Listen for "Save" with useCMEditViewDataManager

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Hi, i am building a plugin where i inject a content manager component. Now, i want to listen to the “save” button, so when a user saves the entity, it fires a function in my component that saves the current data. Is that possible with the useCMEditViewDataManager hook?

I know about the content type lifecycle hooks (Models | Strapi Documentation), but (i think) you cant use them for a plugin, since you need to declare them in the /api folder.

Does anyone know what the best practice for this scenario is? I want to avoid adding a second “save” button in my component and have the user to press two buttons to save the entity.

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That’s not correct

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You can declare them in a plugin

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Using this method you can inject lifecycle in any content type

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From plugin

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You can check this for example

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I think i overlooked this. Thank you.