---
title: "Deprecation: #86192 - Protected methods in ElementBrowserController"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:deprecation-86192"
source: "Changelog/9.5/Deprecation-86192-ProtectedMethodsInElementBrowserController.rst"
typo3-version: "9.5"
typo3-major: 9
type: "deprecation"
issue: 86192
forge: "https://forge.typo3.org/issues/86192"
tags: ["Backend", "PHP-API", "NotScanned", "ext:recordlist"]
rendered: "2026-09-20T18:31:11+00:00"
---

# Deprecation: #86192 - Protected methods in ElementBrowserController {#deprecation-86192}

See [forge#86192](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/86192)

## Description {#description}

The following methods of class `\TYPO3\CMS\Recordlist\Controller\ElementBrowserController`
changed their visibility from public to protected and should not be called any longer:

-   `main()`

## Impact {#impact}

Calling the above method from an external object will trigger a PHP `E_USER_DEPRECATED` error.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

The method is called internally only. Extensions are usually not affected by this.

## Migration {#migration}

Use the entry method `mainAction()` that returns a PSR-7 response object.