## What
Adds a new custom component called `editMenuItems` that can be used in
the document view.
This options allows users to inject their own custom components into the
dropdown menu found in the document controls (the 3 dot menu), the
provided component(s) will be added below the default existing actions
(Create New, Duplicate, Delete and so on).
## Why
To increase flexibility and customization for users who wish to add
functionality to this menu. This provides a clean and consistent way to
add additional actions without needing to override or duplicate existing
UI logic.
## How
- Introduced the `editMenuItems` slot in the document controls dropdown
(three-dot menu) - in edit and preview tabs.
- Added documentation and tests to cover this new custom component
#### Testing
Use the `admin` test suite and go to the `edit menu items` collection
### What
This PR introduces a new `beforeDocumentControls` slot to the edit view
of both collections and globals.
It allows injecting one or more custom components next to the document
control buttons (e.g., Save, Publish, Save Draft) in the admin UI —
useful for adding context, additional buttons, or custom UI elements.
#### Usage
##### For collections:
```
admin: {
components: {
edit: {
beforeDocumentControls: ['/path/to/CustomComponent'],
},
},
},
```
##### For globals:
```
admin: {
components: {
elements: {
beforeDocumentControls: ['/path/to/CustomComponent'],
},
},
},
```
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### What?
This PR fixes a few links around the docs. It also normalizes some links
to use lowercase link-to sections.
### Why?
To send users to the correct location in the docs.
### How?
Changes to a few files in `docs/`
### What?
Fixes a few broken links in `docs/custom-components` and
`docs/rich-text`. Also made some custom component links lowercase.
### Why?
To direct end users to the correct location in the docs.
### How?
Changes to `docs/custom-components/custom-views.mdx`,
`docs/custom-components/list-view.mdx`, and
`docs/rich-text/custom-features.mdx`.
By default, Payload only attempts to locate the import map file in the following locations:
- `src/app/(payload)/{adminroute}/importMap.js`
- `app/(payload)/{adminroute}/importMap.js`
This is fine for most projects, but sometimes you may want to place the import map - or the Payload admin directory - somewhere else.
This PR adds a new `importMapFile` property that allows you to override this heuristic and specify your own import map path.
Adds a dedicated "Custom Components" section to the docs.
As users become familiar with building custom components, not all areas
that support customization are well documented. Not only this, but the
current pattern does not allow for deep elaboration on these concepts
without their pages growing to an unmanageable size. Custom components
in general is a large enough topic to merit a standalone section with
subpages. This change will make navigation much more intuitive, help
keep page size down, and provide room to document every single available
custom component with snippets to show exactly how they are typed, etc.
This is a substantial change to the docs, here is the overview:
- The "Admin > Customizing Components" doc is now located at "Custom
Components > overview"
- The "Admin > Views" doc is now located at "Custom Components > Custom
Views"
- There is a new "Custom Components > Edit View" doc
- There is a new "Custom Components > List View" doc
- The information about root components within the "Admin > Customizing
Components" doc has been moved to a new "Custom Components > Root
Components" doc
- The information about custom providers within the "Admin > Customizing
Components" doc has been moved to a new "Custom Components > Custom
Providers" doc
Similar to the goals of #10743, #10742, and #10741.
Fixes#10872 and initial scaffolding for #10353.
Dependent on #11126.
This change will require the following redirects to be set up:
- `/docs/admin/hooks` → `/docs/admin/react-hooks`
- `/docs/admin/components` → `/docs/custom-components/overview`
- `/docs/admin/views` → `/docs/custom-components/views`