Custom top level views
If you need to develop a custom view that does not map directly to a Firestore collection you can implement it as a React component.
You need to define the name, route and the component, and add it to the main navigation, as the example below.
By default, it will show in the main navigation view.
For custom views you can define the following props:
path
string | string[]CMS Path (or paths) you can reach this view from. If you include multiple paths, only the first one will be included in the main menu
name
: stringName of this view
description
?: stringOptional description of this view. You can use Markdown
hideFromNavigation
?: booleanShould this view be hidden from the main navigation panel. It will still be accessible if you reach the specified path
view
: React.ReactNodeComponent to be rendered. This can be any React component, and can use any of the provided hooks
group
?: stringOptional field used to group top level navigation entries under a navigation view.
Example:​
A quick example for a custom view:
import {
buildCollection,
CMSView,
NavigationBuilder,
NavigationBuilderProps,
buildCollection,
FirebaseCMSApp
} from "@camberi/firecms"
export default function App() {
const productSchema = buildCollection({
name: "Product",
properties: {
name: {
title: "Name",
validation: { required: true },
dataType: "string"
}
}
});
const customViews: CMSView[] = [{
path: ["additional", "additional/:id"],
name: "Additional view",
description: "This is an example of an additional view that is defined by the user",
// This can be any React component
view: <ExampleCMSView/>
}];
const navigation: NavigationBuilder = ({ user }: NavigationBuilderProps) => ({
collections: [
buildCollection({
path: "products",
collection: productSchema,
name: "Products"
})
],
views: customViews
});
return <FirebaseCMSApp
name={"My Online Shop"}
navigation={navigation}
firebaseConfig={firebaseConfig}
/>;
}
Your custom view is implemented as any regular React component that uses some hooks provided by the CMS:
import React from "react";
import { Box, Button } from "@mui/material";
import {
buildCollection,
useAuthController,
useSideEntityController,
useSnackbarController
} from "@camberi/firecms";
/**
* Sample CMS view not bound to a collection, customizable by the developer
* @constructor
*/
export function ExampleCMSView() {
// hook to display custom snackbars
const snackbarController = useSnackbarController();
// hook to open the side dialog that shows the entity forms
const sideEntityController = useSideEntityController();
// hook to do operations related to authentication
const authController = useAuthController();
const customProductSchema = buildCollection({
name: "Custom product",
properties: {
name: {
title: "Name",
validation: { required: true },
dataType: "string"
},
very_custom_field: {
title: "Very custom field",
dataType: "string"
}
}
});
return (
<Box
display="flex"
width={"100%"}
height={"100%"}>
<Box m="auto"
display="flex"
flexDirection={"column"}
alignItems={"center"}
justifyItems={"center"}>
<div>This is an example of an additional view</div>
{authController.user ?
<div>Logged in
as {authController.user.displayName}</div>
:
<div>You are not logged in</div>}
<Button
onClick={() => snackbarController.open({
type: "success",
message: "This is pretty cool"
})}
color="primary">
Test snackbar
</Button>
<Button
onClick={() => sideEntityController.open({
entityId: "B003WT1622",
path: "/products-test",
collection: customProductSchema
})}
color="primary">
Open entity with custom schema
</Button>
</Box>
</Box>
);
}