implement BackButton in react-admin - reactjs

Question

I need to implement a <BackButton /> in react-admin for example when I open show page for a resource I need able to back to the list page.
Can you guide me to implement this?
I'm not familiar with react-admin routing mechanism.
Now I'm using this component in my edit form actions props:
const MyActions = ({ basePath, data, resource }) => (
<CardActions>
<ShowButton basePath={basePath} record={data} />
<CloneButton basePath={basePath} record={data} />
{/* Need <BackButton /> here */}
</CardActions>
);
export const BookEdit = (props) => (
<Edit actions={<MyActions />} {...props}>
<SimpleForm>
...
</SimpleForm>
</Edit>
);

Answer 1

You can use react-router-redux's goBack() function to achieve this.
For example, your button component will look something like this:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import Button from '#material-ui/core/Button';
import { goBack } from 'react-router-redux';
class BackButton extends Component {
handleClick = () => {
this.props.goBack();
};
render() {
return <Button variant="contained" color="primary" onClick={this.handleClick}>Go Back</Button>;
}
}
export default connect(null, {
goBack,
})(BackButton);
Now use that button component in your CardActions.
You can get help from an example which uses react-router-redux's push() function in a similar way from the official docs.

Answer 2

Create a back button. This one will pass props and children (text) and uses react-router directly, which I think makes more sense and keeps your code simple.
// BackButton.js
import React from 'react'
import Button from '#material-ui/core/Button'
import { withRouter } from 'react-router'
const BackButton = ({ history: { goBack }, children, ...props }) => (
<Button {...props} onClick={goBack}>
{children}
</Button>
)
export default withRouter(BackButton)
Example usage:
import { Toolbar, SaveButton } from 'react-admin'
import BackButton from './BackButton'
const SomeToolbar = props => (
<Toolbar {...props}>
<SaveButton />
<BackButton
variant='outlined'
color='secondary'
style={{ marginLeft: '1rem' }}
>
Cancel
</BackButton>
</Toolbar>
)

Answer 3

The complete code is below.
//BackButton.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import compose from 'recompose/compose';
import { withStyles, createStyles } from '#material-ui/core/styles';
import { translate } from 'ra-core';
import Button from '#material-ui/core/Button';
import ArrowBack from '#material-ui/icons/ArrowBack';
import classnames from 'classnames';
import { fade } from '#material-ui/core/styles/colorManipulator';
const styles = theme =>
createStyles({
deleteButton: {
color: theme.palette.error.main,
'&:hover': {
backgroundColor: fade(theme.palette.error.main, 0.12),
// Reset on mouse devices
'#media (hover: none)': {
backgroundColor: 'transparent',
},
},
},
});
const sanitizeRestProps = ({
basePath,
className,
classes,
label,
invalid,
variant,
translate,
handleSubmit,
handleSubmitWithRedirect,
submitOnEnter,
record,
redirect,
resource,
locale,
...rest
}) => rest;
class BackButton extends Component {
static contextTypes = {
router: () => true, // replace with PropTypes.object if you use them
}
static propTypes = {
label: PropTypes.string,
refreshView: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
icon: PropTypes.element,
};
static defaultProps = {
label: 'ra.action.back',
icon: <ArrowBack />,
};
render() {
const {
className,
classes = {},
invalid,
label = 'ra.action.back',
pristine,
redirect,
saving,
submitOnEnter,
translate,
icon,
onClick,
...rest
} = this.props;
return (
<Button
onClick={this.context.router.history.goBack}
label={label}
className={classnames(
'ra-back-button',
classes.backButton,
className
)}
key="button"
{...sanitizeRestProps(rest)}>
{icon} {label && translate(label, { _: label })}
</Button>
)
}
}
const enhance = compose(
withStyles(styles),
translate
);
export default enhance(BackButton);
//Toolbar.js
import React from 'react';
import {
Toolbar,
SaveButton,
DeleteButton,
} from 'react-admin';
import { withStyles } from '#material-ui/core';
import BackButton from './BackButton'
const toolbarStyles = {
toolbar: {
display: 'flex',
justifyContent: 'space-between',
},
};
export const CustomEditToolbar = withStyles(toolbarStyles)(props => (
<Toolbar {...props}>
<SaveButton/>
<DeleteButton/>
<BackButton/>
</Toolbar>
));
export const CustomCreateToolbar = withStyles(toolbarStyles)(props => (
<Toolbar {...props}>
<SaveButton/>
<BackButton/>
</Toolbar>
));