Is it Necessary to create layout.xml for massDelete file?

Question

here my delete action

<action name="delete">
        <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
            <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="type" xsi:type="string">delete</item>
                <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Delete</item>
                <item name="url" xsi:type="url" path="faq/cat/massDelete"/>
                <item name="confirm" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="title" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Delete FAQs</item>
                    <item name="message" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Are you sure you wan't to delete selected FAQs?</item>
                </item>
            </item>
        </argument>
    </action>

when I clicked on delete not working

Answer 1

no need to create XML file for that.

you just need to controller file for that.

ComnayName\ModuleName\Controller\Adminhtml\Index\massDelete.php

Make sure name of file is massDelete not massdelete.

Hope it will help you.

Answer 2

yes It is Necessary, You can this code in your Layout.xml files:-

<massaction name="listing_massaction">
                <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="selectProvider" xsi:type="string">module_index_grid.module_index_grid.module_columns.ids</item>
                        <item name="indexField" xsi:type="string">module_id</item>
                    </item>
                </argument>
                <action name="delete">
                    <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
                            <item name="type" xsi:type="string">delete</item>
                            <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Delete</item>
                            <item name="url" xsi:type="url" path="module/index/massDelete"/>
                            <item name="confirm" xsi:type="array">
                                <item name="title" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Delete</item>
                                <item name="message" xsi:type="string" translate="true">wan't to delete selected items?</item>
                            </item>
                        </item>
                    </argument>
                </action>            
 </massaction>