Pre-Popluate a New Entity?

[sddev]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way currently to pre-populate a new entity entry from the URL? Something like:
/#Contact/create?firstName=Stephen&lastName=Test

Thanks,
Stephen

[tanya]

Hello,

No, from the url it's impossible. Only set the attributes in js, when view creates

[sddev]

How can I extend the js the Contact detail view? Would I need to copy all the contact files from the CRM module into custom?

Or is it possible to add a global js hook in the afterRender?

Thanks,
Stephen

[tanya]

Hello

https://github.com/espocrm/documentation/blob/master/docs/development/custom-views.md

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44775949/edit-a-view-in-espocrm/44820526#44820526

What do you mean "global hook"? You can extend other view and overrite only methods you want to change

[sddev]

thank you very much. I missed configured the clientDefs. I will give this another try.

For global hook as in application level. But this won't be necessary.

Thanks again for your help,
Stephen

[sddev]

Got it working, here is what I used In case anyone else wants to do something similar.

eg: /#Contact/create?firstName=first&lastName=last&emailAddress= test@test.test

        afterRender: function () {
            Dep.prototype.afterRender.call(this);

            hash = location.hash;
            if (hash.indexOf('?') == -1) {
                return;
            }
            prePop = hash.split('?');
            prePopVars = prePop[1].split('&');
            for (var i = 0,len=prePopVars.length;i<len;i++) {
                keyValue = prePopVars[i].split('=');
                //find firstName / lastName fields
                var fieldElement = this.$el.find('input[name="'+keyValue[0]+'"]');
                if (fieldElement.length==0){
                    // find emailAddress field
                    fieldElement = this.$el.find('div[data-name="'+keyValue[0]+'"] input');
                }
                fieldElement.val(keyValue[1]);
            }

        }