How can one add a toggle button to the post menu and implement an action for that toggle button in a Discourse plugin?

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Hi!,
I’m new to Discourse plugin making and would appreciate some help with adding a toggle button to the post menu and implementing its action in the plugin.

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Hi @omppatil perhaps this post might help you get in the right direction:

Also if you are new to Discourse plugin programming:

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Hi!

You can use addPostMenuButton

api.addPostMenuButton('coffee', () => {
 return {
   action: 'drinkCoffee',
   icon: 'coffee',
   className: 'hot-coffee',
   title: 'coffee.title',
   position: 'first'  // can be `first`, `last` or `second-last-hidden`
 };
});

Then you can add your action this way:

api.attachWidgetAction("post", "drinkCoffee", function () {
    //
}

EDIT: Got Lillian’d :smile:. It would also be a good idea to follow the guides Lilly posted!

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Therefore, what file structure should be implemented, and where should the above code be placed?

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Reading the above linked topics should answer your related dev questions. It’s possible you could achieve what you want with a theme component instead of plugin. Thus, I would also add these to your reading list:

also, from the first link I posted:

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