Open entity in a new browser window

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#1

Hi,
I’m trying to open entity editor in a new browser window and can’t find how to do it.
I found similar question, but the solution is already deprecated:

openWindow("sec$User.browse", WindowManager.OpenType.DIALOG.width(800).height(300).closeable(true).resizable(true).modal(false));

Also I’ve tried to use metod Screen.withOpenMode(OpenMode.NEW_WINDOW) but it doesn’t work for web.
Could you please help?

#3

Hello,

since 7.0 version for opening screens you can use ScreenBuilders bean.

@Inject
private ScreenBuilders screenBuilders;

@Subscribe("openScreenBtn")
public void onOpenScreenBtnClick(Button.ClickEvent event) {
    screenBuilders.lookup(User.class, this)
            .withOpenMode(OpenMode.NEW_TAB)
            .show();
}

See more examples in the documentation.

#5

It opens screen in new tab of root application screen.But I need to open entity in a new browser window or browser tab.

#6

You can achieve this by using Routing API and WebBrowserTools. Add @Route annotation to the editor screen:

@Route(value = "orders/edit", parentPrefix = "orders")
@UiController("froute_Order.edit")
@UiDescriptor("order-edit.xml")
@EditedEntityContainer("orderDc")
@LoadDataBeforeShow
public class OrderEdit extends StandardEditor<Order> {

}

In the screen from which you need to open new browser’s tab with editor screen you can do the following:

  1. Open editor with selected entity
@Inject
private UrlRouting urlRouting;
@Inject
private WebBrowserTools webBrowserTools;

@Subscribe("newEntityBtn")
public void onNewEntityBtnClick(Button.ClickEvent event) {
    String screenUrl = urlRouting.getRouteGenerator().getRoute(OrderEdit.class);
    webBrowserTools.showWebPage(screenUrl + "?id=new", null);
}
  1. Open editor to edit entity:
@Inject
private GroupTable<Order> ordersTable;
@Inject
private UrlRouting urlRouting;
@Inject
private WebBrowserTools webBrowserTools;

@Subscribe("selectedEntityBtn")
public void onSelectedEntityBtnClick(Button.ClickEvent event) {
    Order selected = ordersTable.getSingleSelected();
    if (selected != null) {
        String screenUrl = urlRouting.getRouteGenerator().getEditorRoute(selected);
        webBrowserTools.showWebPage(screenUrl, null);
    }
}

Full example: froute.zip (82.1 KB)

Helpful links:
https://doc.cuba-platform.com/manual-7.2/webBrowserTools.html
https://doc.cuba-platform.com/manual-7.2/url_routes_generator.html

Also, you can check this topic: Can't open editor screen from URL - CUBA.Platform