It would be great to be able to link to a specific Tab when being used on the Options pages and have that tab be the active tab on arrival.
For example: We place links in our themes that are conditional to certain roles and/or capabilities. An Edit button appears on the front-end for our editors that links to the /wp-admin/admin.php?page=my_custom_options_page – allowing them to get to the right area to edit the content easier. We should be able to include a #tab2 to the end of the link to open that specific tag.
Hope this makes sense.
Agreed. This would be a great feature, and really improve the UX of options (or any edit page).
I am doing this on some of my sites with the following code. YMMV performance wise having this inline, in an enqueued file, etc depending on the specific implementation:
add_action( "admin_footer", "acf_link_to_tab" );
function acf_link_to_tab(){ ?>
<script>
(function($){
acf.add_action('ready', function(){
if (location.hash.length>1){
var hash = location.hash.substring(1);
$('.acf-tab-wrap .acf-tab-button').each(function(i, button){
if (hash==$(button).text().toLowerCase().replace(' ', '-')){
$(button).trigger('click');
return false;
}
});
}
});
})(jQuery);
</script><?php
}
Nice approach, jsilver. I’d add a decodeUriComponent() around the hash to make it support all languages, some non English chars would be automatically encoded by the browser.
so, something like this:
//add an ACF tab shortcut link
add_action( "admin_footer", "acf_link_to_tab" );
function acf_link_to_tab(){ ?>
<script>
(function($){
acf.add_action('ready', function(){
if (location.hash.length>1){
let hash = location.hash.substring(1);
let decodedHash = decodeURIComponent(hash);
$('.acf-tab-wrap .acf-tab-button').each(function(i, button){
let target = $(button).text().toLowerCase().replace(' ', '-');
if (decodedHash == target){
$(button).trigger('click');
return false;
}
});
}
});
})(jQuery);
</script><?php
}
If you really want, you can add a try-catch around the decode call.
