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How to add custom sections to CRUD tables and forms

In a recent project, I needed to customize my List and Create operations, to basically add content before or after the existing views. Turns out, in Backpack it's super-easy to do that, using Widgets. Widgets (aka cards, aka chart...

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Karan Datwani

How to create a custom operation that uses Backpack fields

In previous articles, I've shown you how to: create an operation (EmailOperation) with a custom HTML form; use that operation on your UserCrudController, even if you're using PermissionManager; But... what about if we want a...

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Karan Datwani

How to create a Backpack add-on with a custom Operation

Say you’ve created a custom operation, and want to share it with other developers around the world. How do you do that? Well, it’s pret...

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Karan Datwani

How to use a custom operation inside PermissionManager

So you want to add a new operation to the UserCrudController, the one that our PermissionManager addon provides? Here’s how you can do...

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Karan Datwani

How to create a custom operation with a form

I needed a form that sends an email to each user, directly from the admin panel. I already had a Users CRUD, so here's how I added a fo...

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Karan Datwani

New Addon - Editable Columns

Some of our admins have been asking to do quick edits, right from the table view. We've always whipped up a custom solution for them ri...

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Cristian Tabacitu