Search popup edit
The search popup edit plugin adds an Edit Popup column to Brightspot CMS search results. Editors click the icon in this column to open an asset's edit page in a popup, so they can review or update the asset without leaving the search results list.
Key capabilities
- Adds an Edit Popup icon column to every CMS search result list.
- Opens an asset's edit page in a popup dialog directly from search results.
- Falls back to opening the edit page in a new browser tab when a user modifier-clicks the icon.
- Provides a site setting to hide the Edit Popup column, with a fallback to a CMS Tool-wide setting.
How it works
When Brightspot renders a search result list, it asks each registered search result field whether it applies to the asset type shown. The search popup edit plugin's field checks the current site's settings and, unless the column is hidden, adds an Edit Popup icon to each row. Clicking the icon intercepts Brightspot's default search result click handling so the asset opens in a popup instead of navigating away from the search results.
Use cases
Newsrooms and content-heavy sites
Editors triaging a long list of articles from a saved search can open several articles one after another, in a popup, without losing their place in the results. For example, an editor searches for articles with a missing headline, clicks the Edit Popup icon on each result, updates the headline, and closes the popup to return to the same search results.
Multi-site publishers
An organization running several sites from one Brightspot instance can turn off the popup column for a site that uses a different content workflow, while keeping it enabled everywhere else. A site administrator selects the Hide Popup Edit Search Result Field checkbox in that site's settings, and the column no longer appears in search results for that site, even though it remains available on other sites.
Who this documentation is for
- Using the edit popup icon: for editors who want to edit assets directly from search results.
- Hiding the edit popup column: for site administrators who want to turn off the column for a site.
- Technical reference: for developers extending or configuring the plugin.