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InsertListing component

The InsertListing component inserts Listing into other components.

Configuration options

Option Description Type Default
autoRender When set to true, the Listing component is automatically rendered during insertListing initialization. Otherwise, insertListing’s render method should be called to render the Listing. Boolean false
behaviourType Can be simple or edit. Where edit means that insertListing also includes changes from Listing’s inlineEdit into value. In this case, Listing must be configured with enabled inline editing. String (simple | edit) 'simple'
class Path to the PHP class responsible for the backend implementation of the component. String Magento\Ui\Component\Container
component The path to the component’s .js file in terms of RequireJS. String 'Magento_Ui/js/form/components/insert-listing'
dataLinks.exports Enable exporting from the insertListing’s externalValue to the inserted Listing aggregated value. Boolean false
dataLinks.imports Enable importing from the inserted Listing value to the insertListing’s externalValue. Boolean true
realTimeLink Enable the link between insertListing’s externalValue and value. Here link means the two-way links property of UI components, which allows immediate update. Boolean true
render_url With default render_url(mui/index/render) listing will be without buttons. For get a list with buttons url must be changed to mui/index/render_handle and the following GET parameters:
buttons=1 (flag to get buttons)
handle= (buttons scope)		 String 'mui/index/render'
update_url Where the AJAX request will go to retrieve, foster component update data. It will be in json format by default and will be automatically set into externalProvider.data String 'mui/index/render'
selectionsProvider The source selector for Ajax request of the main form through the identifier of the ‘selectionColumns’ String null

Source files

Extends Insert:

Examples

Integrate InsertListing component with Form component

The following example shows how the InsertListing component integrates with the Form component:

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<form>
    ...
    <fieldset>
        <settings>
            <level>1</level>
            <collapsible>true</collapsible>
            <label translate="true">Fieldset with listing</label>
        </settings>
        ...
        <insertListing name="insert_listing_example" >
            <settings>
                <dataLinks>
                    <exports>false</exports>
                    <imports>true</imports>
                </dataLinks>
                <autoRender>true</autoRender>
                <selectionsProvider>insert_listing_example.insert_listing_example.columns.ids</selectionsProvider>
                <dataScope>insert_listing_example</dataScope>
                <ns>insert_listing_example</ns>
            </settings>
        </insertListing>
    </fieldset>
</form>

The listing example insert_listing_example.xml:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<listing xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Ui:etc/ui_configuration.xsd">
    <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
        <item name="js_config" xsi:type="array">
            <item name="provider" xsi:type="string">insert_listing_example.insert_listing_example_data_source</item>
        </item>
    </argument>
    <settings>
        <spinner>columns</spinner>
        <deps>
            <dep>insert_listing_example.insert_listing_example_data_source</dep>
        </deps>
    </settings>
    <dataSource name="insert_listing_example_data_source" component="Magento_Ui/js/grid/provider">
        <settings>
            <updateUrl path="mui/index/render"/>
        </settings>
        <dataProvider class="Vendor\Module\Ui\Component\Listing\CustomDataProvider" name="insert_listing_example_data_source">
            <settings>
                <requestFieldName>id</requestFieldName>
                <primaryFieldName>entity_id</primaryFieldName>
            </settings>
        </dataProvider>
    </dataSource>
    <listingToolbar name="listing_top">
        <columnsControls name="columns_controls"/>
        <filterSearch name="fulltext"/>
        <filters name="listing_filters"/>
    </listingToolbar>
    <columns name="columns">
        <selectionsColumn name="ids" sortOrder="10">
            <settings>
                <indexField>entity_id</indexField>
            </settings>
        </selectionsColumn>
        <column name="id" sortOrder="20">
            <settings>
                <filter>textRange</filter>
                <label translate="true">ID</label>
                <sorting>asc</sorting>
            </settings>
        </column>
        <column name="name" sortOrder="30">
            <settings>
                <filter>text</filter>
                <label translate="true">Name</label>
            </settings>
        </column>
    </columns>
</listing>

Data provider:

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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Vendor\Module\Ui\Component\Listing;

use Magento\Framework\View\Element\UiComponent\DataProvider\DataProvider;

/**
 * Class CustomDataProvider
 */
class CustomDataProvider extends DataProvider
{
    /**
     * Get data
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function getData()
    {
        return [
            'items' => [
                [
                    'id' => 1,
                    'name' => 'First Item'
                ],
                [
                    'id' => 2,
                    'name' => 'Second Item'
                ],
                [
                    'id' => 3,
                    'name' => 'Third Item'
                ]
            ],
            'totalRecords' => 3
        ];
    }
}

Result

InsertListing Component example

Integrate InsertListing component with Modal component

Here is an example of how the InsertListing component integrates with the Modal component:

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<form>
    <fieldset>
        <button name="insert_listing_example_modal_button" component="Magento_Ui/js/form/components/button">
            <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="buttonClasses" xsi:type="string">open-insert-listing-example-modal-button</item>
                    <item name="actions" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="0" xsi:type="array">
                            <item name="targetName" xsi:type="string">${ $.parentName}.insert_listing_example_modal.insert_listing_example_loader</item>
                            <item name="actionName" xsi:type="string">destroyInserted</item>
                        </item>
                        <item name="1" xsi:type="array">
                            <item name="targetName" xsi:type="string">${ $.parentName}.insert_listing_example_modal</item>
                            <item name="actionName" xsi:type="string">openModal</item>
                        </item>
                        <item name="2" xsi:type="array">
                            <item name="targetName" xsi:type="string">${ $.parentName}.insert_listing_example_modal.insert_listing_example_loader</item>
                            <item name="actionName" xsi:type="string">render</item>
                        </item>
                    </item>
                </item>
            </argument>
            <settings>
                <title translate="true">Open Insert Listing Example</title>
            </settings>
        </button>
        <modal name="insert_listing_example_modal">
            <settings>
                <options>
                    <option name="title" xsi:type="string">Insert Listing Modal</option>
                </options>
            </settings>
            <insertForm name="insert_listing_example_loader">
                <settings>
                    <formSubmitType>ajax</formSubmitType>
                    <renderUrl path="mui/index/render">
                        <param name="handle">insert_listing_example</param>
                        <param name="buttons">1</param>
                    </renderUrl>
                    <loading>false</loading>
                    <toolbarContainer>${ $.parentName }</toolbarContainer>
                    <ns>insert_listing_example</ns>
                </settings>
            </insertForm>
        </modal>
    </fieldset>
</form>

Result

As a result, we see the button which opens the modal pop-up with listing:

Button that opens the modal pop-up with InsertListing Component InsertListing Component in the Modal Component example

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