<EditInDialogButton>

This Enterprise Edition component renders a button opening an <Edit> view inside a dialog, hence allowing to edit a record without leaving the current view.

It can be useful in case you want the ability to edit a record linked by a reference to the currently edited record, or if you have a nested <Datagrid> inside a <Show> or an <Edit> view.

Note that this component doesn’t use routing, so it doesn’t change the URL. It’s therefore not possible to bookmark the edit dialog, or to link to it from another page. If you need that functionality, use <EditDialog> instead.

Usage

First, install the @react-admin/ra-form-layout package:

npm install --save @react-admin/ra-form-layout
# or
yarn add @react-admin/ra-form-layout

Tip: ra-form-layout is hosted in a private npm registry. You need to subscribe to one of the Enterprise Edition plans to access this package.

Then, put <EditInDialogButton> wherever you would put an <EditButton>, and use the same children as you would for an <Edit> component (e.g. a <SimpleForm>):

import {
  Datagrid,
  ReferenceManyField,
  Show,
  SimpleForm,
  SimpleForm,
  TextField,
  TextInput,
} from "react-admin";
import { EditInDialogButton } from "@react-admin/ra-form-layout";

const CompanyShow = () => (
    <Show>
        <SimpleForm>
            <TextField source="name" />
            <TextField source="address" />
            <TextField source="city" />
            <ReferenceManyField target="company_id" reference="employees">
                <Datagrid>
                    <TextField source="first_name" />
                    <TextField source="last_name" />
                    <EditInDialogButton>
                        <SimpleForm>
                            <TextInput source="first_name" />
                            <TextInput source="last_name" />
                        </SimpleForm>
                    </EditInDialogButton>
                </Datagrid>
            </ReferenceManyField>
        </SimpleForm>
    </Show>
);

Props

<EditInDialogButton> accepts the following props:

Prop Required Type Default Description
children Required ReactNode   The content of the dialog.
ButtonProps Optional object   Object containing props to pass to Material UI’s <Button>.
empty WhileLoading Optional boolean   Set to true to return null while the list is loading.
fullWidth Optional boolean false If true, the dialog stretches to the full width of the screen.
icon Optional ReactElement   Allows to override the default icon.
id Optional string | number   The record id. If not provided, it will be deduced from the record context.
inline Optional boolean   Set to true to display only a Material UI <IconButton> instead of the full <Button>.
label Optional string   Allows to override the default button label. I18N is supported.
maxWidth Optional string sm The max width of the dialog.
mutation Options Optional object   The options to pass to the useMutation hook.
queryOptions Optional object   The options to pass to the useQuery hook.
resource Optional string   The resource name, e.g. posts
sx Optional object   Override the styles applied to the dialog component.

children

<EditInDialogButton> doesn’t render any field by default - it delegates this to its children, usually a Form component.

React-admin provides several built-in form layout components:

To use an alternative form layout, switch the <EditInDialogButton> child component:

const EditButton = () => (
    <EditInDialogButton fullWidth maxWidth="md">
-       <SimpleForm>
+       <TabbedForm>
+           <TabbedForm.Tab label="Identity">
                <TextInput source="first_name" fullWidth />
                <TextInput source="last_name" fullWidth />
+           </TabbedForm.Tab>
+           <TabbedForm.Tab label="Informations">
                <DateInput source="dob" label="born" fullWidth />
                <SelectInput source="sex" choices={sexChoices} fullWidth />
+           </TabbedForm.Tab>
-       </SimpleForm>
+       </TabbedForm>
    </EditInDialogButton>
);

ButtonProps

The ButtonProps prop allows you to pass props to the MUI <Button> component. For instance, to change the color and size of the button:

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton ButtonProps={{ color: 'primary', fullWidth: true }}>
      <SimpleForm>
          ...
      </SimpleForm>
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

emptyWhileLoading

By default, <EditInDialogButton> renders its child component even before the dataProvider.getOne() call returns. If you use <SimpleForm> or <TabbedForm>, this isn’t a problem as these components only render when the record has been fetched. But if you use a custom child component that expects the record context to be defined, your component will throw an error.

To avoid this, set the emptyWhileLoading prop to true:

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton emptyWhileLoading>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

fullWidth

By default, <EditInDialogButton> renders a Material UI <Dialog> component that takes the width of its content.

You can make the dialog full width by setting the fullWidth prop to true:

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton fullWidth>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

In addition, you can set a dialog maximum width by using the maxWidth enumerable in combination with the fullWidth boolean. When the fullWidth prop is true, the dialog will adapt based on the maxWidth value.

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton fullWidth maxWidth="sm">
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

icon

The icon prop allows you to pass an icon to the button. It can be a MUI icon component, or a custom icon component.

import { Edit } from '@mui/icons-material';

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton icon={<Edit />}>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

id

The id prop allows you to pass the record id to the <EditInDialogButton> component. If not provided, it will be deduced from the record context.

This is useful to link to a related record. For instance, the following button lets you show the author of a book:

const EditAuthorButton = () => {
  const book = useRecordContext();
  return (
    <EditInDialogButton resource="authors" id={book.author_id}>
        ...
    </EditInDialogButton>
  );
};

inline

By default, <EditInDialogButton> renders a <Button> component. If you want to display only an <IconButton>, set the inline prop to true:

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton inline>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

label

The label prop allows you to pass a custom label to the button, instead of the default (“Edit”). It can be a string, or a React element.

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton label="Edit details">
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

maxWidth

The maxWidth prop allows you to set the max width of the dialog. It can be one of the following values: xs, sm, md, lg, xl, false. The default is sm.

For example, you can use that prop to make the dialog full width:

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton fullWidth maxWidth={false}>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

mutationOptions

The queryOptions prop allows you to pass options to the useMutation hook.

This can be useful e.g. to pass a custom meta to the dataProvider.update() call.

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton mutationOptions={{ meta: { fetch: 'author' } }}>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

queryOptions

The queryOptions prop allows you to pass options to the useQuery hook.

This can be useful e.g. to pass a custom meta to the dataProvider.getOne() call.

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton queryOptions={{ meta: { fetch: 'author' } }}>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

resource

The resource prop allows you to pass the resource name to the <EditInDialogButton> component. If not provided, it will be deduced from the resource context.

This is useful to link to a related record. For instance, the following button lets you show the author of a book:

const EditAuthorButton = () => {
  const book = useRecordContext();
  return (
    <EditInDialogButton resource="authors" id={book.author_id}>
        ...
    </EditInDialogButton>
  );
};

sx

Customize the styles applied to the Material UI <Dialog> component:

const EditButton = () => (
  <EditInDialogButton sx={{ backgroundColor: 'paper' }}>
      ...
  </EditInDialogButton>
);

Redirection After Deletion

If you use <SimpleForm> as child of <EditInDialogButton>, the default form toolbar includes a <DeleteButton>. And upon deletion, this button redirects to the current resource list. This is probably not what you want, so it’s common to customize the form toolbar to disable the redirection after deletion:

// src/CustomToolbar.tsx
import { Toolbar, SaveButton, DeleteButton } from 'react-admin';

export const CustomToolbar = () => (
    <Toolbar sx={{ justifyContent: 'space-between' }}>
        <SaveButton />
        <DeleteButton redirect={false} />
    </Toolbar>
);

// src/EmployerEdit.tsx
import { Edit, SimpleForm, TextInput, ReferenceManyField } from 'react-admin';
import { EditInDialogButton } from '@react-admin/ra-form-layout';
import { CustomToolbar } from './CustomToolbar';

const EmployerEdit = () => (
    <Edit>
        <SimpleForm>
            ...
            <ReferenceManyField target="employer_id" reference="customers">
                <Datagrid>
                    ...
                    <EditInDialogButton fullWidth maxWidth="sm">
                        <SimpleForm toolbar={<CustomToolbar />}>
                            <TextInput source="first_name" />
                            <TextInput source="last_name" />
                        </SimpleForm>
                    </EditInDialogButton>
                </Datagrid>
            </ReferenceManyField>
        </SimpleForm>
    </Edit>
);

Combining With <CreateInDialogButton>

Below is an example of an <Edit> view, inside which is a nested <Datagrid>, offering the ability to create, edit and show the rows thanks to <CreateInDialogButton>, <EditInDialogButton> and <ShowInDialogButton>:

import {
  Datagrid,
  DateField,
  DateInput,
  Edit,
  ReferenceManyField,
  required,
  SelectField,
  SelectInput,
  SimpleForm,
  SimpleShowLayout,
  TextField,
  TextInput,
  useRecordContext,
} from "react-admin";
import {
  CreateInDialogButton,
  EditInDialogButton,
  ShowInDialogButton,
} from "@react-admin/ra-form-layout";

const sexChoices = [
  { id: "male", name: "Male" },
  { id: "female", name: "Female" },
];

const CustomerForm = () => (
  <SimpleForm defaultValues={{ firstname: "John", name: "Doe" }}>
    <TextInput source="first_name" validate={required()} fullWidth />
    <TextInput source="last_name" validate={required()} fullWidth />
    <DateInput source="dob" label="born" validate={required()} fullWidth />
    <SelectInput source="sex" choices={sexChoices} fullWidth />
  </SimpleForm>
);

const CustomerLayout = () => (
  <SimpleShowLayout>
    <TextField source="first_name" fullWidth />
    <TextField source="last_name" fullWidth />
    <DateField source="dob" label="born" fullWidth />
    <SelectField source="sex" choices={sexChoices} fullWidth />
  </SimpleShowLayout>
);

// helper component to add actions buttons in a column (children),
// and also in the header (label) of a Datagrid
const DatagridActionsColumn = ({ label, children }) => <>{children}</>;

const NestedCustomersDatagrid = () => {
  const record = useRecordContext();

  const createButton = (
    <CreateInDialogButton
      inline
      fullWidth
      maxWidth="md"
      record={{ employer_id: record?.id }} // pre-populates the employer_id to link the new customer to the current employer
    >
      <CustomerForm />
    </CreateInDialogButton>
  );

  const editButton = (
    <EditInDialogButton fullWidth maxWidth="md">
      <CustomerForm />
    </EditInDialogButton>
  );

  const showButton = (
    <ShowInDialogButton fullWidth maxWidth="md">
      <CustomerLayout />
    </ShowInDialogButton>
  );

  return (
    <ReferenceManyField
      label="Customers"
      reference="customers"
      target="employer_id"
    >
      <Datagrid>
        <TextField source="id" />
        <TextField source="first_name" />
        <TextField source="last_name" />
        <DateField source="dob" label="born" />
        <SelectField source="sex" choices={sexChoices} />
        {/* Using a component as label is a trick to render it in the Datagrid header */}
        <DatagridActionsColumn label={createButton}>
          {editButton}
          {showButton}
        </DatagridActionsColumn>
      </Datagrid>
    </ReferenceManyField>
  );
};

const EmployerEdit = () => (
  <Edit>
    <SimpleForm>
      <TextInput source="name" validate={required()} />
      <TextInput source="address" validate={required()} />
      <TextInput source="city" validate={required()} />
      <NestedCustomersDatagrid />
    </SimpleForm>
  </Edit>
);