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@ryanmakes/side-pane-studio

v1.0.1

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Do you also think Side Panes are the bees knees but sorely under utilzied due to complicated implementation? With Side Pane Studio you can Build, Preview and Generate Code. Now you can give those Model Driven Forms some rizz

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Side Pane Studio

Side Pane Studio is a visual builder for Dynamics 365 and Power Apps model-driven app side panes. It runs inside Power Platform Toolbox (PPTB), lets makers configure a pane without hand-writing JavaScript, previews the result, and generates the code needed to open the pane from a form, grid, command bar button, field change, or manual script.

What It Builds

Side panes can target:

  • Custom pages
  • Dataverse table records
  • Dataverse table lists
  • HTML or JavaScript web resources
  • Dashboards
  • Global search results

The generated configuration includes pane presentation, target content, trigger wiring, context handling, and behavior options such as pane reuse, expansion, and closing other panes.

Usage Guide

Start with the basic usage guide for the end-to-end workflow: connect PPTB, configure a target, preview the pane, generate code, and deploy the result into a model-driven app.

Requirements

  • Node.js 18 or newer for local development
  • PPTB with an active Dataverse connection for full runtime use
  • Access to a Dynamics 365 or Power Apps model-driven app environment

Local Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the Vite dev server:

npm run dev

Build the package:

npm run build

Run tests:

npm test

Run type checking:

npm run typecheck

Project Structure

  • src/ - React app, services, types, and PPTB integration code.
  • src/components/ - Workbench panels, preview UI, config inputs, and output UI.
  • src/services/ - Code generation, validation, metadata, and form XML helpers.
  • documentation/ - User-facing guides and supporting docs.

Notes

Side Pane Studio saves the current configuration through PPTB settings when available, so the last pane setup can be restored the next time the tool opens.