Change CurrentSelections object with Visualisation API

[danieloberbilli]

Hi,

Is there a way to handle / modify the Qlik CurrentSelections object through the Visualisation API?

I know  I can use the Selection API to create my own viz, but I wonder if I can just change some options on this grey standard selection bar from Qlik.

Thank you

Regards

Daniel 

[oz_moyal]

What kind of changes ?

If u show it in a mashup u can make many changes to the design  or hide buttons using css.

[Aiham_Azmeh · Accepted solution]

Hi @danieloberbilli ,

There's a "secret" option for getting the previous dark version of the current selection bar:

// @param {string} [options.variant] - used only when getting 'CurrentSelections', for rendering the "dark" variant. Possible values: "dark". {@x-qlik-visibility private}

app.getObject('elementId', 'CurrentSelections', {variant: 'dark'});

Modifying the CSS by overriding it works, but there's no guarantee that your styles will still work if you upgrade Qlik Sense.

Third alternative is to use the Themes API, while I am not 100% sure how much we support styling the current selection bar.

I hope this helps

[danieloberbilli]

Thank you for your reply, @oz_moyal.  Yes, you are right, I played around with custom css as well but it feels more like a hack 🙂 But I guess that's the only way to visually modify it without rebuilding the object yourself.

Cheers

Dan

[danieloberbilli]

Thank you, @Aiham_Azmeh. That's interesting and maybe they extend the API  a bit further in the future. I never looked at the Theme API but will investigate this next. Thanks again for your reply.

Cheers

Dan