[TYPO3-workspace] How to best solve a long-standing bug with versions and the Web > List view

[François Suter]

Hi all,

I stumbled upon a long-standing bug related to the Web > List module and 
the versions/workspaces and I would like to discuss possible solutions 
before working out a patch. Here's an example scenario:

- modify a content element (for example, its title) => this creates a 
version
- click the delete icon in Web > List view and say ok => the version has 
been deleted, but the record is still here

In other words, the deletion - in this case - is equivalent to 
discarding the changes.

I don't think that this is a proper behavior. I would expect the delete 
command to supersede any changes and really mark the element for 
deletion. OTOH we could also issue an error message to the effect that 
the element has been modified and cannot be deleted before changes are 
discarded.

What do you think?

Note: the same happens when trying to delete from the docheader while 
editing the element.

In general I am unsure about how the workspaces/version sysexts are 
expected to work with the Web > List module.

As an aside, deleting a record in a workspace seems not to work, but 
that's because the list module does not display it as deleted anymore. 
It's a separate issue, which I will report (as fas as I could tell it 
was not reported yet).

And there's also a bug about hiding/unhiding, which has a patch pending 
in the core list (see http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11303).

Cheers

-- 
Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch