Question

I have created a GUI button, and i would like to enable the button when the user selects any folder only.

I have tried to give the config xml like below, but its displaying always.

          <ext:apply>                
            <ext:view name="DashboardView">
              <ext:control id="DashboardToolbar"/>
            </ext:view>
              <ext:view name="FolderView">
                  <ext:control id="ItemToolbar"/>
              </ext:view>

          </ext:apply>

Answer 1

You have to implement the isEnabled method in the Command interface with the following check, to make sure that the type of the selected element is FOLDER.

YourEditor.YourCommand.prototype.isEnabled = 
            function YourCommand$isEnabled(selection) {
    var itemID = selection.getItem(0);

    if ($models.getItemType(itemID) != $const.ItemType.FOLDER) {
        return false;
    }
    else
        return true;   
};

• If you return true on the isEnabled function, the button will be enabled.
• If you return false, the button will be disabled

If you need further information on how to setup the extension you can refer to:

• https://sdltridionworld.com/articles/sdltridion2011/tutorials/GUIextensionIn8steps.aspx