---
title: "Breaking: #69276 - ElementBrowserController::$browser removed"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-69276"
source: "Changelog/7.5/Breaking-69276-ElementBrowserControllerbrowserRemoved.rst"
typo3-version: "7.5"
typo3-major: 7
type: "breaking"
issue: 69276
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/69276"
tags: ["PHP-API", "Backend"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #69276 - ElementBrowserController::$browser removed {#breaking-69276}

See [forge#69276](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/69276)

## Description {#description}

The `$browser` member variable of `TYPO3CMSRecordlistControllerElementBrowserController` has been removed.

## Impact {#impact}

Any third party code accessing `$GLOBAL['SOBE']->browser` will break.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

Installations using third party code, which accesses `$GLOBAL['SOBE']->browser`.

## Migration {#migration}

If the code is extending one of the ElementBrowser tree classes, the protected member variable `$elementBrowser` can
be used to access the underlying ElementBrowser instance.

If your code is using the ElementBrowser tree classes, an instance of `ElementBrowser` has to be injected using the setter.