Answers.Body: <p>Your plugin has to create those routes &mdash; via <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/plugins/hooks-reference#registerCpRoutes" rel="nofollow"><code>registerCpRoutes()</code></a> &mdash; to match your desired URL structure.</p>
  
  <p>Routes either trigger a site template or a controller, as described in the <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/routing" rel="nofollow">Routing</a> docs. <em>(Craft's own internal convention is for CP routes to trigger a controller method, which sets up the request and renders your desired template.)</em></p>
  
  <p>You can look at Craft's own CP routes for inspiration in setting up your own; they're defined in <code>/app/etc/config/common.php</code>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In the Entries tab in the Control Panel, I see a list of Sources on the left hand side:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>All Entries</li>
  <li>Singles</li>
  <li>News</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>When I click on each of these sources the page filters the appropriate results in the body and the URL gets updated appropriately:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>All Entries => <code>/admin/entries</code></li>
  <li>Singles => <code>/admin/entries/singles</code></li>
  <li>News => <code>/admin/entries/news</code></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>This is nice as I can now send links to other people to a specific sub-section in the sources, with the contents already filtered.</p>
  
  <p>I've compared my code in the source <code>nav</code> to the code on the Entries Element Index page, and they are comparable, including passing the <code>data-handle</code> value to each source. But it's still not working in my Custom Element type. I must be missing something but I haven't yet figured out what.</p>
  
  <p>How do we get this behavior working for custom Element Types?</p>
  
Tags: <routes><elementtype><routing><sources>
Title: How do I setup my Element Types Sources for deep linking?
ThreadText: # How do I setup my Element Types Sources for deep linking?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-24)
  
  In the Entries tab in the Control Panel, I see a list of Sources on the left hand side:
  
  * All Entries
  * Singles
  * News
  
  When I click on each of these sources the page filters the appropriate results in the body and the URL gets updated appropriately:
  
  * All Entries => `/admin/entries`
  * Singles => `/admin/entries/singles`
  * News => `/admin/entries/news`
  
  This is nice as I can now send links to other people to a specific sub-section in the sources, with the contents already filtered.
  
  I've compared my code in the source `nav` to the code on the Entries Element Index page, and they are comparable, including passing the `data-handle` value to each source. But it's still not working in my Custom Element type. I must be missing something but I haven't yet figured out what.
  
  How do we get this behavior working for custom Element Types?
  
  **Tags:** routes, elementtype, routing, sources
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-14. Score: 1
  
  Your plugin has to create those routes — via [`registerCpRoutes()`](https://craftcms.com/docs/plugins/hooks-reference#registerCpRoutes) — to match your desired URL structure.
  
  Routes either trigger a site template or a controller, as described in the [Routing](https://craftcms.com/docs/routing) docs. *(Craft's own internal convention is for CP routes to trigger a controller method, which sets up the request and renders your desired template.)*
  
  You can look at Craft's own CP routes for inspiration in setting up your own; they're defined in `/app/etc/config/common.php`.
  
  
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