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

[Uschi Renziehausen]

bernd wilke wrote:

>> But I still do not understand why quite a few of you people do not see a
>> natural difference between a shortcut and an external page. Obviously
>> you use external page for some nifty tricks.Which ones? I am curious to
>> know!
> 
> one example: jump to an internal page with some special GET-parameters. 
> e.g. some special preselected views of an extension.
> as you can't provide paramters to a shortcut you have to use external, 
> also the target is in the tree. :-(
>

Thanks for enlightenment. In this special case I would suggest that the 
doktypes Standard, Shortcut, and Advanced should learn to accept 
GET-parameters somehow, while External should stay as it is.

Any other funny uses of doktype External?

Regards, Uschi

> bernd