Hi Sergey, Have you tried adding the menu in your extended screen or your custom decorator screen? We also need to include the menu in our screen, and this way it will work.
Here’s an example of how you can set the menu location in your screen: <set field="applicationMenuLocation" value="component://commonext/widget/AccountingMenusExt.xml" global="true"/> On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM Sergey Nazaretyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello OFBiz Community, > > I'm a senior developer exploring an OFBiz 18.12 system. > Trying to follow strict non-modification policies for core files, using > commonext for customizations. While i'm successfully extended services and > entities without touching core, facing challenges with UI extensions. > > Context: > I'm trying to add a new menu item (MyAgreementMenuItem) to the existing > AgreementTabBar menu: > > 1. > > Created custom file: commonext/widget/MyAccountingMenus.xml > 2. > > Used extends option: > > <menu name="AgreementTabBar" extends="AgreementTabBar" > > > extends-resource="component://accounting/widget/AccountingMenus.xml"> > > <menu-item name="MyAgreementMenuItem" title="My menu-item"> > > <link target="MyTarget">...</link> > > </menu-item> </menu> > > > > > Issue: > The new menu item doesn't appear unless we modify the core > AgreementScreens.xml: > > > <!-- Works ONLY with modified location --> <include-menu > name="AgreementTabBar" > location="component://commonext/widget/MyAccountingMenus.xml"/> > > > > > Key Questions: > > 1. > > Is it possible to extend UI without modifying core files and location > references? > 2. > > Why does this approach work for services/entities but not UI menus? if I > create a service description with the same name in commonext, it will be > replaced without changing the core files. > 3. > > Are there alternative patterns for menu extensions that preserve core > integrity? > > Appreciate any insights into OFBiz's UI extension philosophy. > Happy to document our solution for others once resolved! > > > -- > > Sergey > -- Kind Regards, Yashwant Dhakad HotWax Systems | www.hotwaxsystems.com
