Field actions Interface & Display

Add copy to clipboard & link functionalities to your directus fields. Supports interfaces as well as displays.

Copy & Link actions can be performed by a button next to the items or by clicking on the value. The settings allow customisations for a lot of different use-cases.

✨ Supports

📋 Copy action

Each value can be copied by a custom button. It's also possible to copy a value by just clickung on it (setting: click-action)

➡️ Links

When using the link-option it supports ➡️ HTTP-, 📧 mail-, and 📞 phone- links. Each link can be opened by the custom button. If enabled it's also possible to open the link by just clicking on the value (setting: click-action).

🖱 Click-Action

The click action defines what should happen when you click on the value. This is supported for displays as well as readonly interfaces.Actions can be:

• default action (does nothing custom)
• Copy-action (copied the value)
• Link-action (openes the link in a new tab)

⚙ Settings

Icon position

• The icons can be placed before or after the content
• The setting can be set for the interface and display, as well as the copy and link button indipendently
• Example in the screenshots below

Custom prefix

• You can set custom prefixes for copy-/ and link-actions.
• Prefixes can be entered manually or use a defined variable (Project URL setting)
• The setting can be set for the copy and link button indipendently, each for the interface and the display
• Example in the screenshots below

Link target

• Set the link-target to the same, or a new tab

Warn before following external links

• Prompt users with a confirmation popup displaying the full link when clicking on external links
• If disabled, external links will open directly.

Hide field value (display only)

• Hides the field value for a button only mode
• Mostly to be used in combinaiton with button labels

Button labels (display only)

• Add custom labels to the copy-/ and link icons for the display
• Mostly to be used in combinaiton with the "Hide field value" option for a button only mode

⚙️ Installation (marketplace)

The extension can easily be installed through the in-build directus marketplace. Just go to settings -> marketplace and search for field-actions.

⚙️ Installation (npm)

npm i --save-prod directus-extension-field-actions

or

pnpm add --save-prod directus-extension-field-actions

⚙️ Installation (manually)

1. Download the app.js, api.js and package.json from the latest release

2. Create a folder named directus-extension-field-actions in your extension folder (e.g /extensions/directus-extension-field-actions) and a /dist folder inside.

3. Move the package.json to the created extension folder and the app.js and api.js into the /dist folder.

4. Restart directus

The result should look like this:

├── extensions
│   ├── directus-extension-field-actions
│   │   ├── dist
│   │   │   ├── app.js
│   │   │   ├── api.js
│   │   ├── package.json

🖼 Screenshots

↑ Copy (or link) values from table views directly by clicking on them

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↑ Copy & Link icons in the display

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↑ Copy field-values by clicking on it (only for readonly-fields and displays)

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↑ Add link- and copy-to-clipboard buttons to each field

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↑ Link preview and verification on external links (optionally)

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↑ Interfaces settings

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↑ Displays settings

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❤️ Contributing

Please read the Contributing Guide for this project before submitting Pull Requests or Issues.

All security vulnerabilities should be reported through Github security advisories.