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

[Dan Osipov]

+1 from reading

Thanks Benni!


Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://phillyburbs.com/

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> 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 However this is obsolete now and in fact, the new backend.php removed 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
> 
>