Action On Export

Elementor Pro Advanced

Best practice is to exclude action settings when exporting Elementor data. If your form action adds some settings (action controls), you should not export them.

On Export Method

The method that excludes data from the export process is called on_export(). This method can be used to exclude action data when you export.

class Elementor_Test_Action extends \ElementorPro\Modules\Forms\Classes\Action_Base {

	public function on_export( $element ): array {

		return $element;

	}

}

• On Export - The on_export() method is used to clear settings when exporting. The $element parameter is an array containing the data of the exported element.

Exclude Settings

In the following example will register a new section with two controls - an api key and an app id. Then we will exclude them from the exported data:

class Elementor_Test_Action extends \ElementorPro\Modules\Forms\Classes\Action_Base {

	public function register_settings_section( $widget ): void {

		$widget->start_controls_section(
			'custom_action_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Custom Action', 'textdomain' ),
				'condition' => [
					'submit_actions' => $this->get_name(),
				],
			]
		);

		$widget->add_control(
			'custom_action_api_key',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'API Key', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TEXT,
			]
		);

		$widget->add_control(
			'custom_action_app_id',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'App ID', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TEXT,
			]
		);

		$widget->end_controls_section();

	}

	public function on_export( $element ): array {

		unset(
			$element['custom_action_api_key'],
			$element['custom_action_app_id'],
		);

		return $element;

	}

}