[TYPO3-dev] Re: [TYPO3-core] RFC: #8623: Shortcut mode also to the parent page

[Steffen Kamper]

"Benjamin Mack" <benni at typo3.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1212838908.27386.typo3-team-core at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hey Steffen,
>
> Steffen Kamper wrote:
>> I agree. It's always confusing to have shortcut and external url. If you 
>> can't use shortcut, you use external url for the same reason, this makes 
>> no sense imho.
>> A pagetype "link" with link_browser and some additional params would 
>> solve all issues imho, and it's easy to understand the concept, isn't it?
>
> The problem for me is:
>
> Sometimes you have Internal / External URL in the pages TCA, but then a 
> file link is also an external link. Then you have the different concept in 
> the Element Browser, so for me it makes sense to unify this a bit more 
> (yes... I know that the technical implementation is different for internal 
> and external URLs).
>
> But let's keep the discussion down here a bit, sorry. If you're 
> interested, open up a thread in the dev list.
>
> -- 
> greetings,
> benni.
> -SDG-

Hi Benni,

so i answer now in dev to keep the RFC clean, you're right.
When selecting a internal or external link in link_browser you can 
difference very easy, internal links always use pid, external an url, files 
a filename and email an email (surprise :-))
The most common reason to use such as pagetype is to have the link in the 
menu. i don't see a problem from technical as typolink, which is used, can 
difference the link types automatically

vg Steffen