adding a link to edit trashed entries to the Actions column of the section added by TrashOperation

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I followed the tutorial added at https://backpackforlaravel.com/articles/tutorials/how-to-create-a-trash-deleted-section-in-backpack-crud to add a Trash/Deleted section to my Backpack CRUD. It works well BUT I'd like to be able to edit accounts from this section and idk how to do that.

I posted this question before, in #1137, but I was given an answer that was not an answer to my question and the question was then closed. In that question I presented an example of a scenario wherein you might want to do this but then people seemed to confuse my scenario for my question, as if a resolution to the very specific scenario I posted was a resolution to my more general question.

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To add a link to edit trashed entries in the Actions column of the Trash section created using the TrashOperation, you can customize the buttons displayed for trashed items. Here's how you can achieve this:

1. First, make sure you have the TrashOperation set up correctly in your CrudController as described in the Trash Operation documentation.

2. To add a custom button for editing trashed entries, you can create a new button in your CrudController. Add the following code to your setupTrashOperation() method:

public function setupTrashOperation()
{
    // ... other setup code ...

    CRUD::addButton('line', 'edit_trashed', 'view', 'vendor.backpack.crud.buttons.edit_trashed', 'end');
}

3. Create a new blade file for the custom button at resources/views/vendor/backpack/crud/buttons/edit_trashed.blade.php with the following content:

@if ($crud->hasAccess('update') && $entry->trashed())
    <a href="{{ url($crud->route.'/'.$entry->getKey().'/edit') }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-link">
        <i class="la la-edit"></i> Edit
    </a>
@endif

4. To ensure that the edit route works for trashed entries, you may need to modify your UpdateOperation. In your CrudController, override the setupUpdateOperation() method:

public function setupUpdateOperation()
{
    // ... other setup code ...

    // Allow editing trashed entries
    CRUD::setOperationSetting('accessCondition', function($entry) {
        return true; // or any condition you want to use
    });
}

5. You might also need to modify your model to allow retrieving trashed entries. In your model, add the following scope:

public function scopeWithTrashed($query)
{
    return $query->withTrashed();
}

These steps should add an "Edit" button to the Actions column for trashed entries, allowing you to edit them directly from the Trash section.

Remember that editing trashed entries might have implications for your application logic, so make sure to handle any potential issues that may arise from editing soft-deleted records.

Trash Operation documentation provides more information on customizing the TrashOperation, including how to override buttons and modify operation settings.

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1. First, make sure you have the TrashOperation set up correctly in your CrudController as described in the Trash Operation documentation.

I believe it is. That's how I'm able to trash accounts at all and then click on the "archived" filter to view archived accounts.

2. To add a custom button for editing trashed entries, you can create a new button in your CrudController. Add the following code to your setupTrashOperation() method:

 public function setupTrashOperation()
 {
     // ... other setup code ...

    CRUD::addButton('line', 'edit_trashed', 'view', 'vendor.backpack.crud.buttons.edit_trashed', 'end');
 }

3. Create a new blade file for the custom button at resources/views/vendor/backpack/crud/buttons/edit_trashed.blade.php with the following content:

@if ($crud->hasAccess('update') && $entry->trashed())
   <a href="{{ url($crud->route.'/'.$entry->getKey().'/edit') }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-link">
       <i class="la la-edit"></i> Edit
   </a>
@endif

The button appears if I remove the if condition but it only appears when the trashed filter is not selected. ie. with this change I now have two edit buttons for non-trashed users - the edit action that UpdateOperation is adding and the one that setupTrashOperation() is adding...

4. To ensure that the edit route works for trashed entries, you may need to modify your UpdateOperation. In your CrudController, override the setupUpdateOperation() method:

public function setupUpdateOperation()
{
    // ... other setup code ...

    // Allow editing trashed entries
    CRUD::setOperationSetting('accessCondition', function($entry) {
        return true; // or any condition you want to use
    });
}

5. You might also need to modify your model to allow retrieving trashed entries. In your model, add the following scope:

public function scopeWithTrashed($query)
{
    return $query->withTrashed();
}

Doesn't seem to have done anything.

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I came up with a few ways to do this.

Method # 1

Copy setupTrashFilter() from backpack/pro/src/Http/Controllers/Operations/Traits/TrashFilter.php to your custom CRUD and add the button:

CRUD::addButton('line', 'edit_trashed', 'view', 'vendor.backpack.crud.buttons.edit_trashed');

Then add your new button to this line:

$buttons_to_remove = array_filter(Arr::pluck($this->crud->buttons(), 'name'), function ($item) {
    return !in_array($item, ['destroy', 'restore', 'trash']);
});

Then create resources/views/vendor/backpack/crud/buttons/edit_trashed.blade.php with the following contents:

   <a href="{{ url($crud->route.'/'.$entry->getKey().'/edit') }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-link">
       <i class="la la-edit"></i> Edit
   </a>

Method # 2

Copy vendor\backpack\pro\resources\views\buttons\destroy.blade.php to resources\views\vendor\backpack\pro\buttons\destroy.blade.php and then add the button to that:

@if ($entry->trashed())
<a href="{{ url($crud->route.'/'.$entry->getKey().'/edit') }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-link">
    <i class="la la-edit"></i> Edit
</a>
@endif