Determine Which UI Action Control Was Used

[Matthew Glenn]

Hello all,

I have a server-side UI Action that has both the 'Form Context Menu' and the 'List Choice' controls checked.

Is there an easy way I can detect which one of these controls was used?

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi Matthew,

You can use getActionName at client side to determine action name of UI action.

function onSubmit() {
     var action = g_form.getActionName();
     alert('You pressed ' + action);
}

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Getting_a_User_Object#gsc.tab=0

[Chuck Tomasi]

That would tell you the action name, but since this is available from both the form and the list, the action name will be the same. I was thinking there may be a g_list object or method that you could check. If it is undefined, you're on the form.

Maybe the inverse for g_form?

It's worth a try.

GlideForm (g form) - ServiceNow Wiki

[Pradeep Sharma]

You are correct Chuck . I got confused with the question. My bad.

[mfamphlett]

There is a g_list object which is available from a UI action when it's called from a list. Though it's only available client side so you will have to make sure it's a client UI action, do your check, then call the appropriate server code if needed.

GlideList2 (g list) - ServiceNow Wiki

Something like this inside your UI action should do the trick:

function myOnClickFunction() {
   if (typeof g_list !== 'undefined') {
       alert('Called from a list!');
   } else {
       alert('Called from a form!');
   }
}