[TYPO3-dev] Extending the Element Browser

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Förthner wrote:
> finally I'm there. My hook works for the elementbrowser, but not in
> htmlarea. This is because htmlarea uses a copy of the standard eb class.
>  As far as I've seen it's the same like the eb in wizard mode, the only
> difference is that there is no hook? Why that? Do I have to XCLASS
> htmlarea? I don't understand why htmlarea doesn't use the standard
> class, because all the rte specific functions are also in it.

The reason why HTMLArea doesn't use the new main Element Browser class
is that it just came too late. I guess for TYPO3 4.1 HTMLArea will be
changed to use the new class, but I think Stanislas made a good decision
in not using the new class so shortly before the release of 4.0.

cheers
Ingmar