refactor menu element to allow adding arbitrary elements to the navbar

example/src/main.rs

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ fn create_actix_admin_builder() -> ActixAdminBuilder {
     let some_category = "Some Category";
     admin_builder.add_entity_to_category::<AppState, Comment>(&comment_view_model, some_category);
     admin_builder.add_custom_handler_for_entity_in_category::<AppState, Comment>(
+        "My custom handler",
         "/custom_handler", 
         web::get().to(custom_handler::<AppState, Comment>),
         some_category

src/builder.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use actix_web::{ web, Route };
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::{prelude::*, ActixAdminMenuElement};
 
 use crate::routes::{create_get, create_post, delete, delete_many, edit_get, edit_post, index, list, show};
 
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ pub trait ActixAdminBuilderTrait {
     );
     fn add_custom_handler_for_entity<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait + 'static, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait + 'static>(
         &mut self,
+        menu_element_name: &str,
         path: &str,
         route: Route
     );
     fn add_custom_handler_for_entity_in_category<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait + 'static, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait + 'static>(
         &mut self,
+        menu_element_name: &str,
         path: &str,
         route: Route,
         category_name: &str
@@ -81,11 +83,18 @@ impl ActixAdminBuilderTrait for ActixAdminBuilder {
         );
 
         let category = self.actix_admin.entity_names.get_mut(category_name);
+        let menu_element = ActixAdminMenuElement {
+            name: E::get_entity_name(),
+            link: E::get_entity_name(),
+            is_custom_handler: false
+        };
         match category {
-            Some(entity_list) => entity_list.push(E::get_entity_name()),
+            Some(entity_list) => {
+                entity_list.push(menu_element)
+            },
             None => {
                 let mut entity_list = Vec::new();
-                entity_list.push(E::get_entity_name());
+                entity_list.push(menu_element);
                 self.actix_admin.entity_names.insert(category_name.to_string(), entity_list);
             }
         }
@@ -103,53 +112,60 @@ impl ActixAdminBuilderTrait for ActixAdminBuilder {
 
     fn add_custom_handler_for_entity<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait + 'static, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait + 'static>(
         &mut self,
+        menu_element_name: &str,
         path: &str,
         route: Route
     ) {
-        let _ = &self.add_custom_handler_for_entity_in_category::<T,E>(path, route, "");
+        let _ = &self.add_custom_handler_for_entity_in_category::<T,E>(menu_element_name ,path, route, "");
     }
 
     fn add_custom_handler_for_entity_in_category<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait + 'static, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait + 'static>(
         &mut self,
+        menu_element_name: &str,
         path: &str,
         route: Route,
         category_name: &str
     ) {
+        let menu_element = ActixAdminMenuElement {
+            name: menu_element_name.to_string(),
+            link: format!("{}{}", E::get_entity_name(), path),
+            is_custom_handler: true
+        };
+
         let existing_scope = self.scopes.remove(&E::get_entity_name());
+
         match existing_scope {
             Some(scope) => {
                 let existing_scope = scope.route(path, route);
-                self.scopes.insert(E::get_entity_name(), existing_scope);
+                self.scopes.insert(menu_element.link.to_string(), existing_scope);
             },
             _ => {
                 let new_scope = 
                     web::scope(&format!("/{}", E::get_entity_name()))
                     .route(path, route); 
-                self.scopes.insert(E::get_entity_name(), new_scope);
+                self.scopes.insert(menu_element.link.to_string(), new_scope);
             }
         }        
 
         let category = self.actix_admin.entity_names.get_mut(category_name);
         match category {
             Some(entity_list) => {
-                if !entity_list.contains(&E::get_entity_name()) {
-                    entity_list.push(E::get_entity_name());
+                if !entity_list.contains(&menu_element) {
+                    entity_list.push(menu_element);
                 }
             }
             _ => (),
         }
     }
 
-    fn get_scope<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait + 'static>(mut self) -> actix_web::Scope {
+    fn get_scope<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait + 'static>(self) -> actix_web::Scope {
         let index_handler = match self.custom_index {
             Some(handler) => handler,
             _ => web::get().to(index::<T>)
         };
         let mut admin_scope = web::scope("/admin").route("/", index_handler);
-        let entities = self.actix_admin.entity_names.into_iter().map(|(_k, v)| v).flatten();
 
-        for entity_name in entities {
-            let scope = self.scopes.remove(&entity_name).unwrap();
+        for (_entity, scope) in self.scopes {
             admin_scope = admin_scope.service(scope);   
         }
 

src/lib.rs

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use sea_orm::DatabaseConnection;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use tera::{Tera, Result, to_value, try_get_value };
 use std::{ hash::BuildHasher};
@@ -224,7 +225,14 @@ pub struct ActixAdminConfiguration {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ActixAdmin {
-    pub entity_names: HashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
+    pub entity_names: HashMap<String, Vec<ActixAdminMenuElement>>,
     pub view_models: HashMap<String, ActixAdminViewModel>,
     pub configuration: ActixAdminConfiguration
 }
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct ActixAdminMenuElement {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub link: String,
+    pub is_custom_handler: bool
+}

templates/header.html

@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
     <div class="navbar-start">
       {% for category, entities in entity_names %}
         {% if category == "" %}
-          {% for name in entities %}
-            <a href="/admin/{{ name }}/list" class="navbar-item {% if entity_name and entity_name == name %}is-active{% endif %}">{{ name | title }}</a>
+          {% for menu_element in entities %}
+            {% if menu_element.is_custom_handler %}
+            <a href="/admin/{{ menu_element.link }}" class="navbar-item {% if entity_name and entity_name == menu_element.name %}is-active{% endif %}">{{ menu_element.name }}</a>
+            {% else %}
+            <a href="/admin/{{ menu_element.link }}/list" class="navbar-item {% if entity_name and entity_name == menu_element.name %}is-active{% endif %}">{{ menu_element.name | title }}</a>
+            {% endif %}
           {%- endfor %}
         {% else %}
           <div class="navbar-item has-dropdown is-hoverable">
@@ -24,8 +28,12 @@
               {{ category }}
             </a>
             <div class="navbar-dropdown">
-          {% for name in entities %}
-            <a href="/admin/{{ name }}/list" class="navbar-item {% if entity_name and entity_name == name %}is-active{% endif %}">{{ name | title }}</a>
+          {% for menu_element in entities %}
+            {% if menu_element.is_custom_handler %}
+            <a href="/admin/{{ menu_element.link }}" class="navbar-item {% if entity_name and entity_name == menu_element.name %}is-active{% endif %}">{{ menu_element.name }}</a>
+            {% else %}
+            <a href="/admin/{{ menu_element.link }}/list" class="navbar-item {% if entity_name and entity_name == menu_element.name %}is-active{% endif %}">{{ menu_element.name | title }}</a>
+            {% endif %}
           {%- endfor %}
             </div>
           </div>

tests/test_setup/helper.rs

@@ -48,18 +48,22 @@ pub fn create_actix_admin_builder() -> ActixAdminBuilder {
     admin_builder.add_entity::<AppState, Comment>(&comment_view_model);
 
     admin_builder.add_custom_handler_for_entity::<AppState, Comment>(
+        "Create Post From Plaintext",
         "/create_post_from_plaintext", 
         web::post().to(create_post_from_plaintext::<AppState, Comment>));
 
     admin_builder.add_custom_handler_for_entity::<AppState, Post>(
+        "Create Post From Plaintext",
         "/create_post_from_plaintext", 
         web::post().to(create_post_from_plaintext::<AppState, Post>));
 
     admin_builder.add_custom_handler_for_entity::<AppState, Post>(
+        "Create Post From Plaintext",
         "/edit_post_from_plaintext/{id}", 
         web::post().to(edit_post_from_plaintext::<AppState, Post>));
 
     admin_builder.add_custom_handler_for_entity::<AppState, Comment>(
+        "Create Post From Plaintext",
         "/edit_post_from_plaintext/{id}", 
         web::post().to(edit_post_from_plaintext::<AppState, Comment>));