# Quick Action API Considerations

Before working with the Lightning Quick Action JavaScript API methods, review some considerations that might impact your implementation.

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The Lightning Quick Action JavaScript APIs can only interact with quick actions that are targetable on the page. Review the following support.

- Targetable: An action that displays in the highlights panel, including the dropdown action overflow
- Targetable: An action that displays in the publisher, including the More overflow
- Targetable: An action that’s nested in an accordion component section or tab that’s expanded by default
- Not targetable: An action that’s nested in an accordion component section or tab that’s not expanded by default\*

  \*The action becomes targetable after a user opens the accordion section or tab containing the action.

If you use the Lightning Quick Action JavaScript APIs in custom code in a Lightning app, the targeted quick actions must be visible on the page. If you target an action that isn’t visible on the page, it fails.
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The Quick Action APIs work with most action types.

| Action Type        | Supported? | Notes                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------ | :--------: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Create a Record    |     Yes    | Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.                                                                                                                         |
| Custom Visualforce |     Yes    | Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object. To work with these action types, use the `getCustomAction` method. Other methods aren’t supported for this action type. |
| Flow               |     No     | Results in error.                                                                                                                                                       |
| Log a Call         |     Yes    | Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.                                                                                                                         |
| Aura Component     |     Yes    | Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object. To work with these action types, use the `getCustomAction` method. Other methods aren’t supported for this action type. |
| Send Email         |     Yes    | Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.                                                                                                                         |
| Update a Record    |     Yes    | Supported in all Lightning apps, on any object.                                                                                                                         |

The `lightning:quickActionAPI` component supports utility popout. However, the `getCustomAction` method doesn’t work with utility popout yet. The Salesforce Classic Publisher APIs also support utility popout if you place them in a Visualforce page that’s used in the utility bar. The `customActionMessage` doesn’t support utility popout either.

The Quick Action APIs don’t support the following items.

- Opportunity products
- Knowledge articles
- Crew Size field on the Service Crew object
- Social quick action in the case feed publisher provided with Social Customer Service
- Experience Cloud sites—the `lightning:quickActionAPI` component doesn’t work in Experience Cloud sites