[TYPO3-core] RFC: Bug #11005: Browse Links Popup shows no files when all file types are allowed

[Jeff Segars]

On 4/15/10 7:56 AM, Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Jeff Segars wrote:
>> Solution:
>> Modify the browse links class to convert the wildcard parameter into an
>> empty string which will show all files.
>
> +1 by reading and testing. The patch is not made against the TYPO3 root, so
> it has to be applied from inside the typo3/ directory.
>
>> Additional Notes:
>> #1 - I'm attaching a test extension that modifies the images field in
>> tt_content to allow all file types.
>
> For some reason it depends on 'tx' :)
>
>> #2 - An alternative approach would be to patch
>> t3lib_div::getFilesInDir() to accept a wildcard character or empty
>> string. We could also patch the the code that creates the URL for the
>> browse links popup, but I think both of these options are more invasive
>> so I feel little safer with the current patch
>
> I agree.
>

Dang, I can't even complain about a late night since I posted this at 
3:04 my time :)  Will post updates for both later today.  Thanks for the 
review, even with a messy patch and text extension.