[TYPO3-core] options.folderTree.altElementBrowserMountPoints

[Lorenz Ulrich]

Hi there

In TYPO3 4.x there was a nice TSconfig feature called 
"options.folderTree.altElementBrowserMountPoints". It added a folder to 
the Element Browser (not the file list!) as read-only mount. With this 
feature, you could allow linking to a file even the user cannot 
manipulate this file. I used this feature in bigger websites with many 
powerusers.

This feauture was removed silently and a ToDo was left in the core:
<https://git.typo3.org/Packages/TYPO3.CMS.git/blob/HEAD:/typo3/sysext/recordlist/Classes/Controller/ElementBrowserController.php#l136>

I made several attempts to convince people that this is an important 
feature but it didn't make it into 6.2 Alexander Stehlik coded a 
replacement that works fine and even displays the read-only mounts in 
the File List Module:

http://forge.typo3.org/issues/49391
https://review.typo3.org/#/c/25720/

How can we proceed in this case?

1. I don't know if Alex' implementation is considered OK as a 
replacement for the TSconfig setting. If so, I guess it will be merged 
at some point but I fear it won't be merged for 6.2 because it adds a 
database field!?

2. If it is not accepted and the TSconfig should be brought back for 
compatibility reasons, could it still make it into 6.2?

If 1. is the case, the documentation 
(http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TSconfigReference/UserTsconfig/Options/Index.html) 
needs to be updated to inform users that this feature was dropped in 6.x.

Thanks for your feedback.

Best regards,

Lorenz