How to show Laravel Nova action without select any record from Nova Resource Listing/Index?

Question

As seen in the image below. When we select the record from the listing than action drop down appear. But I need to show it always, either user selects some record or not.

Malapropism

Answer 1

I know this is old, but hopefully it helps somebody. The Standalone Actions is what you're looking for. Not sure if this was a feature when @VolkerRose posted his answer.

Place this at the bottom of your Nova Resource.

    public function actions(Request $request)
    {
        return [
                Actions\ImportSalesForceRecords::make()->standalone(),
        ];
    }

I was really wanting the action button to be right next to the create button, but this will work.

Prebo

This should mention, that this will disconnect the action button from databases and always receive an empty array in its handle method. Source: nova.laravel.com/docs/3.0/actions/… – Crave

Answer 2

Maybe "Inline Actions" can help you out? (Which are not really adequate covered over at https://nova.laravel.com/docs/3.0/actions/defining-actions.html.)

class SomeAction extends Action
{
    public $showOnTableRow = true;

    // [...]
}

If you are trying to limit your actions visibility with the canSee method, there is an existing issue regarding Inline Actions: https://nova.laravel.com/docs/3.0/actions/defining-actions.html#action-visibility.

Cameo

Answer 3

Looking at the \Laravel\Nova\Actions\Action class, you probably need to add these to your custom action class:

    public $showInline          = true;
    public $sole                = true;

Spirited