How would I add a link, in a "template" UI element, that opens an entry in a slideout?

[thupsi]

What the title says 🙂

I want to add a UI element with "template" type in my field layout, and in that twig template include a link to an entry, that opens in a slideout. I might also want to do that in a custom widget.

How would I go about that?

[brandonkelly]

You can do that like so:

{% set buttonId = "button#{random()}" %}
<button id="{{ buttonId }}" class="btn">Edit entry</button>

{% js %}
(() => {
  const id = '{{ buttonId|namespaceInputId }}';
  $(`#${id}`).on('activate', () => {
    Craft.createElementEditor('craft\\elements\\Entry', {
      elementId: 100,
    });
  });
})();
{% endjs %}