Using WorkspaceAPI to change the tab label

By: Aakanksha Singh On: February 7, 2018

Generally, while creating a lightning tab we provide a label to it. If you want to change the label you have to edit it, through the setup menu. What if you get to know that you can edit some tab labels through a button? Yes, you can. Of course, there are some ground rules. Let’s get started with discussing it.

Ground Rules

Please make sure your domain is registered. Refer to this blog: Domain Registration
We will be using workspaceAPI. It is only supported in Lightning Apps with Console navigation.

Change the Tab Label

Let’s get started with the code to change the tab label.
Component-

<aura:component implements="flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes" access="global" >
    <lightning:workspaceAPI aura:id="workspace" />
    <lightning:button label="Set Focused Tab with Label" onclick="{! c.setFocusedTabLabel }" />
 </aura:component>

Controller-

({
    setFocusedTabLabel : function(component, event, helper) {
        var workspaceAPI = component.find("workspace");
        workspaceAPI.getFocusedTabInfo().then(function(response) {
            var focusedTabId = response.tabId;
            workspaceAPI.setTabLabel({
                tabId: focusedTabId,
                label: "Focused Tab"
            });
        })
        .catch(function(error) {
            console.log(error);
        });
    }
})

Note :
1) Add the components to Home page and Contact Record Home page in lightning experience.
2) Create a Lightning App with Console Navigation.
3) Make sure you add Home and Account tab to the app.

Output

Here is the output:

Click on Set Focused Tab with Label button.

You can also use the same code to change the label of the subtags in the console app. Refer to the example below:

Click on Set Focused Tab with Label button.

Support

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