[SalesForce] Override standard New button in Lightning Experience

Currently the only way to override a standard New button on any object is via a Visualforce page, in both LEX and Classic.

In LEX the standard behaviour when one click on a New button is to open up a modal window with form to enter the values of the new record's fields.

When I override the New button with a visualforce page, when in LEX clicking on the New button simply opens the visuaforce page, no modal window.

Does this mean that to replicate the LEX when overriding the New button we need to provide the modal functionality ourselves ?

Thanks,
Fernando

Best Answer

Unless your Visualforce is creating a modal window, your "New" page will not display as an extra layer above the app. You could consider looking into modal components and create your own "New" form.

If you are unfamiliar with the LEX rollout I would strongly suggest you take some time to complete the Develop for Lightning Experience Trailhead. This will take you from understanding what is LEX up to the LEX Design System.

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You could redirect with action attribute of apex:page tag based on contextfrom $User.UITheme and add nooverride=1 parameter when page is running in Lightning:

Here is an example, tested it, seems to be working. Would be awesome to generate the URL dynamically instead of hardcoding.

<apex:page standardController="Contact" 
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        ))}">
    <!-- your page code continues -->
</apex:page>

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