[TYPO3-core] RFC:: Bug 7214: Integrate topMenu in backend.php

[Ingmar Schlecht]

Hi Benni,

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey Steffen,
> 
> thanks for this nice gem so the new backend.php is more 
> backwards-compatible. I actually thought Ingo mentioned that the top 
> menu is already extendable... dunno.
> 
> Anyway: +1 after testing (no code-review yet though, sorry).
> 
> Something else that came to my mind... in the user => setup module, 
> there is still an option which "backend view" should be displayed 
> (Select navigation mode). What should we do with that option? I don't 
> think it works with the new backend.php. Also, should we add an option 
> to switch back to the old backend?

Implementing the switch back to the old interface as an option sounds 
like a good way to me, that way you could also automatically switch back 
to the old interface if you selected something like "Icons in the top - 
menu". Currently you can only switch back to the old interface using the 
install tool (see [2]).

Another possibility which might come in handy for the future would be to 
extend that selectorbox so it can be populated by skin-extensions which 
would then use different stylesheets for e.g. backend.php [1] based on 
the selection in the User->Setup module.

cheers
Ingmar

[1] See patch in "[TYPO3-core] RFC: 7163: Make backend.php the default 
backend"

[2] See Ingo's earlier commit from today, "[TYPO3-core] FYI: added a way 
to skin the css files in backend.php"

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Ingmar Schlecht
TYPO3 Association Active Member