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Documents the per-button label and permissions options for RelationController toolbarButtons, added in wintercms/winter#1574.

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    • Clarified toolbar button configuration, including optional labels and per-button permissions.
    • Documented that buttons are hidden when access is denied and their associated requests return HTTP 403.
    • Added guidance mapping button types to their protected handlers.

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The relation documentation describes optional labels and permissions for toolbar buttons. It states that inaccessible buttons are hidden and their associated AJAX handlers return HTTP 403. The toolbarButtons option description now documents per-button permission restrictions.

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The documentation promises server-side permission enforcement, but the referenced framework change is still open. If the docs are published before that protection is available, integrators may rely on restrictions that do not protect direct AJAX requests; coordinate publication with implementation.

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A button can also be defined as an array with an optional `label` and `permissions`. The [permissions](users#users-and-permissions) work the same as for [form fields](forms#field-options): only one of them is needed to grant access. A button the user has no access to is hidden, and the AJAX handlers that perform its action abort with a 403 error.

```yaml
items:
label: Invoice Line Item
view:
list: $/acme/pay/models/invoiceitem/columns.yaml
toolbarButtons:
create: Add a line item
delete:
label: Remove line item
permissions: [acme.pay.delete_invoice_items]
```

Button | Protected handlers
------------- | -------------
`create` | `onRelationManageCreate`
`update` | `onRelationManageUpdate`
`delete` | `onRelationManageDelete`
`add`, `link` | `onRelationManageAdd`, `onRelationManagePivotCreate`
`remove`, `unlink` | `onRelationManageRemove`

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sed -n '70,108p' backend/relations.md
rg -n 'toolbarButtons|checkPermission|permissions|onRelation' modules/backend

Repository: wintercms/docs

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printf '%s\n' '--- candidate files ---'
rg --files | rg '(^|/)(relations|relation|backend|forms|users|controllers|ajax|permissions)'
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!vendor/**' --glob '!node_modules/**' -e 'onRelationManageCreate' -e 'onRelationManageUpdate' -e 'onRelationManageDelete' -e 'onRelationManageAdd' -e 'onRelationManagePivotCreate' -e 'onRelationManageRemove' -e 'toolbarButtons' -e 'permissions' .

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🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/wintercms/winter "onRelationManagePivotCreate" "onRelationManageCreate" relation controller permissions

💡 Result:

In the current `develop` implementation, **neither handler has a built-in permission check**:

- `onRelationManageCreate()` initializes the relation and saves the related model.
- `onRelationManagePivotCreate()` initializes the relation and syncs selected models with pivot data.
- The behavior does define `readOnly`, but I found no `hasAccess` check in the behavior source. So hiding controls via read-only/UI configuration should not be treated as authorization for direct AJAX calls. ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wintercms/winter/develop/modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php))

Winter’s backend controller checks the controller’s `$requiredPermissions` when processing non-public actions. For relation-specific permissions, add explicit checks in controller overrides of these handlers—or enforce the rule in model authorization/validation—before delegating to the RelationController behavior. ([github.com](https://github.com/wintercms/winter/blob/develop/modules/backend/classes/Controller.php?utm_source=openai))

**Scope:** This is based on the `develop` branch source, not a specified release; behavior in another version remains unverified.

Citations:

- 1: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wintercms/winter/develop/modules/backend/behaviors/RelationController.php
- 2: https://github.com/wintercms/winter/blob/develop/modules/backend/classes/Controller.php?utm_source=openai

🌐 Web query:

Winter CMS pull request 1574 RelationController toolbarButtons permissions onRelationManageCreate onRelationManageUpdate onRelationManageDelete onRelationManageAdd onRelationManageRemove onRelationManagePivotCreate

💡 Result:

PR **#1574** (“Add permissions to relation toolbar buttons”) proposes permission-aware `RelationController` toolbar buttons. For example, a button can be configured with a `label` and `permissions`; it’s hidden if the current backend user lacks any configured permission, and the corresponding action handler returns **403** if access is denied. (GitHub pull request 1574 in wintercms/winter (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

The permission checks map to handlers as follows:

- `create` → `onRelationManageCreate`
- `update` → `onRelationManageUpdate`
- `delete` → `onRelationManageDelete`
- `add` / `link` → `onRelationManageAdd` and `onRelationManagePivotCreate`
- `remove` / `unlink` → `onRelationManageRemove` (GitHub pull request 1574 in wintercms/winter (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

The PR is **open**, not merged, and targets `develop`; these changes are therefore proposed behavior, not confirmed as available in a released version. (GitHub pull request 1574 in wintercms/winter (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference))

Citations:

- 1: GitHub pull request 1574 in wintercms/winter (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: GitHub pull request 1574 in wintercms/winter (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 3: GitHub pull request 1574 in wintercms/winter (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

Do not publish this permission contract before the core change is merged.

wintercms/winter#1574 is still open, so the documented behavior is not part of develop. The current RelationController handlers, including onRelationManageCreate() and onRelationManagePivotCreate(), do not enforce the per-button permission or return HTTP 403. Integrators can therefore configure permissions without the documented protection.

Suggested fix
--- "a/backend/relations.md"
+++ "b/backend/relations.md"
@@ -77,27 +77,6 @@
         recordsPerPage: 10
 ```
 
-A button can also be defined as an array with an optional `label` and `permissions`. The [permissions](users#users-and-permissions) work the same as for [form fields](forms#field-options): only one of them is needed to grant access. A button the user has no access to is hidden, and the AJAX handlers that perform its action abort with a 403 error.
-
-```yaml
-items:
-    label: Invoice Line Item
-    view:
-        list: $/acme/pay/models/invoiceitem/columns.yaml
-        toolbarButtons:
-            create: Add a line item
-            delete:
-                label: Remove line item
-                permissions: [acme.pay.delete_invoice_items]
-```
-
-Button | Protected handlers
-------------- | -------------
-`create` | `onRelationManageCreate`
-`update` | `onRelationManageUpdate`
-`delete` | `onRelationManageDelete`
-`add`, `link` | `onRelationManageAdd`, `onRelationManagePivotCreate`
-`remove`, `unlink` | `onRelationManageRemove`
 
 The following options are then used for each relationship name definition:
 
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Review comment at @backend/relations.md around lines 80 - 101:
Remove the documentation in backend/relations.md that presents per-button
permissions and 403 enforcement as available behavior, including its example and
protected-handlers table. Keep unrelated relation-button documentation
unchanged.

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Each handler only checks the button of its own view mode.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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