icon A red hue based on the theme.
dx-dashboard-yellow-icon A yellow hue based on the theme.

Use the class="colorName" attribute in the icon’s svg definition to specify the icon’s color. If you want to change an icon’s color when it is hovered, add the style="fill: currentColor" attribute to the svg definition.

The code snippet below defines an icon that changes its color depending on the theme’s primary color and when you hover over it:

<svg id="baseCircle" class="dx-dashboard-icon" style="fill: currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="11" /></svg>

The following example shows how to add a toolbar item to the dashboard item caption. The code snippet below creates a custom button with a popup menu for the Chart dashboard item. The ItemCaptionToolbarUpdated event is used to customize the dashboard item caption. The button belongs to the actionItems collection and is displayed only when the mouse pointer hovers over the dashboard item caption. The popup menu contains three icon elements.

The image below shows the result:

extensions: {
  "viewerApi": {
      onItemCaptionToolbarUpdated: function (e) {
        if (e.itemName === "chartDashboardItem1") {
          e.options.actionItems.push({
            type: "menu",
            icon: "baseCircle",
            menu: {
              type: "icons",
              items: ["greenCircle","yellowCircle","redCircle"],
              selectionMode: "none",
              title: "Circles",
              itemClick: function (itemData, itemElement, index) {
                alert(itemData.toString());
              }
            }
          });
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Properties

checked Property

Specifies a value indicating whether the toolbar item is enabled.

Declaration

checked?: boolean

Property Value

Type Description
boolean

true, if the toolbar item is enabled; otherwise, false.

click Property

Specifies a custom function that is executed when a button click occurs.

Declaration

click?: (element: dxElement) => void

Property Value

Type Description
(element: dxElement) => void

A function that is executed when a button click occurs.

Remarks

The click event is raised for the toolbar item when its ViewerToolbarItem.type is button. For the menu value, use the ViewerToolbarItemMenu.itemClick property to raise the click event for a specific popup menu item.

disabled Property

Specifies whether the current toolbar item is disabled and cannot be clicked.

Declaration

disabled?: boolean

Property Value

Type Description
boolean

true, to disable a toolbar item; otherwise, false.

hint Property

Specifies the text displayed as a toolbar item’s hint.

Declaration

hint?: string

Property Value

Type Description
string

A string value that is a toolbar item’s hint.

Remarks

The hint property displays a simple popup hint with additional information about the item being hovered over. To provide a complex tooltip, use the tooltip property.

icon Property

Specifies the id from the icon’s SVG definition.

Declaration

icon?: string

Property Value

Type Description
string

A string that is the id from the icon’s SVG definition.

Remarks

Web Dashboard supports icons in the SVG format. To provide an icon for the toolbar item, add the SVG definition onto the page and assign the id value from the definition to the icon property.

See Predefined Colors for information on which color constants you can use to natively embed an icon in the Web Dashboard application.

The recommended icon size is 24 x 24 px.

Note

The dashboard toolbar item is not displayed in the caption / title if neither the text nor icon properties are set.

menu Property

Specifies a toolbar item’s menu.

Declaration

menu?: ViewerToolbarItemMenu

Property Value

Type Description
ViewerToolbarItemMenu

A ViewerToolbarItemMenu object that is a toolbar item’s menu.

name Property

Specifies a toolbar item’s unique name.

Declaration

name?: string

Property Value

Type Description
string

A string value that is a toolbar item’s unique name.

Remarks

Go to dashboardToolbarItemNames to get a list of predefined names.

template Property

Specifies a template used to customize a toolbar item.

Declaration

template?: () => JQuery | Element | string

Property Value

Type Description
() => JQuery | Element | string

An object that defines a template or specifies its name.

text Property

Specifies a text you can display in the toolbar item.

Declaration

text?: string

Property Value

Type Description
string

A string value that is a toolbar item’s title.

Remarks

Note

The text property is not in effect if you set the icon property.

Note

The dashboard toolbar item is not displayed in the caption / title if neither the text nor icon properties are set.

tooltip Property

Specifies the text displayed as a toolbar item’s tooltip.

Declaration

tooltip?: ViewerToolbarItemTooltip | string

Property Value

Type Description
ViewerToolbarItemTooltip

A ViewerToolbarItemTooltip object that is a tooltip.

string

A string value that is a toolbar item’s tooltip.

Remarks

The tooltip property displays a customized popup hint with additional information about the item being hovered over. You can create a specified template to display a complex tooltip.

To provide a simple hint, use the hint property.

type Property

Specifies the type of the dashboard toolbar item.

Declaration

type?: 'button' | 'menu' | 'text'

Property Value

Name Description
"button"

Defines a clickable button.

"menu"

Defines a pop-up menu.

"text"

Defines an additional text you can display in the caption / title.

Remarks

The following properties are not in effect for the text dashboard toolbar item: