Limit the use of the same shortcut name when adding a shortcut

Signed-off-by: AmbrishRamachandiran <ambrish.r@infosys.com>

.changeset/nervous-suits-give.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-shortcuts': patch
+---
+
+Limit the use of the duplicate shortcut name when adding a shortcut

plugins/shortcuts/src/AddShortcut.tsx

@@ -67,12 +67,19 @@ export const AddShortcut = ({
     const shortcut: Omit<Shortcut, 'id'> = { url, title };
 
     try {
-      await api.add(shortcut);
-      alertApi.post({
-        message: `Added shortcut '${title}' to your sidebar`,
-        severity: 'success',
-        display: 'transient',
-      });
+      if (api.get().some(shortcutTitle => shortcutTitle.title === title)) {
+        alertApi.post({
+          message: `Shortcut title already exist`,
+          severity: 'error',
+        });
+      } else {
+        await api.add(shortcut);
+        alertApi.post({
+          message: `Added shortcut '${title}' to your sidebar`,
+          severity: 'success',
+          display: 'transient',
+        });
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       alertApi.post({
         message: `Could not add shortcut: ${error.message}`,

plugins/shortcuts/src/EditShortcut.tsx

@@ -70,12 +70,19 @@ export const EditShortcut = ({
     };
 
     try {
-      await api.update(newShortcut);
-      alertApi.post({
-        message: `Updated shortcut '${title}'`,
-        severity: 'success',
-        display: 'transient',
-      });
+      if (api.get().some(shortcutTitle => shortcutTitle.title === title)) {
+        alertApi.post({
+          message: `Shortcut title already exist`,
+          severity: 'error',
+        });
+      } else {
+        await api.update(newShortcut);
+        alertApi.post({
+          message: `Updated shortcut '${title}'`,
+          severity: 'success',
+          display: 'transient',
+        });
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       alertApi.post({
         message: `Could not update shortcut: ${error.message}`,