[TYPO3-dev] Only showing a subset of items in a selectbox

[Franz Koch]

Hey,

>> you could use a itemsProcFunc and fetch the records of your selectbox
>> via custom queries if that would be an option.
>
> Yeah, I didn't think of that yet. If I now additionally find an easy way
> to configure which records to show, that's worth a try.

I still think a 'foreign_table_where' would be sufficient in your case. 
I assume your contacts table has a type field used for 
singleTableInheritance - right? So simply do this:

'foreign_table_where' => 'AND tx_yourext_domain_model_contact.type = 1' 
// if 1 is f.e. the type for manufacturers


When using a itemsProcFunc, you can also pass configuration options to 
it by simply declaring those in the procFunc scope IIRC. The 
documentation should give a definite answer about that - but it's for 
sure possible.
-- 
kind regards,
Franz Koch