[TYPO3-core] RFC: htmlArea RTE Position Accessibility icons

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Patrick Broens wrote: on 23.02.2007 08:54:

>>> Problem:
>>> In the extension configuration of htmlArea RTE is an option to add
>>> accessibility icons in front of the links. However, these icons are
>>> normally behind the link and not in front. We need to stick to the
>>> guidelines and what people are used to.
>>>
>>> Solution:
>>> I would like to add an extra option that puts the icons behind the links
>>> instead of in front of them. Administrators can still choose whether
>>> they want the icons in front or after the link.
>>>
>>> Additionally the current icons are not according the guidelines and are
>>> not representing their functionality. I would like to change them, but I
>>> think that can cause problems with existing websites. Therefor I would
>>> like to add new icons to the extension and refer to them in the manual
>>> how to change the default set.

I just saw your suggested icons, and I also like them. Maybe you should
just provide them in form of a extension in TER, which contains the
files and the proper PageTS to make use of them so one can install the
extension and start using the new icons right away.

>> - it does not seem to work here on my setup. In PageTS I can see that
>> RTE.classesAnchor.xxx.iconBehindLink = 1 is set for all types of links.
>> I reloaded everything from the server (no proxies, ctrl-reload in IE).
>> But images are still being placed before the link text.

> Delete all javascript files related to rtehtmlarea in typo3temp.

Ok, it works, thanks for the tip! Works fine. So +1 from me, with the
mentioned modifications (maybe you could repost the patch here with the
modifications so that others can review it).

Currently these helper images are hardcoded inside the content elements
and one cannot modify (or even remove) these globally. Therefor in the
long term I would rather like to see this functionality as part of
typolink. So parseFunc_RTE could generate those different
prefixed/suffixed images based on the type of the link at render time.
This would be a better way to separate the content (just links with a
class-specifier) and the design. Changing the icon set or removing this
image from the FE-output is then just a matter changing a switch somewhere.

> They
> are created when a new version of rtehtmlarea is installed an run for
> the first time. After this, the files are not generated anymore unless
> they are not present in the typo3temp directory anymore. They don't have
> to, when the version is still the same. In the case of this code review,
> the version hasn't changed as well, so you need to delete them manually
> when reviewing.

True. Any special reason why the used scripts are copied to typo3temp? I
guess to avoid the browser to use old cached scripts, right? Isn't that
a functionality that others extensions might also make use of? As far as
I can see this is currently implemented in
class.tx_rtehtmlarea_base.php. Could be a candidate for t3lib_div.

Cheers,
Ernesto