[TYPO3-dev] Extending the Element Browser

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Förthner wrote:
> just an update. I played a bit around with the hooked element browser
> but now I found out that it is not a good way of doing it. I still want
> just to add a new tab in the eb and don't want to recode everything. The
> hook works for this so far, as I can add a new mode to the eb. But I am
> not able to use this new mode, because there is no link to it. This is
> where the tabs should be extended.

What you can do is write a hook for adding tabs to the Element Browser,
and file a feature request on bugs.typo3.org asking to integrate the new
hook into the next TYPO3 release.

The you just write a very small XCLASS that adds the hook for
compatibility with older versions.

cheers
Ingmar