[TYPO3-core] RFC: Feature #5690 - TCEforms: add inline editing of secondary options

[Thomas Hempel]

Hi,

>> Solution:
>> I suggest to change the function of the "more options" button for each 
>> palette. By pressing the icon, the secondary options are displayed 
>> right beyond the normal fields like in "Show secondary options" mode 
>> but only in that section.
> 
> first of all: great idea!
> 
> second: there's room for improvement ;-)
> 
> basically this means that the secondary palettes are rendered always. 
> Now thinking further this could lead to the following:
> 
> instead of reloading the page when selecting the checkbox to always show 
> the secondary palette this should just trigger a JS function to make all 
> secondary options visible without reloading the page.
You're right, a reload doesn't make sense with the new behavior. I asked Martin and he will 
implement this.

> 
> more improvement:
> to keep it consistant with the current behaviour (TYPO3 remembers the 
> state of that checkbox), their should be an AJAX request updating the BE 
> users's uc data with the state of the checkbox.
I'll have a look at this. But does it really make sense, that we store for each palette in each 
table if it is displayed or not? I'm not sure about that.


Greets,
Thomas


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