Hi there,
great work on this module, it's a ripper.

Would it be very difficult to add support for custom actions, not just core actions?

Cheers,
Ben.

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bkoether commented

Custom actions are a bit more tricky then the default ones like setting the sticky flag.
What kind of custom action did you had in mind?

I was considering looking into an integration with rules down the road for more complex operations.

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bensey commented

I had defined some custom actions for use in VBO in a custom module.

It took me a while to work out how, but I used hook_menu() to add entries so these actions could also be performed through contextual links on teasers in various other views, not just the VBO view.

When I found this module I thought it might have allowed me to also easily add links to these other actions, not just the core actions.
My actions were just doing basic things like toggling or checking a CCK boolean flag, then performing an entity_save().

I don't really understand how complex it would be for such an implementation in your module though... My understanding of this stuff is still pretty sketchy!

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bkoether commented
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Just to update, I have started the implementation fo this feature request.
My plan is to have ti available for 7.x-1.5

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@bkoether wondering what you had planned for this feature. Were you thinking about making this work with custom Rules Components.

If so it would be nice if you could pass parameters to the component via the query string. You could use the machine name for the parameter in the query string. That way you could use the tokens to pass in the component parameters.

UPDATE:
Just watch this video on combining Rules Bonus pack with Page Manager. http://vimeo.com/25153525
It allows trigger custom rules. Maybe you could use functionality via this module?

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bkoether commented

Hi tedbow,

I'm planning on having the integration similar to how VBO works with Rules components.
Have a look at this video: http://drupalize.me/videos/using-rules-components-vbo

So you will be able to achieve what is done in the nodeone video without the overhead of Panels.

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bkoether commented
Version: 7.x-1.2 » 7.x-1.x-dev

Still working on this. So this will be part of version 1.6.

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bkoether commented
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Postponed

I'm putting everything that is a new feature on hold until I'm able to clean up the issue queue and until after a possible D8 migration.