[Typo3-dev] How do I change the position of an added field in the BE records editor?

[franz ripfel]

Hi Derek,

have a lot at the file: TYPO3 Core APIs on
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/Matrix/

There you get a detailled description about BE-Interface stuff.

In your BE, select Modul "Configuration" and the $TCA.
This would be the one for table fe_users.
$TCA['fe_users']['types']['0']['showitem'] = ...

You just need to modify this in your extension, file ext_tables.php.
Take care to install your extension at last, so it won´t be overridden.

Franz

> Hello all;
>
> First post; please be gentle :)
>
> I am working on a google maps extension for t3, and one of the
> requirements is that I can map locations by their address using the
> geocoder.us service (yeah, US only I am afraid. I am actually a canuck,
> so I can't use it personally either). I needed to add a field for state,
> and was able to do so easily, but I am having a hell of a time modifying
> it so that it sits at the top, right under city, in the BE forms. I
> found the documentation here:
> http://typo3.org/fileadmin/typo3api-3.8.0/df/d58/t3lib_2class_8t3lib__extmgm_8php-source.html#l00250
> but it is pretty impenetrable, and the api shows a one liner example
> that is not a very clear explanation.
>
> I guess I am hoping that somebody has done this already, and can just
> tell me which extension it is in so I can duplicate it by example. Some
> more details on the format of this string (which is used to set
> position, but I cannot get it to work):
> $beforelist="keywords,--palette--;;4,description"
> would also be really helpful.
>



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