[TYPO3-dev] Creating a new Category (besides web, user, admin, ...) for a BE-Module

[Thomas F.]

Hello list,

i've got a question. The situation is: i'm programming an Extbase 
extension (a backend module making tt_news and directmail work together 
and adding some own functionality), which works quite well (thanks to 
the Extbase team!).

But we need the module to appear in its own category; not under "Web", 
"Admin", "Tools" or whatsoever.
I've taken a good look around (i suppose) and tried adapting the old 
TYPO3-behavior to my Extbase extension, meaning i tried using the 
ext_tables.php t3lib_extMgm::addModule-Function. But the problem - as i 
soon discovered - seems to be that this is just not adaptable (as the 
addModule()-function uses the module's path inside the extension as a 
parameter... but in Extbase there just is no such path).

So my next approach was to have a look whether there are any extensions 
built using Extbase as a dependency, hoping to find at least one which 
creates a new module category. So i went on and searched, but there was 
none (at least i didn't find any).

And now my question is: is this kind of functionality just not 
implemented or probably not intended? If not (as i desperately hope), is 
there anyone out there who might puke me into the right direction?

Thanks and
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Best regards/viele Grüße,
thomas fricke
web-entwickler