[UI] Plugin actions (#10720)

* Add backend code for custom actions

* docs

* Add sample action code

* Fetch plugin features

* Load plugins and call function

* Support icons

* Alert message

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Rename action type

* Update docs

* pdated playwright tests

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added support for webauthn login for the frontend in [#9729](https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/9729)
 - Added support for Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 24.04 in the installer and package in [#10705](https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/10705)
 - Support for S3 and SFTP storage backends for media and static files ([#10140](https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/10140))
+- Adds hooks for custom UI spotlight actions in [#10720](https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree/pull/10720)
 
 ### Changed
 

docs/docs/plugins/mixins/ui.md

@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ For example:
 
 The following user interface feature types are available:
 
+### Spotlight Actions
+
+Inject custom actions into the InvenTree "spotlight" search functionality by implementing the `get_ui_spotlight_actions` method:
+
+::: plugin.base.ui.mixins.UserInterfaceMixin.get_ui_spotlight_actions
+    options:
+      show_bases: False
+      show_root_heading: False
+      show_root_toc_entry: False
+      extra:
+        show_source: True
+      summary: False
+      members: []
+
 ### Dashboard Items
 
 The InvenTree dashboard is a collection of "items" which are displayed on the main dashboard page. Custom dashboard items can be added to the dashboard by implementing the `get_ui_dashboard_items` method:

src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/base/ui/mixins.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ logger = structlog.get_logger('inventree')
 
 # List of supported feature types
 FeatureType = Literal[
+    'spotlight_action',  # Custom actions for the spotlight search
     'dashboard',  # Custom dashboard items
     'panel',  # Custom panels
     'template_editor',  # Custom template editor
@@ -99,11 +100,12 @@ class UserInterfaceMixin:
 
         """
         feature_map = {
+            'spotlight_action': self.get_ui_spotlight_actions,
             'dashboard': self.get_ui_dashboard_items,
+            'navigation': self.get_ui_navigation_items,
             'panel': self.get_ui_panels,
             'template_editor': self.get_ui_template_editors,
             'template_preview': self.get_ui_template_previews,
-            'navigation': self.get_ui_navigation_items,
         }
 
         if feature_type in feature_map:
@@ -112,6 +114,21 @@ class UserInterfaceMixin:
             logger.warning(f'Invalid feature type: {feature_type}')
             return []
 
+    def get_ui_spotlight_actions(
+        self, request: Request, context: dict, **kwargs
+    ) -> list[UIFeature]:
+        """Return a list of custom actions to be injected into the UI spotlight.
+
+        Args:
+            request: HTTPRequest object (including user information)
+            context: Additional context data provided by the UI (query parameters)
+
+        Returns:
+            list: A list of custom actions to be injected into the UI spotlight.
+        """
+        # Default implementation returns an empty list
+        return []
+
     def get_ui_panels(
         self, request: Request, context: dict, **kwargs
     ) -> list[UIFeature]:

src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/samples/integration/user_interface_sample.py

@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ class SampleUserInterfacePlugin(SettingsMixin, UserInterfaceMixin, InvenTreePlug
         },
     }
 
+    def get_ui_spotlight_actions(self, request, context, **kwargs):
+        """Return a list of custom actions to be injected into the UI spotlight."""
+        return [
+            {
+                'key': 'sample-action',
+                'title': 'Sample Action',
+                'description': 'This is a sample action for the spotlight search',
+                'icon': 'ti:search:outline',
+                'source': self.plugin_static_file(
+                    'sample_action.js:performSampleAction'
+                ),
+            }
+        ]
+
     def get_ui_panels(self, request, context, **kwargs):
         """Return a list of custom panels to be injected into the UI."""
         panels = []

src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/samples/static/plugins/sampleui/sample_action.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * A sample action plugin for InvenTree.
+ *
+ * This is a very basic example of how to define a custom action.
+ * In practice, you would want to implement more complex logic here.
+ */
+
+export function performSampleAction(data) {
+    // Simply log the data to the console
+    alert("Sample! Refer to the console");
+    console.log("Sample action performed with data:", data);
+}

src/frontend/src/components/nav/Layout.tsx

@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
 import { t } from '@lingui/core/macro';
 import { Container, Flex, Space } from '@mantine/core';
-import { Spotlight, createSpotlight } from '@mantine/spotlight';
+import {
+  Spotlight,
+  type SpotlightActionData,
+  createSpotlight
+} from '@mantine/spotlight';
 import { IconSearch } from '@tabler/icons-react';
-import { type JSX, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { type JSX, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { Navigate, Outlet, useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 
+import { identifierString } from '@lib/functions/Conversion';
+import { ApiEndpoints, apiUrl } from '@lib/index';
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { api } from '../../App';
 import { getActions } from '../../defaults/actions';
 import * as classes from '../../main.css';
-import { useUserSettingsState } from '../../states/SettingsStates';
+import {
+  useGlobalSettingsState,
+  useUserSettingsState
+} from '../../states/SettingsStates';
 import { useUserState } from '../../states/UserState';
 import { Boundary } from '../Boundary';
+import { ApiIcon } from '../items/ApiIcon';
+import { useInvenTreeContext } from '../plugins/PluginContext';
+import { callExternalPluginFunction } from '../plugins/PluginSource';
+import {
+  type PluginUIFeature,
+  PluginUIFeatureType
+} from '../plugins/PluginUIFeature';
 import { Footer } from './Footer';
 import { Header } from './Header';
 
@@ -38,25 +56,65 @@ export const [firstStore, firstSpotlight] = createSpotlight();
 export default function LayoutComponent() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const location = useLocation();
+  const user = useUserState();
   const userSettings = useUserSettingsState();
+  const globalSettings = useGlobalSettingsState();
+
+  const pluginsEnabled: boolean = useMemo(
+    () => globalSettings.isSet('ENABLE_PLUGINS_INTERFACE'),
+    [globalSettings]
+  );
+
+  const inventreeContext = useInvenTreeContext();
 
   const defaultActions = getActions(navigate);
   const [actions, setActions] = useState(defaultActions);
-  const [customActions, setCustomActions] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
-  function actionsAreChanging(change: []) {
+  const pluginActionsQuery = useQuery({
-    if (change.length > defaultActions.length) setCustomActions(true);
+    enabled: pluginsEnabled,
-    setActions(change);
+    queryKey: ['plugin-actions', pluginsEnabled, user],
-  }
+    refetchOnMount: true,
-  // firstStore.subscribe(actionsAreChanging);
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      if (!pluginsEnabled) {
+        return Promise.resolve([]);
+      }
 
-  // clear additional actions on location change
+      const url = apiUrl(ApiEndpoints.plugin_ui_features_list, undefined, {
-  useEffect(() => {
+        feature_type: PluginUIFeatureType.spotlight_action
-    if (customActions) {
+      });
-      setActions(defaultActions);
+
-      setCustomActions(false);
+      return api.get(url).then((response: any) => response.data);
     }
-  }, [customActions, defaultActions, location]);
+  });
+
+  const pluginActions: SpotlightActionData[] = useMemo(() => {
+    return (
+      pluginActionsQuery?.data?.map((item: PluginUIFeature) => {
+        const pluginContext = {
+          ...inventreeContext,
+          context: item.context
+        };
+
+        return {
+          id: identifierString(`a-${item.plugin_name}-${item.key}`),
+          label: item.title,
+          description: item.description,
+          leftSection: item.icon && <ApiIcon name={item.icon} />,
+          onClick: () => {
+            callExternalPluginFunction(
+              item.source,
+              'executeAction',
+              pluginContext
+            );
+          }
+        };
+      }) ?? []
+    );
+  }, [pluginActionsQuery?.data, inventreeContext]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setActions([...defaultActions, ...pluginActions]);
+  }, [defaultActions.length, pluginActions.length, location]);
 
   return (
     <ProtectedRoute>

src/frontend/src/components/plugins/PluginSource.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { InvenTreePluginContext } from '@lib/types/Plugins';
 import { generateUrl } from '../../functions/urls';
 import { useLocalState } from '../../states/LocalState';
 
@@ -56,3 +57,16 @@ export async function findExternalPluginFunction(
 
   return null;
 }
+
+// Attempt to call an external plugin function, given the source URL and function name
+export async function callExternalPluginFunction(
+  source: string,
+  functionName: string,
+  context: InvenTreePluginContext
+): Promise<any> {
+  findExternalPluginFunction(source, functionName).then((func) => {
+    if (func) {
+      return func(context);
+    }
+  });
+}

src/frontend/src/components/plugins/PluginUIFeature.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import type {
  * Enumeration for available plugin UI feature types.
  */
 export enum PluginUIFeatureType {
+  spotlight_action = 'spotlight_action',
   dashboard = 'dashboard',
   panel = 'panel',
   template_editor = 'template_editor',

src/frontend/tests/pui_modals.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { systemKey, test } from './baseFixtures.js';
 import { doCachedLogin } from './login.js';
+import { setPluginState } from './settings.js';
 
 test('Modals - Admin', async ({ browser }) => {
   const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
@@ -52,7 +53,10 @@ test('Modals - Admin', async ({ browser }) => {
   await page.getByRole('cell', { name: 'InvenTree Version' }).click();
 });
 
-test('Quick Command', async ({ browser }) => {
+test('Spotlight - Check Actions', async ({ browser }) => {
+  // Enable the UI sample plugin
+  await setPluginState({ plugin: 'sampleui', state: true });
+
   const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);
 
   await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');
@@ -60,12 +64,24 @@ test('Quick Command', async ({ browser }) => {
   // Open Spotlight with Keyboard Shortcut and Search
   await page.locator('body').press(`${systemKey}+k`);
   await page.waitForTimeout(200);
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').fill('Dashboard');
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Search...' }).fill('Dashboard');
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').press('Tab');
+
-  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search...').press('Enter');
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', { name: 'Dashboard Go to the InvenTree dashboard' })
+    .waitFor();
+
+  // User settings
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Search...' }).fill('settings');
+  await page
+    .getByRole('button', { name: 'User Settings Go to your user' })
+    .waitFor();
+
+  // Plugin generated action
+  await page.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Search...' }).fill('sample');
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'This is a sample action' }).waitFor();
 });
 
-test('Quick Command - No Keys', async ({ browser }) => {
+test('Spotlight - No Keys', async ({ browser }) => {
   const page = await doCachedLogin(browser);
 
   await page.waitForLoadState('networkidle');