[TYPO3-dev] Display a plug-in's field in the content element form

[Francois Suter]

Hi all,

I am trying to get my extension's field to be displayed when 
creating/modifying a content element in the BE.

Here's the beginning of the code, as generated by the Kickstarter (just 
a small modification on line 2, to exclude 2 more fields):

t3lib_div::loadTCA('tt_content');
$TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist'][$_EXTKEY.'_pi1']='layout,select_key,pages,recursive';
$TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_addlist'][$_EXTKEY.'_pi1']='';


t3lib_extMgm::addPlugin(array('LLL:EXT:myext/locallang_db.xml:tt_content.list_type_pi1', 
$_EXTKEY.'_pi1'),'list_type');


t3lib_extMgm::addStaticFile($_EXTKEY,"pi1/static/","Cash Machine");


if (TYPO3_MODE=="BE") 
$TBE_MODULES_EXT["xMOD_db_new_content_el"]["addElClasses"]["tx_myext_pi1_wizicon"] 
= t3lib_extMgm::extPath($_EXTKEY).'pi1/class.tx_myext_pi1_wizicon.php';

$tempColumns = Array (
	"tx_myext_confirmation_page" => Array (		
		"exclude" => 1,		
		"label" => 
"LLL:EXT:myext/locallang_db.xml:tt_content.tx_myext_confirmation_page",		
		"config" => Array (
			"type" => "group",	
			"internal_type" => "db",	
			"allowed" => "pages",	
			"size" => 1,	
			"minitems" => 0,
			"maxitems" => 1,
		)
	),
);

t3lib_div::loadTCA('tt_content');

Now here comes the inclusion code. If I use this:

t3lib_extMgm::addToAllTCAtypes("tt_content","tx_myext_confirmation_page;;;;1-1-1");

the field gets added to all content elements, which is not what I want. 
I tried to limit that by filling the type argument but it doesn't work:

t3lib_extMgm::addToAllTCAtypes("tt_content","tx_myext_confirmation_page;;;;1-1-1",$_EXTKEY.'_pi1');

I found the reason why by checking inside 
t3lib_extMgm::addToAllTCAtypes() the list of types that were checked, 
and it is only the page types and content element types. Not the plugin 
types.

Looking at other extensions, I tried this:

$TCA['tt_content']['types'][$_EXTKEY.'_pi1']['showitem'] = 
"tx_myext_confirmation_page;;;;1-1-1";

but it didn't help. Then I selected the "Apply a set of extended fields" 
in the Kickstarter and told it to add the field to tt_content, and it 
changed the line to that:

t3lib_extMgm::addTCAcolumns("tt_content",$tempColumns,1);

but still no luck.

I'm at my wits' end. Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance

-- 

Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch