---
title: "Important: #91123 - Avoid using BackendUtility::viewOnClick"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:important-91123"
source: "Changelog/11.0/Important-91123-AvoidUsingBackendUtilityViewOnClick.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Important: #91123 - Avoid using BackendUtility::viewOnClick

See [forge#91123](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/91123)

## Description

`BackendUtility::viewOnClick()` is not used anymore in TYPO3 core to
reduce the amount of inline JavaScript being generated in the backend user
interface. `\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\PreviewUriBuilder` should be
used instead.

Probably `BackendUtility::viewOnClick()` will be deprecated in TYPO3 v11
and finally removed in TYPO3 v12.0 - for TYPO3 v10 LTS it's still available.

The following example demonstrates how implementations can be adjusted to
make use of the new functionality without using inline JavaScript.

```php
$onclick = \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility::viewOnClick(
    $pageId, $backPath, $rootLine, $section,
    $viewUri, $getVars, $switchFocus
);
$serializedAttributes = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::implodeAttributes([
    'href' => '#',
    'onclick' => $onclick,
], true);
$html = '<a ' . $serializedAttributes . '>...</a>';
```

Above code snipped can be migrated to the following, given that RequireJS module
`TYPO3/CMS/Backend/ActionDispatcher` is loaded (which basically is the case
in most backend modules).

```php
 $attributes = \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\PreviewUriBuilder::create($pageId, $viewUri)
     ->withRootLine($rootLine)
     ->withSection($section)
     ->withAdditionalQueryParameters($getVars)
     ->buildDispatcherDataAttributes([
         \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Routing\PreviewUriBuilder::OPTION_SWITCH_FOCUS => $switchFocus,
     ]);
$serializedAttributes = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::implodeAttributes([
    'href' => '#',
    'data-dispatch-action' => $attributes['data-dispatch-action'],
    'data-dispatch-args' => $attributes['data-dispatch-args'],
], true);
$html = '<a ' . $serializedAttributes . '>...</a>';
```

Generated `$attributes` can be used directly of course, the example above
was used to actually show the result and existence of those new data-attributes.