---
title: 'Creating List Pages'
---

## Setup

:::info
This guide assumes you have a `CmsPlugin` with an `Article` entity, as covered in the [Extending the Dashboard: Plugin Setup](/guides/extending-the-dashboard/extending-overview/#plugin-setup) guide.
:::

List pages can be easily created for any query in the Admin API that follows the [PaginatedList pattern](/guides/how-to/paginated-list/).

For example, the `articles` query of our `CmsPlugin` looks like this:

```graphql
type ArticleList implements PaginatedList {
  items: [Article!]!
  totalItems: Int!
}

extend type Query {
  articles(options: ArticleListOptions): ArticleList!
}
```

## List Page Example

First we'll create a new `article-list.tsx` file in the `./src/plugins/cms/dashboard` directory:

```tsx title="src/plugins/cms/dashboard/article-list.tsx"
import {
    Button,
    DashboardRouteDefinition,
    ListPage,
    PageActionBarRight,
    DetailPageButton,
} from '@vendure/dashboard';
import { Link } from '@tanstack/react-router';
import { PlusIcon } from 'lucide-react';

// This function is generated for you by the `vendureDashboardPlugin` in your Vite config.
// It uses gql-tada to generate TypeScript types which give you type safety as you write
// your queries and mutations.
import { graphql } from '@/gql';

// The fields you select here will be automatically used to generate the appropriate columns in the
// data table below.
const getArticleList = graphql(`
    query GetArticles($options: ArticleListOptions) {
        articles(options: $options) {
            items {
                id
                createdAt
                updatedAt
                isPublished
                title
                slug
                body
                customFields
            }
            totalItems
        }
    }
`);

const deleteArticleDocument = graphql(`
    mutation DeleteArticle($id: ID!) {
        deleteArticle(id: $id) {
            result
        }
    }
`);

export const articleList: DashboardRouteDefinition = {
    navMenuItem: {
        sectionId: 'catalog',
        id: 'articles',
        url: '/articles',
        title: 'CMS Articles',
    },
    path: '/articles',
    loader: () => ({
        breadcrumb: 'Articles',
    }),
    component: route => (
        <ListPage
            pageId="article-list"
            title="Articles"
            listQuery={getArticleList}
            deleteMutation={deleteArticleDocument}
            route={route}
            customizeColumns={{
                title: {
                    cell: ({ row }) => {
                        const post = row.original;
                        return <DetailPageButton id={post.id} label={post.title} />;
                    },
                },
            }}
        >
            <PageActionBarRight>
                <Button asChild>
                    <Link to="./new">
                        <PlusIcon className="mr-2 h-4 w-4" />
                        New article
                    </Link>
                </Button>
            </PageActionBarRight>
        </ListPage>
    ),
};
```

Let's register this route (and we can also remove the test page) in our `index.tsx` file:

```tsx title="src/plugins/cms/dashboard/index.tsx"
import { defineDashboardExtension } from '@vendure/dashboard';

// highlight-next-line
import { articleList } from './article-list';

defineDashboardExtension({
    routes: [
        // highlight-next-line
        articleList,
    ],
});
```

:::note
After adding new Dashboard files to your plugin, you'll need to re-start the dev server for those
files to be picked up by Vite:

```bash
q # to stop the running dev server
npx vite # to restart
```
:::

## The ListPage Component

The `ListPage` component can be customized to your exact needs, such as:

- Setting the columns which are visible by default
- Setting the default order of the columns
- Defining bulk actions ("delete all selected" etc.)

See the [ListPage component reference](/reference/dashboard/list-views/list-page) for an explanation of the available options.

## Customizing Columns

It is common that you will want to customize the way certain columns are rendered. This is done
using the `customizeColumns` prop on the `ListPage` component.

By default, an appropriate component will be chosen to render the column data
based on the data type of the field. However, in many cases you want to have
more control over how the column data is rendered.

```tsx
<ListPage
  pageId="collection-list"
  listQuery={collectionListDocument}
  customizeColumns={{
      // The key "name" matches one of the top-level fields of the
      // list query type (Collection, in this example)
      name: {
          meta: {
              // The Dashboard optimizes the list query `collectionListDocument` to
              // only select field that are actually visible in the ListPage table.
              // However, sometimes you want to render data from other fields, i.e.
              // this column has a data dependency on the "children" and "breadcrumbs"
              // fields in order to correctly render the "name" field.
              // In this case, we can declare those data dependencies which means whenever
              // the "name" column is visible, it will ensure the "children" and "breadcrumbs"
              // fields are also selected in the query.
              dependencies: ['children', 'breadcrumbs'],
          },
          header: 'Collection Name',
          cell: ({ row }) => {
              const isExpanded = row.getIsExpanded();
              const hasChildren = !!row.original.children?.length;
              return (
                  <div
                      style={{ marginLeft: (row.original.breadcrumbs?.length - 2) * 20 + 'px' }}
                      className="flex gap-2 items-center"
                  >
                      <Button
                          size="icon"
                          variant="secondary"
                          onClick={row.getToggleExpandedHandler()}
                          disabled={!hasChildren}
                          className={!hasChildren ? 'opacity-20' : ''}
                      >
                          {isExpanded ? <FolderOpen /> : <Folder />}
                      </Button>
                      <DetailPageButton id={row.original.id} label={row.original.name} />
                  </div>
              );
          },
      },
  }}
/>
```
