Open in a card's actions menu opens the card slide-out: a drawer on the right with a mini view of the order. A plain click opens it in place; a modified click (Ctrl, Cmd, Shift, or Alt) opens the board with the card in a new tab.
The open card is in the URL as ?card={order id}, so a link to it reopens it, for example /ecommerce-kanban/boards/3?card=1004.
Opening a card needs order.view, and the order must be on the board. Otherwise a toast says why and nothing opens.
What it shows
- the order's status and the column it is in on this board;
- the customer, email, phone, and when the order was placed;
- the shipping address;
- the items, with SKU, quantity, and line total, and the order totals;
- payment and fulfillment status;
- the other boards the order is on that you can view, and the column on each;
- the five latest timeline entries ("Recent activity").
Actions
| Action | Needs | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Move to… | kanbanCard.move |
Closes the drawer and opens the board's Move to… dialog for the card |
| Remove from board | kanbanBoard.update |
Closes the drawer and asks before taking the order off this board |
| Open in admin | The ecommerce admin installed | Opens the order's admin screen |
| Add to another board | kanbanBoard.update |
Puts the order on another active board, in a chosen column or the board's entry column ("Entry column (automatic)") |
The drawer closes with Escape, its close button, or a click outside it. Focus then returns to the card.
Adding and removing orders
Orders usually reach a board through the engine's routing rules. Staff with kanbanBoard.update can also do it by hand:
- Add order in the board header opens "Add an order to this board". Search by order number or email; the results are orders that aren't on the board yet and that you may view. Pick one and a column, or leave the column on the entry column: the first column that fits the order's status.
- Remove from board, in a card's menu or the slide-out, asks "Remove order N from this board?" The order stays on any other boards it is on, and its status doesn't change.
Both go through the engine's KanbanRoutingService, so its hooks fire and other viewers see the change. The engine refuses an order that no column can hold ("This board has no column that can hold this order.").
Staying current
An open slide-out re-renders when its order changes elsewhere: a live card-updated event, a poll, or a board event. When the order's status or column changes, screen readers hear just that ("Order 1042 is now Complete in Shipped"), not the whole drawer. See Real-Time Updates.