Custom Topic Button

techAPJ · December 1, 2015, 9:36pm

Deprecated: There is now a Customization > Theme component that provides the same feature: Topic Footer Buttons

Summary: This plugin adds a custom button at the bottom of a topic, visible to everyone (who is logged in).

GitHub: https://github.com/techapj/discourse-custom-topic-button
Install: Follow the plugin installation guide.

Features

Configuration

From Admin > Site Settings > Plugin, modify

custom_topic_button_url
custom_topic_button_title
custom_topic_button_label

Note: For button to be visible only to staff or members of a specific group, see:

CHANGELOG

TODO

danielabc · January 28, 2023, 6:00pm

when I click on the button it opens a link on another page, how do I click on the button and it opens on the same page?

JammyDodger · January 30, 2023, 6:50pm

I’m not sure, but I believe there are a couple of official theme components that are the up-to-date method of acheiving this. Topic Footer Buttons

Do they behave in a similar way?

danielabc · January 30, 2023, 6:58pm

I installed them, but both open the link in another window, is there any way for it to open in the same window?

JammyDodger · January 30, 2023, 8:22pm

Hmmm. If I’m reading it right, I think it’s part of the theme component code that it opens in a new window:

github.com/discourse/discourse-custom-topic-button-component

common/head_tag.html

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                  .replace("<TOPIC_TITLE>", this.topic.title)
                  .replace("<TOPIC_SLUG>", this.topic.slug);
              }
          
              if (currentUser) {
                url = url
                  .replace("<USER_ID>", currentUser.id)
                  .replace("<USERNAME>", currentUser.username)
              }
          
              window.open(url, "_blank");
            },
            dropdown() {
              return this.site.mobileView;
            },
            classNames: ["discourse-custom-topic-button"],
            dependentKeys: ["topic.id", "topic.title", "topic.slug"],
            displayed() {
              return settings.custom_topic_button_enabled;
            }
          });

(and the plugins too I think)

discourse-custom-topic-button/assets/javascripts/discourse/connectors/after-topic-footer-main-buttons/custom-public-button.js.es6 at c4a91727c0322f0c59bc09af7fbcb076b5676de4 · arpitjalan/discourse-custom-topic-button · GitHub

It does not seem that there’s currently a way through the UI to change that. It may be possible to amend that behaviour with a bit of custom work, but I’m afraid that’s not my forte.

Canapin · January 30, 2023, 10:48pm

Hi koliwi, I’ll try to have a look at the theme component to add this feature this week.

danielabc · January 31, 2023, 3:27am

Is this plugin yours? Congratulations for the work, I really liked it! If you can open it in the same window it will be even better! Thanks!

Canapin · January 31, 2023, 11:44am

It’s not mine, but I can have a look at it nonetheless. I’ll let you know

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Custom Topic Button

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Features

Configuration

CHANGELOG

TODO

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