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[FEATURE] Allow disabling the container backend template #762

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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions Classes/Tca/ContainerConfiguration.php
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ContainerConfiguration
protected string $description = '';
protected array $grid = [];
protected string $icon = 'EXT:container/Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg';
protected string $backendTemplate = 'EXT:container/Resources/Private/Templates/Container.html';
protected ?string $backendTemplate = 'EXT:container/Resources/Private/Templates/Container.html';
protected string $gridTemplate = 'EXT:container/Resources/Private/Templates/Grid.html';
protected array $gridPartialPaths = [
'EXT:backend/Resources/Private/Partials/',
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public function setIcon(string $icon): ContainerConfiguration
return $this;
}

public function setBackendTemplate(string $backendTemplate): ContainerConfiguration
public function setBackendTemplate(?string $backendTemplate): ContainerConfiguration
{
$this->backendTemplate = $backendTemplate;
return $this;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -147,11 +147,17 @@ public function getIcon(): string
return $this->icon;
}

public function getBackendTemplate(): string
public function getBackendTemplate(): ?string
{
return $this->backendTemplate;
}

public function disableBackendTemplate(): ContainerConfiguration
{
$this->backendTemplate = null;
return $this;
}

public function isRegisterInNewContentElementWizard(): bool
{
return $this->registerInNewContentElementWizard;
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Classes/Tca/Registry.php
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Expand Up @@ -283,10 +283,12 @@ public function getPageTsString(): string
$defaultGroup = 'container';
$cTypesExcludedInNewContentElementWizard = [];
foreach ($GLOBALS['TCA']['tt_content']['containerConfiguration'] as $cType => $containerConfiguration) {
$pageTs .= chr(10) . 'mod.web_layout.tt_content.preview {
if ($containerConfiguration['backendTemplate'] !== null) {
$pageTs .= chr(10) . 'mod.web_layout.tt_content.preview {
' . $cType . ' = ' . $containerConfiguration['backendTemplate'] . '
}
';
}
// s. https://docs.typo3.org/c/typo3/cms-core/main/en-us/Changelog/13.0/Breaking-102834-RemoveItemsFromNewContentElementWizard.html
if ($containerConfiguration['registerInNewContentElementWizard'] === false) {
$group = $containerConfiguration['group'] !== '' ? $containerConfiguration['group'] : $defaultGroup;
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ This is an example of creating a two-column container. The code snippet goes int
| Method name | Description | Parameters | Default |
| ----------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- |
| `setIcon` | icon file, or existing icon identifier | `string $icon` | `'EXT:container/Resources/Public/Icons/Extension.svg'` |
| `setBackendTemplate` | Template for backend view| `string $backendTemplate` | `EXT:container/Resources/Private/Templates/Container.html'` |
| `setBackendTemplate` | Template for backend view| `?string $backendTemplate` | `EXT:container/Resources/Private/Templates/Container.html'` |
| `disableBackendTemplate` | Disables the backend template for this CType (shortcut for `setBackendTemplate(null)`), if you want another preview mechanism (e.g. EXT:backenlayout) | - | - |
| `setGridTemplate` | Template for grid | `string $gridTemplate` | `'EXT:container/Resources/Private/Templates/Grid.html'` |
| `setGridPartialPaths` / `addGridPartialPath` | Partial root paths for grid | `array $gridPartialPaths` / `string $gridPartialPath` | `['EXT:backend/Resources/Private/Partials/', 'EXT:container/Resources/Private/Partials/']` |
| `setGridLayoutPaths` | Layout root paths for grid | `array $gridLayoutPaths` | `[]` |
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