[TYPO3-core] RFC #8177: top.loadTopMenu undefined

[Steffen Kamper]

"Benjamin Mack" <benni at typo3.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1211194152.27029.typo3-team-core at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hey team,
>
> this is a SVN patch request.
>
> Branches: TYPO3-4.2 =/ trunk
>
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=8177
>
> Problem: The new backend that was introduced in TYPO3 4.2 does not offer
> the possibility to load content in the topframe anymore. However there
> are certain extensions that still use a direct call to top.loadTopMenu
> (which was the default in TYPO3 3.6 or so, and was copied over to their
> extension then). However, in the meantime, we had the switch to e.g.
> show the clickmenu not in the topMenu but in a div through AJAX. Since
> TYPO3 4.0 we have a minimum requirement for IE 6 which supports AJAX,
> but we still had the option to have the clickmenu loaded in the topMenu.
> However this is obsolete now and in fact, the new backend.php removed
> this function completely, so nothing happens if the topmenu should be
> loaded.
>
> Solution: Therefore I introduced a stub function with an alert message
> to let the user know that he is using an old extension. It should be
> reported to the BT so we can inform the user. Apart from that we don't
> need to the "isCMLayers" check and switches anymore so I set them to
> deprecated.
>
> Notes: Should IMHO go in to 4.2.1
>

Hi Benni,

i tested your patch and it works.

One remark - a user may log in with backend_old and then old behaviour 
should stay, so i would use
$GLOBALS['BE_USER']->uc['interfaceSetup'] and look if it is 'backend_old' to 
differ.

vg Steffen