[TYPO3-dam-devel] RFC #9646: DAM does not honour config['selectedListStyle'] and config['itemListStyle']

[Dan Osipov]

I applied the patch, and inserted the two lines into ext_tables, yet the 
categories field is the same height as before...
I have no categories in my installation - should it automatically expand 
if I have more than fit?

Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

Uschi Renziehausen wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have made a new version of the patch, because while trying to find a 
> decent field order I found that one more thing is missing.
> 
> When editing metadata manually, on top of Tab Overview some data that 
> have been added by automatic indexing are shown:
> - the (internal) title,
> - the filename,
> - dimensions, filesize and color space (images only)
> 
> What is missing here is the filepath. To see it, becomes important 
> especially if you open up the edit form coming from Media>List. 
> Currently, to see the path, you have to scroll down until you come to 
> the Files section, which should be moved to Extra data, because you 
> cannot edit it and it just blows up tab Overview.
> 
> Unfortunately all the stuff that is displayed on top is hardcoded in 
> that field is hardcoded in dam/lib/class.tx_dam_tcefunc.php.
> For immediate needs (target version 1.1) I have added the filepath 
> hardcoded, in future versions this should become configurable.
> 
> Other than that no visible changes are made so far. The patch just 
> ensures three things:
> 
> - Have relevant info from autoindexing at hand on top of Overview.
> - Enable the ability to resize the category field via $TCA via the usual 
> means which is currently impossible.
> 
> I also attach too more screenshots, one of them annotated.
> 
> Prosit, Uschi
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Uschi Renziehausen wrote:
>> This is a SVN patch request.
>> Branches: dam trunk, dam_index trunk
>> BT Reference:
>> Problem: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=9646
>>
>> When you try to get larger fields for selected item and the item list 
>> for assigning categories you will not get anywhere whith the usual 
>> $TCA settings
>> $TCA[theTable]['columns']['config']['selectedListStyle'] and
>> $TCA[theTable]['columns']['config']['itemListStyle']
>>
>> This is bad when you try to get larger fields for the category stuff 
>> (selecting a parent category or applying categories to media items)
>>
>> DAM insists on a width of 200px for the selectedList and a height of 
>> 96px for the height of the itemList.
>>
>>
>>
>> Solution:
>>
>> Teach tx_dam_tceFunc->getSingleField_selectTree() to respect the 
>> appropriate TCA settings.
>>
>>
>> How to test this patch:
>>
>> In an extTables.php loaded after dam define the following:
>>
>> $GLOBALS['T3_VAR']['ext']['dam']['TCA']['category_config']['itemListStyle'] 
>> = 'width:280px;height:400px;';
>> $GLOBALS['T3_VAR']['ext']['dam']['TCA']['category_config']['selectedListStyle'] 
>> = 'width:260px';
>>
>> Note: I want to put the category selection into an own tab. Especially 
>> the fact that the current itemList is only 96px high just drives me 
>> nuts as an editor.
>> To get an impression of what I am trying to achieve see the attached 
>> screenshot.
>>
>> Prosit, Uschi
>>
>>
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