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martmull 055e8b5335 Add tab param to open a record side panel page on a specific tab (#22905)
## Context

`CommandOpenSidePanelPage` (and `openSidePanelPage` in the front
component SDK) could open a record in the side panel, but always landed
on the default tab. This adds an optional `tab` param to the
`ViewRecord` page params so an app command can open a record directly on
a specific tab.

## What changed

- **twenty-sdk**: `OpenSidePanelPageParams` `ViewRecord` variant accepts
an optional `tab` (a page layout tab id). Since
`CommandOpenSidePanelPage` props are `OpenSidePanelPageParams`, the
component picks it up automatically.
- **twenty-front**:
- New `setRecordPageActiveTabId` util resolves the record page layout
for the object (custom layout from the store, or the default layout id)
and presets `activeTabIdComponentState` on the tab list instance
(`${pageLayoutId}-tab-list-${recordId}`), which is shared by the side
panel and the full record page.
- `useOpenRecordInSidePanel` accepts `tab` and presets the active tab
before navigating; it also applies when the record is already open in
the side panel (tab switch only).
- `useFrontComponentExecutionContext` forwards `tab` to the side panel
open, and presets the tab when falling back to full-page navigation
(mobile, or objects that can't open in the side panel).
- **Docs**: mention the optional `tab` id in the
`CommandOpenSidePanelPage` description.

Unknown tab ids are harmless: `PageLayoutTabListEffect` falls back to
the layout's default tab when the preset id doesn't exist in the layout.
Dashboards are skipped since their layout id comes from record data, not
object metadata.

## Tests

- `useOpenRecordInSidePanel`: new test asserting the active tab atom is
preset on the correct tab list instance id.
- `useFrontComponentExecutionContext`: new tests for tab passthrough to
the side panel and tab preset on full-page fallback.
- `npx nx typecheck twenty-front`, `typecheck twenty-sdk`,
`lint:diff-with-main twenty-front`, `lint twenty-sdk` all green.

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Twenty Documentation

Official documentation for Twenty CRM, powered by Mintlify.

🌐 Live Site

Visit the documentation at docs.twenty.com

📚 Content

This repository contains:

  • User Guide (46 pages) - Complete guide for Twenty users
  • Developers (24 pages) - Technical documentation for developers
  • Twenty UI (25 pages) - UI component library documentation

🚀 Local Development

To run the documentation locally:

# From the twenty monorepo root
npx nx run twenty-docs:dev

The documentation will be available at http://localhost:3000

📝 Editing Content

Adding/Editing Pages

  1. Edit MDX files in the appropriate directory:

    • user-guide/ - User documentation
    • developers/ - Developer documentation
    • twenty-ui/ - Component documentation
  2. Update navigation/base-structure.json if you need to change the tab/group hierarchy or add/remove pages. This file stays in the repo and is not uploaded to Crowdin.

  3. Keep the translation template (navigation/navigation.template.json) in sync by running yarn docs:generate-navigation-template after editing the base structure. This template is the only file that should be pushed to Crowdin.

  4. For each translated locale pulled from Crowdin, ensure a packages/twenty-docs/l/<language>/navigation.json file exists. These files contain labels only; page slugs always come from the base structure.

  5. Run yarn docs:generate to rebuild docs.json from the base structure + translated labels.

MDX Format

All documentation pages use MDX format with frontmatter:

---
title: Page Title
description: Page description
image: /images/path/to/image.png
---

Your content here...

Adding Images

  1. Place images in the /images/ directory
  2. Reference them in MDX: ![Alt text](/images/your-image.png)
  3. Or use Mintlify Frame component:
<Frame>
  <img src="/images/your-image.png" alt="Description" />
</Frame>

🔧 Configuration

  • navigation/base-structure.json - Source of truth for tabs, groups, icons, and page slugs (English only, not sent to Crowdin).
  • navigation/navigation.template.json - Generated translation template (labels only) that is uploaded to Crowdin.
  • l/<language>/navigation.json - Locale-specific label files pulled from Crowdin.
  • docs.json - Generated Mintlify configuration (always run yarn docs:generate after modifying navigation files).
  • package.json - Package dependencies and scripts (docs:generate, docs:generate-navigation-template, …).
  • project.json - Nx workspace configuration

📦 Validation

# Validate the documentation build
npx nx run twenty-docs:validate

🤝 Contributing

To contribute to the documentation:

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Make your changes in the packages/twenty-docs directory
  3. Test locally with npx nx run twenty-docs:dev
  4. Submit a pull request

📄 License

This documentation is part of the Twenty project and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.