sharing via link to expanded panel

src/plugins/dashboard/common/dashboard_container/types.ts

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export interface DashboardContainerInput extends EmbeddableInput {
   description?: string;
   isEmbeddedExternally?: boolean;
   executionContext: KibanaExecutionContext;
+  expandedPanelId?: string;
 
   // dashboard options: TODO, build a new system to avoid all shared state appearing here. See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/144532 for more information.
   hidePanelTitles: DashboardOptions['hidePanelTitles'];

src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/dashboard_app.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { useExecutionContext } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public';
 import { createKbnUrlStateStorage, withNotifyOnErrors } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/public';
 
 import { DASHBOARD_APP_LOCATOR } from '@kbn/deeplinks-analytics';
+import { DashboardContainerInput } from '../../common';
 import {
   DashboardAppNoDataPage,
   isDashboardAppInNoDataState,
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ import { pluginServices } from '../services/plugin_services';
 import { AwaitingDashboardAPI } from '../dashboard_container';
 import { DashboardRedirect } from '../dashboard_container/types';
 import { useDashboardMountContext } from './hooks/dashboard_mount_context';
-import { createDashboardEditUrl, DASHBOARD_APP_ID } from '../dashboard_constants';
+import {
+  createDashboardEditUrl,
+  DASHBOARD_APP_ID,
+  DASHBOARD_STATE_STORAGE_KEY,
+} from '../dashboard_constants';
 import { useDashboardOutcomeValidation } from './hooks/use_dashboard_outcome_validation';
 import { loadDashboardHistoryLocationState } from './locator/load_dashboard_history_location_state';
 import type { DashboardCreationOptions } from '../dashboard_container/embeddable/dashboard_container_factory';
@@ -68,9 +73,16 @@ export function DashboardApp({
   history,
 }: DashboardAppProps) {
   const [showNoDataPage, setShowNoDataPage] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [redirectToExpandedPanel, setRedirectToExpandedPanel] = useState<string | undefined>();
 
   useMount(() => {
-    (async () => setShowNoDataPage(await isDashboardAppInNoDataState()))();
+    (async () => {
+      setShowNoDataPage(await isDashboardAppInNoDataState());
+      const state: DashboardContainerInput | null = kbnUrlStateStorage.get(
+        DASHBOARD_STATE_STORAGE_KEY
+      );
+      if (state) setRedirectToExpandedPanel(state?.expandedPanelId);
+    })();
   });
   const [dashboardAPI, setDashboardAPI] = useState<AwaitingDashboardAPI>(null);
 
@@ -197,8 +209,11 @@ export function DashboardApp({
       kbnUrlStateStorage,
       dashboardAPI,
     });
+    if (redirectToExpandedPanel) {
+      return dashboardAPI?.setExpandedPanelId(redirectToExpandedPanel);
+    }
     return () => stopWatchingAppStateInUrl();
-  }, [dashboardAPI, kbnUrlStateStorage, savedDashboardId]);
+  }, [dashboardAPI, kbnUrlStateStorage, redirectToExpandedPanel, savedDashboardId]);
 
   const locator = useMemo(() => url?.locators.get(DASHBOARD_APP_LOCATOR), [url]);
 

src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/share/show_share_modal.test.tsx

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ describe('ShowShareModal', () => {
       isDirty: true,
       anchorElement: document.createElement('div'),
       getDashboardState: () => ({} as DashboardContainerInput),
+      hasExpandedPanel: unsavedState?.expandedPanelId ?? undefined,
     };
   };
 
@@ -221,4 +222,10 @@ describe('ShowShareModal', () => {
     expect(shareLocatorParams.panels![1].embeddableConfig.changedKey2).toBe('definitely changed');
     expect(shareLocatorParams.panels![2].embeddableConfig.changedKey3).toBe('should still exist');
   });
+  it('generates a shareable URL to the application state with an expanded panel', () => {
+    const showModalProps = getPropsAndShare({ expandedPanelId: 'panel_1' });
+    ShowShareModal(showModalProps);
+    const mockShareableUrl = toggleShareMenuSpy.mock.calls[0][0].shareableUrl;
+    expect(mockShareableUrl).toBe('http://localhost/#?_g=!n&_a=(expandedPanelId:panel_1)');
+  });
 });

src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/share/show_share_modal.tsx

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface ShowShareModalProps {
   dashboardTitle?: string;
   anchorElement: HTMLElement;
   getDashboardState: () => DashboardContainerInput;
+  hasExpandedPanel?: string;
 }
 
 export const showPublicUrlSwitch = (anonymousUserCapabilities: Capabilities) => {
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export function ShowShareModal({
   savedObjectId,
   dashboardTitle,
   getDashboardState,
+  hasExpandedPanel,
 }: ShowShareModalProps) {
   const {
     dashboardCapabilities: { createShortUrl: allowShortUrl },
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ export function ShowShareModal({
 
   const shareableUrl = setStateToKbnUrl(
     '_a',
-    unsavedStateForLocator,
+    { ...unsavedStateForLocator, expandedPanelId: hasExpandedPanel },
     { useHash: false, storeInHashQuery: true },
     unhashUrl(baseUrl)
   );

src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/use_dashboard_menu_items.tsx

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export const useDashboardMenuItems = ({
         savedObjectId: lastSavedId,
         isDirty: Boolean(hasUnsavedChanges),
         getDashboardState: () => dashboard.getState().explicitInput,
+        hasExpandedPanel: dashboard.getExpandedPanelId(),
       });
     },
     [dashboardTitle, hasUnsavedChanges, lastSavedId, dashboard]