[TYPO3-core] RFC: Feature Request #5610: Extend TCEFORM_confObj on Page TSconfig by property filterItems

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Hi,

Oliver Hader wrote: on 15.01.2008 16:57:

> Problem:
> In Page TSconfig there are currently these possibilities to manipulate 
> the items of a select field:
> TCEFORM.<table>.<field> {
>   addItems.123 = new item
>   removeItems = 234,456
> }
> 
> This works only relatively to a given set of items. It is not possible 
> with these both methods to set/filter the items exactly to a predefined 
> set.
> 
> Solution:
> The solution is a new feature "filterItems" - all other (available!) 
> values which are not defined in the "filterItems" are cut off.
> 
> Example:
> TCEFORM.<table>.<field>.filterItems = 110,101,111
> 
> Documentation changes:
> See attached text file.
> 
> Bugtracker references:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=5610
> 
> Branch: Trunk

Haven't reviewed the patch, but the naming is a bit misleading in my 
eyes. For me "filtering" means excluding something (to filter "out"), 
while the new property seems to leave only the entries defined here. So 
maybe the property should be called "onlyItems" or "removeAllButItems" 
or something.

And in the bugtracker there is a mention to ".ignore", how is this 
difference from listing the property in the "filterItems" list itself? 
e.g. why is this:

TCEFORM.pages.doktype {
   filterItems = 1,2,255
   filterItems.ignore = --div--
}

different from this:

TCEFORM.pages.doktype {
   filterItems = 1,2,255,--div--
}

?

Cheers,
Ernesto