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I am trying to overwrite the standard buttons on a standard object with an embedded VF page. The reason for this is that I want a custom button to be conditionally rendered based upon a field in the record. I get the buttons to display, but when I click them they open within the detail page of the record. How do I get them to open over the existing page like standard buttons normally do?

<apex:page standardController="Contract" >
<apex:form >
<div style="text-align: center">
    <apex:commandButton value="Edit" action="{!Edit}"/>
    <apex:commandButton value="Delete" action="{!Delete}"/>
    <apex:commandButton value="Clone" action="{!URLFOR($Action.Contract.Clone,Contract.id)}"/>
    <apex:commandButton value="Amend" OnClick="window.open('/apex.VF_Quote');"/>
</div>
</apex:form>
</apex:page>
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  • Can you clarify - [within the detail page]? With your current implementation, it should open in a new window, is that not happening right now? And can you clarify, what do you expect? Commented Aug 24, 2018 at 20:35

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Add target to the parent tag, as you can see the following code i have added to the <apex:form>, i have tested and it's working

<apex:page standardController="Account" >
<apex:form target="_parent" >
<div style="text-align: center">
<apex:commandButton value="Edit" action="{!Edit}" />
<apex:commandButton value="Delete" action="{!Delete}"/>
</div>
</apex:form>
</apex:page>
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Add a target for your custom buttons like below:

<apex:commandButton value="Amend" OnClick="window.open('/apex.VF_Quote');" target="_self"/>

Following are the options for target:

  • _blank : Opens the linked document in a new window or tab
  • _self : Opens the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked (this is default)
  • _parent : Opens the linked document in the parent frame
  • _top : Opens the linked document in the full body of the window
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  • I get an error message that target is an unsupported attribute. Commented Aug 24, 2018 at 20:14
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    target is not a supported attribute for apex:commandButton Commented Aug 24, 2018 at 20:36

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