[TYPO3-v4] Virtual TCA fields

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Francois Suter wrote:
> I seem to remember that such a topic was already discussed at least
> once, but I can't find track of it.
> 
> What would it take in your opinion to add "virtual" fields to the TCA. I
> mean fields that would be rendered in TCEforms, based on their TCA
> configuration, but that would not have a database counterpart.
> 
> This would probably always be user-defined fields. It would be a great
> enhancement IMO as it could be used to define fields that display
> additional information based on the values of other fields. I have more
> than a few use cases in mind when having such a possibility would help
> improve usability, in particular to generate previews of various things.

My first idea would be to try a "user" field and use t3lib_tceforms
functions to generate actual controls. But this is a custom solution, of
course.

Probably a new flag in TCA config ("virtual => true) should do the trick.

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