Custom Module - missing button "New Element"

Can you post some of your code so we can take a look?

Hey Trevor,

there is no code. I just added the custom interface to see what happens. Just for testing purposes and their i have the "New office" button.

 // Creates and adds the "New office" button as a header action
        HeaderAction newOffice = new HeaderAction
            {
                Text = GetString("New office"),
                RedirectUrl = "~/CMSModules/CompanyOverview/NewOffice.aspx"
            };

But again the custom interface was only for testing reasons created. When i follow the documentation as linked above i end up in the situation with the missing button "New element".

So when i whant to do the following:

Office editing element

1. Select Company overview in the UI element tree.
2. Click New element ().

3. Set the following properties for the element:

   • Display name: Edit office
   • Code name: EditOffice (Important: The code name of elements for editing objects under listings must always start with the Edit keyword)
   • Module: Company overview
   • Page template: New / Edit object

4. Click Save

i cant do it ^^

The only code i've wrote (pasted) was the default.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<grid>
    <actions>
        <action name="edit" caption="$General.Edit$" fonticonclass="icon-edit" fonticonstyle="allow" />
        <action name="#delete" caption="$General.Delete$" fonticonclass="icon-bin" fonticonstyle="critical" confirmation="$General.ConfirmDelete$" />
    </actions>
    <columns>
        <column source="OfficeDisplayName" caption="Office name" wrap="false" localize="true">
            <filter type="text" size="200" />
        </column>
        <column source="OfficeAddress" caption="Address" width="100%" />    
    </columns>
    <options>
        <key name="DisplayFilter" value="true" />
    </options>
</grid>

The HeaderAction is a control that's on one of Kentico's master pages for it's internal systems (ex ~/CMSMasterPages/UI/SimplePage.master). Now i think i know where you're getting at. I've run into a similar issue.

The Inherited class often has reference to the HeaderActions object, but you need the control to render it (and possibly overwriting logic)

The SimplePage.master's has this control, and in the back an override. You will probably have to do the same or inherit the SimplePage.master

<cms:ObjectEditPanel ID="actionsElem" runat="server" IsLiveSite="false" />

/// <summary>
/// HeaderActions control.
/// </summary>
public override HeaderActions HeaderActions
{
    get
    {
        if (base.HeaderActions != null)
        {
            return base.HeaderActions;
        }
        return actionsElem.HeaderActions;
    }
}

Ran into the same issue. Make sure that the code name of the admin UI page you use for adding new elements begins with "New". That fixed it for me.

Thanks Antony, i always use the "New ____" and "Edit ____" with the sub elements, i guess the New and Edit is the magical keyword that makes it work (always wondered that)