[TYPO3-dev] Using/implementing ExtJS widgets for backend TCE form fields

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

> has anybody tried implementing ExtJS widgets, as replacement
> for the default TCE form elements in the backend?
>
> I'm asking, because I'd need a scalable solution for displaying
> and selecting child and parent categories for a record. Imho
> the existing solutions out there, implemented in cal or commerce,
> are not that flexible and/or useable with a huge category tree.
>
> Would it be easy to implement ExtJS widgets or are there maybe
> any other efficient solutions for alternative backend form fields?

The most "advanced" instance of this I'm aware of is provided by extension Address [1].

HTH

[1] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-addresses

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