[Typo3] change order of records in dropdown (BE)

[Steven Bagshaw]

Hi Pieter,

If I understand correctly what you're trying to do, I think you need to
modify the tca.php file for your extension.

Find where the columns are specified for "show" and then find the column you
store the location in and modify the foreign_table_where value.

Here's an example...

"location_id" => Array (
            "exclude" => 1,
            //snipped
                "foreign_table" => "user_yourextension_location",
                "foreign_table_where" => "ORDER BY
user_yourextension_location.name",    // <------- sorting
                "size" => 1,
//snipped - etc etc

Is this what you wanted?

Steve

"Pieter Jelle" <pieter.jelle at invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:mailman.1.1118274892.2376.typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hello all
>
> I have written an extension which uses a few tables, two of which are
> 'show' and 'location'. When adding a show in the backend, I can select a
> location from the list of available locations. However, that list is not
> sorted alphabetically on the field 'name', but sorted on uid. Is there a
> way to get this list to show in alphabetical order?
> I used kickstarter to lay the foundations for this extension, and I told
> Typo3 to sort on the 'name'-field (using "If Manual ordering is not set,
> order the table by this field:"), but this does not seem to have any
effect.
> I have been looking in the source of Typo3 for quite some time now to
> find how and where to change this (since I couldn't find a way to
> configure this), but to no avail. Any help on how to do this or where to
> look would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks
> Pieter Jelle