selectAction()

Last updated 2/02/2026

The

selectAction()

is a function on the

Five

object that selects an action to take the place of the current action without leaving the current menu.

Because the menu context is preserved, the original action is not lost, you can call

previousAction()

to return to the action that was replaced.

info

You can find an examples on the following:

• selectAction()
  and
  previousAction()
  being used together in our Learning Resources.
• selectAction()
  in our How to Guides.

Available

Client

Function Signature

selectAction(actionId: string [, recordKey: string] [, pageID: string]) : void;

Parameter	Type	Description
actionID	string	The action ID for the action being selected
recordKey	string	Optional, if the action ID is a form based action, you can optionally select a form record using the record key
pageID	string	Optional, you can optionally specify the pageID to select the associated tab on the form

Examples

selectAction()