Salesforce Development (LWC) : Creating a configurable Lightning Web Component using Custom Metadata
In this video tutorial we go over how to make a configurable lightning web component (LWC) that allows you to put external links in the utility bar of your lightning apps and open those links either in a new browser tab or Salesforce console tab.
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Table of Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Demo of what we're building
2:45 - Custom Metadata Setup
5:25 - Developing the basic utility bar links LWC
22:26 - Adding the LWC to the Utility Bar
24:28 - Debugging the LWC
26:53 - Adding functionality to open links in console tabs
34:33 - Creating a custom LWC event
37:41 - Using the NavigationMixin LWC module
41:40 - Creating the containing Aura Component to pop console tabs
44:37 - Handling the LWC event in the Aura Component
49:57 - Adding the containing Aura Component to the Utility Bar
52:20 - Outro
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