My code `discourse/plugins/discourse-badge-extension/assets/javascripts/discourse/initializers/modify-admin-badges-show-controller.js`:
```js
import { withPluginApi } from 'discourse/lib/plugin-api';
export default {
name: 'modify-admin-badges-show',
initialize() {
withPluginApi('0.8', api => {
api.modifyClass('controller:admin-badges/show', {
pluginId: 'discourse-badge-extension',
actions: {
save() {
console.log("Custom pre-save logic triggered");
alert("Pre-save logic");
this._super(...arguments); // Call the original save method
console.log("Post-save logic triggered");
alert("Post-save logic");
},
}
});
alert("Hello! I am an alert box!!");
});
}
};
```
It’s an initializer.
- The alert box `"Hello! I am an alert box!!"` is triggered, indicating the code is being run on reload.
- Neither the console.log lines nor the alerts run on saving, indicating the overriding is not working?
- the controller name does not give an error `controller:admin-badges/show` (but intentionally adding a typo does, suggesting I am targeting a real controller)
It should be easy to repo given it’s just one initializer. What am I doing wrong???
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-overriding-the-save-function-on-the-admin-badge-page/290831/2 "2024-01-08T10:59:34Z")
Hey @piffy. Unfortunately this is an incompatibility with JS ‘Native class syntax’, EmberObjects’s `reopen()` functionality, and the `@action` decorator (which technically, creates a native JS ‘getter’).
I’m afraid I don’t have an immediate suggestion to get this particular override working, but [we are working](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/24957) on a more robust solution for the future.
Depending on what you’re trying to do, maybe hooking into the badge model’s “save” function could work?
>
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### Author:  [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-overriding-the-save-function-on-the-admin-badge-page/290831/3 "2024-01-08T20:53:04Z")
Thank you for the fast and comprehensive answer. I will look into that other save function.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-a-hard-time-overriding-the-save-function-on-the-admin-badge-page/290831/4 "2024-02-07T20:53:24Z")
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