Questions tagged [button-overrides]
Override the behavior of standard buttons
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Overriding a standard button depending on whether user is licensed
I have Visualforce pages that I use to override the Contact Tab, View and Edit buttons. These pages are part of our package.
The client would like users who are not licensed to use our app to be ...
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Lightning New Case action override
I have action override on New Case button which runs our custom component.
As you know, we can create a new Case from different places in org, e.g. from related lists. When creating a Case from ...
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Lightning Component - Overrides 'New' Standard Action with different record types
I'm trying to overrides the standard 'New' action on one of my custom object.
First of all, as you can see from the above picture, the 'Skip Record Type Selection Page' checkbox doesn't seem to work. ...
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Can users edit VisualForce pages in a managed package?
I am building a managed package that includes a VisualForce page that overrides the Account Edit page (by overriding the Edit button). Will users be able to customize this page? I worry that if they ...
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How to retrieve action overrides?
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Is there any trick to retrieving action overrides via the metadata api?
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The docs seem to indicate this is straightforward, just use object dot notation and a type of ...
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standard action button disappears after override
We have set-up a partner community for our customer where we have overridden the "new" button on account with a visualforce page (for "classic") and a lightning component (for "lex").
In the "classic"...
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Override a standard "New" button to redirect to a VF page
I am trying to redirect the "New" case button to point to an intermediate page which will have 5 hyperlinks. These links will be pointing to the standard edit mode with some field values passed ...
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Overriding "New" with a lightning aura component: there is a way to make a popup that appear in the object home page?
There exist a trailhead on how to Build a Lightning Component to Override a Standard Action. Basically the final result is a lightning component that resemble the standard modal that appears when the ...
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How do I use the same Visualforce page to override view, new, and edit buttons on custom object
I have a custom Visualforce page for a custom object. I have overriden the new, edit, and view buttons to point to this page. I would like to dynamically change the look of the page based on what ...
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which standard controller should be used to override Person account "New" and "Edit" Page using VF Page?
I am overriding person account standard Page with VF page. If I use standard controller as "Account" I am unable to get Picklist field values from "Person Account", If I use "Contact" as a Standard ...
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Lightning component override for standard new button not always getting called
This may not be the best place to post this, but since Salesforce partner support has refused to look at the issue, saying it’s a developer issue that requires premier support, I’m posting here to see ...
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Adding validation rule to Close Case standard button
I have a requirement where a user should not be able to close a case if the case owner is a queue. For that I have added a validation rule which goes like this
BEGINS(OwnerId, "00G")&&...
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Use one VisualforcePage for multiple overrides
I'm using a VF page as a "dispatcher" to display different pages based on an object recordtype.
<!-- OverrideCaseView
If Case is a XXXX, show in the XXXXX user interface
Otherwise, show ...
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Overriding Related list standard button with Lightning Component & prepopulate parent record field in form
Is there any way to override 'New' standard button with lightning component and refer the parent record as prepopulated value in record creation screen?
I saw in some posts to achieve this using ...
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Generate Tab URL With Pure Visualforce
I have a custom Object called "Related Professionals" and I overrided the 'New' button to auto populate the "Name" Field with the Default text.
This is the New button Override VF page :
<apex:...
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Unable to override default "View" action
I'm trying to override the "view" action of a custom object, but unable to do so (and getting some odd error messages in the process.)
When the screen first appears, none of the three radio buttons ...
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Overridden standard "New" button is not showing in community
We have one object whose standard "New" button has been overridden with visualforce page. It's working fine in Salesforce classic. I can see "New" button in related lists. In lightning community, i ...
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View override does not work in partner community
I have a lightning component that overrides the view action on Contact and redirects the user to the Account detail page. It works well in Lightning Experience and Salesforce1 mobile app but does not ...
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Does defaulting save_new_url still work?
I see other posts that suggest populating the save_new_url will direct the user to a page other than the standard new for the record you are creating, but I can't get this to work. I go to this URL: ...
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overriding standard buttons with lightning components
I am trying to override a standard "New" button that appears when Case tab is clicked ,so i navigated to new button on the object and i see lightning component bundle is one way to override but when i ...
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Overriding new button in List view to point to custom apex page
I want to override my new action (button on listview) for a custom object with a link to a custom apex page.
I have created an apex page with the following attributes :
<apex:page showHeader="...
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How to override and add visualforce page to the button
I already have in my Visualforce page the following:
<apex:page Controller="CandidateController" >
if I add to this:
<apex:page standardController="Candidate__c" Controller="...
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How to default lookup values for new records witth skuid pages?
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I've overridden the new button for a custom object with a skuid page. When the new button for custom object is clicked from a parent object, I'd like the parent lookup to be populated. For ...
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ConnectedCallback Isn't getting called the 2nd Time when New/Edit/View button is overridden with Aura Component which in turn calls LWC
I've an aura component that is overriding the Standard New button. The aura component in turn calls a LWC - which loads the custom record edit form.
What I've noticed is - the first time the New ...
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Populate custom object custom fields on page load without ids
I'm trying to pre-populate fields on a custom object that I made. I tried passing the values through the url using a button link, overriding the default new button and providing the ids of the fields ...
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Override View with URL
Is it possible, via the API or otherwise, to override the View button of an object with a URL (instead of a VF page)?
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$CurrentPage.Parameters.retURL null in Lightning but not Classic
Using the following VF page that is an override of the Task's Delete button
(Goal : Prevent any but Sysads from deleting Case completed Tasks)
<apex:page id="TaskDelete" ...
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How to navigate to "Add Products" standard page from LWC?
Upon standard opportunity creation, a standard Add Products page is shown to the user(if the checkbox in Setup>Opportunity Settings is checked). However, we have overridden the standard opportunity ...
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Custom url hack button not working
Could someone please review the following code and explain why this custom button is not working?
<apex:page action="{!urlFor('/a0H/e?
Name=[autoname]
&CF00N3B000000TB2z={!Contact.Name}
&...
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Navigate to overriden Standard New Page with LWC NavigationMixin
Many Standard New buttons in my apps are overriden using Aura components. The do some Apex and then redirect to the real standard new pages. I now migrated such components to LWC. Where I had this in ...
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Need assistance with a TestClass for a Page Routing Class
I am stuck trying to figure out how to test the following Class:
This Class is loaded when a user clicks on a Case detail link and I have an override on View for the Case Object which loads a VF page ...
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How do you access the user's choice for RecordType when using a lightning component to override the New button on a custom object?
I have a custom object with two different record types assigned to the standard user profile. We are using a Lightning Component to override the standard functionality of the New button, and this ...
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Unable to Override (Related List) New Button? VF Page not selectable
Hope all is well.
i am a newbie to visual force and apex and have looked at various documentation online. (Especially Visualforce in Practice, however i really need some SF expertise from the ...
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Override Related List's New button to open Screen Flow in a modal
I want to create a button on the related list which could open up a Screen flow as a modal.
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Overriding "New Event" button for Salesforce1 app
I have a overriden "New Event" button which points users to custom Visualforce page instead of standard page. It works in Salesforce.com web application. However, this does not work in Salesforce1 app....
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Impact on the Standard Entity
If I use custom VF page to override the Save functionality @ Opportunity level, what will be the impact on the Triggers, VAlidation Rules and any other codelinked with the entity?
In a nutshell, I am ...
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How to Override Opportunity View Link with a VF page for a certain profile?
I have a requirement where I need to override the Opportunity view and to redirect the user of a certain profile to a VF page instead of standard detail page.
I tried something like this:
Created a ...
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Why does readMetadata() give me incorrect data?
I have a script that uses the metadata API to update the 'New' and 'Edit' action overrides for Account so those actions navigate to a couple of custom VisualForce pages.
The script works. I can use ...
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How to prepopulate custom fields by URL hacking?
I am able to copy and save a new custom object from a JS button in Account detail like this..
{!REQUIRESCRIPT('/soap/ajax/27.0/connection.js')}
var fb=new sforce.SObject("Feedback__c");
fb.Name=...
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Controller extension on an archived task
So I have a VF page that is being used to override the Task View and Edit actions.
<apex:page standardController="Task" docType="html-5.0" readOnly="true"
extensions="myControllerExt">
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How to override a standard link in Salesforce
i have to override a standard link in Home Page layout .My screenshot of Home page layout is
i want to open my visualforce page when user click on link on left bottom Approve/Reject link.How to ...
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View override fails when URL Rewriter is implemented
Problem: Using a URL Rewriter class causes failure of a View override page
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We have a community portal with a custom Visualforce application. We have overridden the View action on Case ...
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Need help in rendering pageblocksection depending on record type name
I am overriding the New Button on My custom object which is having different record types. I need to display different sections based on their record type. Right now I am rendering pageblock sections ...
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Standard Clone Button - Setting Field Values - Custom Button Or Something Else?
Need: Ability to Clone records, and set a value into a field during the cloning. In my specific case, I want to populate either a Lookup field with the ID of the record cloned from (so passing ...
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Can I override Standard Save Button (with a visualforce page) on Standard page of a Custom object?
The requirement is to show some messages after Save. Messages would depend on the fields entered for custom object record. The best way which I figured would be to override the standard Save button on ...
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Overriding "View" button of the standard Quote object
After developing a page to override the default View button of the standard Quote object, I noticed this is one of the only object that do not allow this possibility (or the only one?). I'm not quite ...
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Standard New button Visualforce Override shows blank page in Lightning Experience after Winter '21
We've been experiencing an issue just after Winter '21 that on objects that have been overridden by a Visualforce Page for New button, the New action only works first time, if users instead of ...
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Auto populate Account name on child object while click on "Save & New" standard button
I have created a custom object and created a Master-details lookup field to Account.
While creating new records, there is an issue. When I click on New button, fill in all the fields and click on "...
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Can't see new record in Related List without refresh: actionOverride
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I'm building a lightning component to override the New action for a custom sObject, let's call it My_Object. My_Object has a master detail relationship with Contact (My_Object is the detail)....
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Override Opportunity New button with Visual force not populating account name from Related List after record type selection in lightning
I have overridden the opportunity new button with Visual force page and working all well in classic. But we enabled lightning recently and Opportunity new button is working properly but.
In ...
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