[TYPO3-core] RFC: #7307 - Open Documents Fixes - Part 1

[Benjamin Mack]

Commited my last patch to 4.2 (rev. #3263). Thanks!

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> this is a SVN patch request.
> 
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=7307
> 
> Branches: 4.2
> 
> Problem & Solution:
> 1. The new opendocs toolbar item did not work for quite some time as 
> functionality was accidentally removed from alt_doc.php. So I 
> reimplemented this feature and the menu works again.
> 2. I also implemented a simple access check so you can disable the 
> toolbarItem through UserTSconfig (has to be documented! I will not 
> forget that).
> 
>   backendToolbarItem.tx_opendocs.disabled = 1
> 
> 3. Additionally we wanted to show the number of opened documents in the 
> toolbar, so I used the getUpdateSignal() in t3lib_BEfunc and rewrote it. 
> Before there was only one function getSetUpdateSignal() which I did not 
> like because it was used to get and to set the updatesignal, whether 
> there was a parameter or not. This is not good code IMHO so I split it 
> in two parts by still keeping backwards compatibility with the old 
> function. This function was used to add JScode at the bottom of a page 
> and was hardcoded to only update the pagetree if an update was needed. I 
> implemented a hook so it is possible for extensions (like tx_opendocs) 
> to use this updater as well. I actually use this to update the number of 
> opened documents.
> 
> 4. I also did some minor fixes to the code.
> 
> So, this brings back the full functionality to the tx_opendocs finally. 
> There are still things to be done before the final release, but I'd like 
> to get your guys' opinion of the code before beta2 (and before I commit 
> this :)).
> 
> These tasks are still open for the opendocs - toolbar:
> 
> * Search icon still has to be at the end of the toolbar
> * Styling of the topbar
> * The menu entries should be rendered through recordItems with icon etc.
> * There should be an option to close the records through the menu
> * If menu is opened and a document is closed, it should be refreshed as 
> well (trivial)
> 
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