Different ways of navigation
1. Use of <apex:outputLink> to navigate to a record detail page [applicable to Classic & Lightning]
1 2 3 | <apex:outputLink value="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.View, c.Id)}">
{!c.LastName}
</apex:outputLink>
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2.
<apex:commandLink/> as button to navigate to Contact Detail page without the use of controller method [applicable to Salesforce classic]:1 2 3 4 | <apex:commandLink action="{!URLFOR($Action.Contact.View, c.Id)}" value="Goto DetailPage" target="_blank" styleClass="btn" style="padding: 4px; text-decoration: none;"/> |
3. Navigation with the use of `<apex:commandButton/>` through Controller method [applicable to Classic & Lightning]:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | <apex:commandButton value="Goto DetailPage" action="{!gotoContactDetailPage}" reRender="form"> <apex:param name="contactid" value="{!c.Id}" assignTo="{!contactId}"/> </apex:commandButton> public PageReference gotoContactDetailPage() { return (new ApexPages.StandardController (new Contact(Id=contactId))).view(); } |
4. a. Use of formula field to open a visualforce page in Console and standard view page in Standard or Custom App. [applicable to Classic]
1 2 3 4 5 | HYPERLINK("javascript:if(typeof(srcUp)=='function') {srcSelf('/apex/VisualforcePage?id=" & Id & "');} "+ " else {window.location.href='/" & Id & "'}" ,Name , "_Parent" ) |
4.b. Use of formula field to open either User or Queue in Console and Standard View Page in Standard or Custom App.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | IF(BEGINS(Case_Owner_Id__c,'005'),
HYPERLINK("javascript:if(typeof(srcUp)=='function') {srcUp('/" & Case_Owner_Id__c & "');} "+
" else {window.open('/" & Case_Owner_Id__c & "')}"
,Case_Owner_Name__c
, "_blank"
),
HYPERLINK("javascript:if(typeof(srcUp)=='function') {srcUp('/setup/own/groupdetail.jsp?id=" & Case_Owner_Id__c & "&isdtp=vw');} "+
" else {window.open('/setup/own/groupdetail.jsp?id=" & Case_Owner_Id__c & "&isdtp=vw')}"
,Case_Owner_Name__c
, "_blank"
)
)
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5 .a. Take the value from the input field and pass that value as a parameter to Salesforce report. [applicable for Classic]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | <apex:page> <apex:form> <apex:inputText id="theTextInput"/> <a href="javascript:window.open('https://cs21.salesforce.com/00Oq0000000YUvUEAW?pv0=' + document.getElementById('{!$Component.theTextInput}').value + '&pv1=2018-01-01');"> click me </a> </apex:form> </apex:page> |
5. b. Take the value from input field and pass that as a parameter to Salesforce report. [applicable to Lightning (Spring'17 feature)]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | <apex:page> <apex:form> <apex:inputText id="theTextInput"/> <a href="javascript:window.open('https://na1.salesforce.com/one/one.app#/sObject/00OR0000000PCHYMA4/view' + '?t=1479844235107&fv0=New%20Business' + document.getElementById('{!$Component.theTextInput}').value + '&fv1=2018-01-01');"> click me </a> </apex:form> </apex:page> |
6. Custom button to open a visualforce page in console and standard view page in Standard or Custom App. [applicable to Classic]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | {!REQUIRESCRIPT("/soap/ajax/28.0/connection.js")}
{!REQUIRESCRIPT("/support/console/28.0/integration.js")}
var url = '/apex/VisualforcePage';
if (sforce.console.isInConsole()) {
navigateToUrl(url + '?inline=1');
} else {
window.open(url,'_self');
}
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Note that: if inline=1 is not specified, page will not be part of console.
7. Formula field open link to record details page or visualforce page [applicable to Classic & Lightning]
1 2 | HYPERLINK( '/' + Id , Name, '_blank') HYPERLINK( '/apex/visualforcePage', Name, '_blank') |
8. Display screen without header and sidebar (Applicable for Console and Classic mode) calling from custom button of Record Details page.
{!REQUIRESCRIPT("/soap/ajax/28.0/connection.js")}
{!REQUIRESCRIPT("/support/console/28.0/integration.js")}
var pageUrl = '{!URLFOR($Action.Activity.LogCall)}';
var parameters = '?title=Call&who_id={!Lead.Id}';
var link = pageUrl + parameters;
if (sforce.console.isInConsole())
{
srcUp(pageUrl);
} else {
window.open(pageUrl + '&isdtp=mn' ,'_self');
}
9. Navigate to Standard Page or Visualforce page based on the recordtype. Create a formula Text field and use the following code.
HYPERLINK( IF( RecordType.DeveloperName = 'Accounting', '/'+ Id , '/apex/yourVisualforcePage?id=' + Id ) ,Name , "_Parent" )
