From a8796675cc130bf24a696d8f8eee0496d3be0a54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Sullivan Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:24:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] fix plugin list --- docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc | 29 ++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc index 353a77527d1d5..0c40c2a8c4db9 100644 --- a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc +++ b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc @@ -216,27 +216,14 @@ which also contains the timelion APIs and backend, look at the vis_type_timelion |<> -|UI Actions plugins provides API to manage *triggers* and *actions*. - -*Trigger* is an abstract description of user's intent to perform an action -(like user clicking on a value inside chart). It allows us to do runtime -binding between code from different plugins. For, example one such -trigger is when somebody applies filters on dashboard; another one is when -somebody opens a Dashboard panel context menu. - -*Actions* are pieces of code that execute in response to a trigger. For example, -to the dashboard filtering trigger multiple actions can be attached. Once a user -filters on the dashboard all possible actions are displayed to the user in a -popup menu and the user has to chose one. - -In general this plugin provides: - -- Creating custom functionality (actions). -- Creating custom user interaction events (triggers). -- Attaching and detaching actions to triggers. -- Emitting trigger events. -- Executing actions attached to a given trigger. -- Exposing a context menu for the user to choose the appropriate action when there are multiple actions attached to a single trigger. +|An API for: + +- creating custom functionality (`actions`) +- creating custom user interaction events (`triggers`) +- attaching and detaching `actions` to `triggers`. +- emitting `trigger` events +- executing `actions` attached to a given `trigger`. +- exposing a context menu for the user to choose the appropriate action when there are multiple actions attached to a single trigger. |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/url_forwarding/README.md[urlForwarding]