[TYPO3-dev] idea: new TCA field type MultiField - a stripped down FlexForm

[Martin Kutschker]

Steffen Kamper schrieb:
> Hi Masi,
> 
> good that you bring that up.
> I think flexforms gives all what you need therefor.

Dmitry explained why it's not easy. IIRC it was the section feature of
the flex forms. But IMHO the localization and the - as I perceive it -
wrong storage method, doesn't make it easier.

> What is missing is a way in TS to address that fields correctly.

That's only one part. The other other is missing the configuration
options in the BE. I hate the fact that mayn plugins come now with an
incredible huge plugin flexform with fields I cannot deactivate.

> i
> discussed a lot with Niels this issue, as this is a normal usecase in
> TV, where all fields are in flexforms.

AFAIK they were create or TV.

> It would be nice to use the XPath in TS to address like
> 10 = TEXT
> 10.field = container/el/field

Probabyl more like this:

10 = TEXT
10.field = flexformfiel
10.flexdata = container/el/field

> This might not cover your idea complete but would lead into this direction.

In a way yes. But I think that FF are just "too much". That's why I want
an small case version that implements only the "real stuff" without
fancy XML structures that have to be parsed again and again.

Masi