[TYPO3-rte] Configuring the RTE for a specific field (help for core documentation)

[Stanislas Rolland]

Hi François,
> 
> I'm currently refreshing the core manuals and in particular the Core 
> APIs. I'm stumbling on the examples about RTE configuration for specific 
> TCA fields, since they were written before rtehtmlarea became the 
> official RTE.
> 
> The documentation mentions that it's possible to restrict the available 
> options with a syntax like:
> 
> 'defaultExtras' => 'richtext[bold|italic]'
> 
> in the column configuration or something similar in the type-configuration.
> 
> While the above does have an impact (for example, I don't see the 
> alignment options anymore), it does not restrict the buttons to just 
> bold and italic.
> 
> So the question is: does this syntax still make any sense with regards 
> to rtehtmlarea or should it marked as deprecated? Or is there a 
> different syntax, adapted to rtehtmlarea?
> 
The syntax still applies. However, the purpose of this TCA setting is 
not to restrict the available options but to ensure that some required 
options are present; the effect is to add the specified buttons to 
whatever buttons are specified by PageTSConfig property showButtons.

Regards,
Stanislas