What is a Current User Action in Umbraco?

It is a menu item appearing in the top-right user avatar menu of the Umbraco backoffice, used for profile-specific tasks, settings, or quick links.

Can I control who sees these actions?

Yes, this skill provides implementation patterns for Umbraco conditions, allowing you to show or hide actions based on user permissions, roles, or other logic.

How does it stay updated with Umbraco changes?

The skill includes a workflow step to fetch the latest official documentation from Umbraco's site before generating any code, ensuring compatibility.

Does this skill support modal windows?

Yes, it includes specific workflow steps and code examples for opening modal dialogs using the UMB_MODAL_MANAGER_CONTEXT.

Umbraco Current User Action

Name: Umbraco Current User Action
Author: umbraco

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Extends the Umbraco backoffice user menu with custom actions, profile settings, and navigation links.

This skill empowers developers to customize the Umbraco CMS backoffice experience by implementing Current User Actions—the menu items found under the user's avatar. It streamlines the creation of TypeScript-based manifests and action classes, enabling features like custom preferences, external links, and modal-driven workflows. By leveraging official Umbraco documentation and best practices, it ensures that custom user actions are correctly registered, conditional based on permissions, and integrated seamlessly into the modern Umbraco backoffice interface.

主要功能

01Fetches latest Umbraco CMS documentation for up-to-date API compliance

021 GitHub stars

03Implements both link-based and execution-based TypeScript actions

04Supports conditional visibility based on user permissions or CMS state

05Scaffolds Umbraco current user action manifests and action classes

06Integrates with the Umbraco Modal Manager for interactive user dialogs

使用场景

01Adding a 'My Preferences' modal for custom user settings within the backoffice

02Creating quick links to internal support documentation or external training resources

03Implementing admin-only administrative tools accessible directly from the user profile menu

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add umbraco/umbraco-cms-backoffice-skills umbraco-current-user-action

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