[TYPO3-mvc] Backend Trees - how did you solve those?

[Marc Bastian Heinrichs]

Am 23.10.10 01:45, schrieb Franz Koch:
> Hey list,
> 
> I'm currently in need of a tree view of extbase records for a TCEForms 
> select field - in detail a category selection rendered as tree (quite 
> common usecase though).
> 
> Before I start working on something I wanted to ask you folks how you 
> solved it in your extensions. Did you work with the extbase models for 
> creating/rendering the tree, or did you use some good old custom DB 
> queries and patched everything up? As the category selection might 
> become quite complex I dislike a simple selectbox/group-field approach.
> 
> I'm also interested in what you actually did in detail - 'cuz I'm not 
> that familiar with TCEForms and treeViews. I know there's a abstract 
> treeView available in the core, but didn't check that out yet, because 
> in my attempts to render a nice tree some years ago this tree class was 
> a mess and only meant for pageTrees.