Hide UI Action based on URL Parameter

[jimnicholson]

Hi All, 

I have a need to hide a UI Action on a form if the user is coming form the Service Portal.  Easy enough to do I thought, I would add a new parameter to my link that indicates "portal=true"  I pull the value out of the URL and if it's true, I am hiding the UI Action.  I am doing this all through an on load client script.  It works great for the upper form button, but I still see the button in the lower section of the form.  This is odd, when I inspect the page the buttons both have the same id, why would one be hiding and the other not? 

Here is the client script:

function onLoad() {

	//Hide the return to portal button
	$('portal_return').hide();
	
	
	//Get the "portal" value from the URL
	var sPortal = getParmVal('portal');   
   

	//IF they are coming from the portal, portal=true, then show the return to portal button.
	if(sPortal=='true' && !g_form.isNewRecord()){
		
		$('portal_return').show();				
		changeButtonColor('portal_return', '#8bc34a');
	}


	
}

//Function to part the URL and get the parameter 'portal' which indicates whether they are coming from the portal.
function getParmVal(name){
    var url = document.URL.parseQuery();
    if(url[name]){
        return decodeURI(url[name]);
    }
    else{
        return;
    }
}

//manipulate the color of the button 
function changeButtonColor(buttonID, backgroundColor) {
   try{
      //Find the button(s) by ID and change the background color
      $$('button[id=' + buttonID + ']').each(function(elmt) {
         elmt.style.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
         elmt.style.color = '#ffffff'; //make the button text white
      });
   }catch(e){}
}

Not sure what is going on here and why it doesn't hide from the lower section of the form but hides fine from the upper section.  Am I just over complicating this?

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance!

[Ankur Bawiskar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It would hide the 1st html element with that id although you are iterating I believe

why not hide that UI action using UI action condition instead of onload client script?

put this in the UI action condition

gs.action.getGlideURI().getMap().get('portal') == 'true' && !current.isNewRecord()

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Thanks
Ankur

[jimnicholson]

Thank you, I was trying everything to hide it there first and it wasn't working.  Appreciate the assist!  Thank you. 

[Ellie2]

Hi Ankur,

I tried the above condition on a record in Service Portal but its not quite working for me. I am on Orlando and I already have a condition to hide the ui action if record is closed which works.

Should it work with the below in the condition field?

current.state!=3&&current.state!=4&&current.state!=7&&gs.action.getGlideURI().getMap().get('portal') == 'true'

Regards,

Eli

[Ankur Bawiskar]

It would be nice if you post this as question since this is an old thread and will be difficult to track

please post your question link here

Regards
Ankur