disable custom button with action trigger on mulitple select

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I understand that in Business Central, custom action buttons can be disabled automatically when multiple records are selected on a list page if action button does not have OnAction trigger.

But how can a custom action button that includes an OnAction trigger be disabled.

For context, I need to run code from the action button 'test action' for a selected record, but I want the button to be disabled when multiple records are selected.

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Pallavi Phade 5,420 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Namaste @Ahsan baig 123

Can you do below things and verify . We usually do this to make action visible and to execute script.

1) Remove Page-Link and add necessary filters to table and run the action

2) Add below Properties

3) Add script in Trigger - OnAction() . I used xmlport , you can use your object

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Rishabh Kanaskar 6,219 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Business Central does not automatically disable actions with OnAction when multiple records are selected. You must handle it manually.
Solution: Use the OnAfterGetCurrRecord trigger (or OnOpenPage) to check if multiple records are selected and control the Enabled property via a Boolean variable.

Example:

pageextension 50100 CustomerListExt extends "Customer List"
{
actions
{
addlast(Processing)
{
action(MyAction)
{
Caption = 'My Action';
Enabled = EnableMyAction;
trigger OnAction()
begin
// Your logic here
end;
}
}
}

var
EnableMyAction: Boolean;

trigger OnAfterGetCurrRecord()
var
SelectedRecs: Record Customer;
begin
CurrPage.SetSelectionFilter(SelectedRecs);
EnableMyAction := SelectedRecs.Count = 1;
end;
}

This disables the button when more than one record is selected.

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Rishabh

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RockwithNav 8,959 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Why not to give an error message when multiple records are selected, instead of hiding it.

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Sumit Singh 11,757 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi Ahsan,

Use a Boolean bound to Enabled and recompute it from the current selection.
CurrPage.SetSelectionFilter gives you the selected rows; disable the action unless exactly one row is selected.
This keeps the button disabled when multiple records are selected, while still running your OnAction code for a single selection.

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