[TYPO3-core] RFC #16006: Feature - Remove the checkbox that clears the input fields in TCE-forms and replace it with a sprite icon

[Alexander Stehlik]

Hi François,

thanks for the reply and opening the issue.

I checked the current trunk and at the moment the clear button is 
rendered in all input fields.

The checkbox Option is not used at all and if this is the desired 
behaviour it should also be removed from 
t3lib_TCEforms::getSingleField_typeInput. If nobody objects I will file 
a new bug for cleaning this up.

Otherwise I will file a new bug that the checkbox option should be 
respected again by only rendering the clear button if this setting is true.

Kind regards,
Alex




I checked the current trunk and at the moment the

Am 17.02.2011 15:35, schrieb François Suter:
> Hi Alexander,
>
>> Another thing I noticed: There is a bug in this patch that makes the
>> checkbox option completely obsolete:
>>
>> if (isset($config['checkbox'])) {
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> This check is always true because if "checkbox" was not set in the
>> configuration it is defaulted to an empty string or "0". The result ist,
>> that the clear button is shown in all input fields no matter if checkbox
>> was configured or not.
>>
>> If this is the desired behaviour the checkbox configuration can be
>> removed completely and also the documentation for this feature can be
>> updated that this option is not available any more for 4.5.
>
> You're right, this is a change of behavior. As far as I can tell this
> was intentional and I think the original behavior was rather weird.
> However there's something about a second patch in the original post,
> which I will follow up on.
>
> In the meantime I have opened an issue in the TCA reference tracker in
> order not to forget to update the description:
>
> http://forge.typo3.org/issues/13137
>
> Cheers
>