openUtility() for Lightning Experience

Opens a utility. If the utility is already open, this method has no effect. Only one utility can be open at a time. If another utility is already open, it is minimized.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
utilityId	string	The ID of the utility to open. Optional when called within a utility.

Sample Code

This component, when added to a single-column Lightning page used in a utility bar, opens the utility when the button is pressed.

Component code:

1<aura:component implements="flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes" access="global" >
2    <lightning:utilityBarAPI aura:id="utilitybar" />
3    <lightning:button label="Open Utility" onclick="{! c.openUtility }" />
4</aura:component>

Controller code:

1({
2    openUtility : function(component, event, helper) {
3        var utilityAPI = component.find("utilitybar");
4        utilityAPI.openUtility();
5    }
6})

Response

This method returns a promise that, upon success, resolves to true.

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openUtility() for Lightning Experience

Arguments

Sample Code

Response