5. Adding Delete Feature

Adding Delete Feature to List Page

<DeleteButton/> is a refine component that is used for deleting records. When you click on the delete button, it will show a confirmation modal and delete the record upon confirmation. To add it to the "blog_posts" table:

Open the src/pages/blog-posts/list.tsx file on your editor.

Import the <DeleteButton/> component from @refinedev/antd:

import { DeleteButton } from "@refinedev/chakra-ui";

Add the <DeleteButton/> component to the actions column of the table:

{
    id: "actions",
    accessorKey: "id",
    header: "Actions",
    cell: function render({ getValue }) {
        return (
            <HStack>
                <ShowButton
                    hideText
                    recordItemId={getValue() as string}
                />
                <EditButton
                    hideText
                    recordItemId={getValue() as string}
                />
                <DeleteButton
                    hideText
                    recordItemId={getValue() as string}
                />
            </HStack>
        );
    },
},

You can now delete a record from the list page by clicking on the delete button of any blog post.

For more information, refer to the <DeleteButton/> documentation→

Enabling the Delete Feature on Show and Edit Pages

We can enable the delete feature on both show and edit pages while we are defining a resource by setting the canDelete property in the meta to true as shown below:

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import routerBindings, {
    UnsavedChangesNotifier,
} from "@refinedev/react-router-v6";
import dataProvider from "@refinedev/simple-rest";
import {
    ErrorComponent,
    Layout,
    refineTheme,
    notificationProvider,
} from "@refinedev/chakra-ui";
import { ChakraProvider } from "@chakra-ui/react";

import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Outlet } from "react-router-dom";

import { BlogPostList } from "pages/blog-posts/list";
import { BlogPostEdit } from "pages/blog-posts/edit";
import { BlogPostShow } from "pages/blog-posts/show";
import { BlogPostCreate } from "pages/blog-posts/create";

const App = () => {
    return (
        <ChakraProvider theme={refineTheme}>
            <BrowserRouter>
                <Refine
                    routerProvider={routerBindings}
                    dataProvider={dataProvider(
                        "https://api.fake-rest.refine.dev",
                    )}
                    notificationProvider={notificationProvider}
                    resources={[
                        {
                            name: "blog_posts",
                            meta: {
                                canDelete: true,
                            },
                        },
                    ]}
                    options={{
                        syncWithLocation: true,
                        warnWhenUnsavedChanges: true,
                    }}
                >
                    {/* ... */}
                    <UnsavedChangesNotifier />
                </Refine>
            </BrowserRouter>
        </ChakraProvider>
    );
};
export default App;

After setting the canDelete property in meta to true, you will see a delete button on both show and edit pages.

For more information, refer to the canDelete section of the <Refine/> documentation→

TIP

You can also use useDelete hook provided by refine to delete a record.

For more information, refer to the useDelete documentation→

Checklist

I have added the delete feature to the list page.

I have enabled the delete feature on the show page and edit page

Adding Delete Feature to List Page​

Enabling the Delete Feature on Show and Edit Pages​

Checklist

Adding Delete Feature to List Page

Enabling the Delete Feature on Show and Edit Pages