How to truly disable ActionColumns' button

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1

I can simply add disabled class to any Bootstrap 5 button:

<?= Html::a(Yii::t('backend-views', 'Delete'), ['delete', 'id' => $model->id], [
    'class' => 'btn btn-danger' . (($totalSum > 0) ? ' disabled' : ''),
    'data' => [
        'confirm' => Yii::t('views', 'Are you sure you want to delete this user?'),
        'method' => 'post',
    ],
]) ?>

And I can be sure that both button’s look will change (into dimmed one) and this button won’t trigger click anymore.

How can I achieve the same with ActionColumn’s buttons?

I know how to hide some ActionColumn’s button – using visibleButtons property seems most convenient. There are number of topics about this (here, here and here). But how to disable it?

2

Because drawing buttons is drawing just links with correct CSS you can easily customize it by writing your own callbacks to $buttons property. Extend the example from API:

https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-grid-actioncolumn#$buttons-detail

3

That’s the whole point. I don’t want to recreate (in my custom class) the whole rendering / drawing process that is nicely done in ActionColumn class. I just want to apply “disabled” (or any other) class to selected button

So, the question is more like – if construction of ActionCloumn allows changing options / class / attributes of separate button? Or all buttons at all only?

Because in second case, using callback and designing own button drawing method seems to be the only way.