Backend modules API¶

Changed in version 12.0

Registration of backend modules was changed with version 12. Read more: Backend module configuration.

This chapter describes the API that can be used to create custom backend modules in extensions. See the following chapter for a tutorial on how to create custom backend modules.

Backend GUI ¶

Describes the graphical user interface structure of a backend module and defines how the different parts are called.

Backend module configuration ¶

Howto register custom modules provided by extensions.

Toplevel modules ¶

Lists all toplevel modules available by default and explains how to register custom toplevel modules.

ModuleProviderAPI ¶

The ModuleProvider API, allows extension authors to work with the registered modules.

BeforeModuleCreationEvent ¶

The PSR-14 BeforeModuleCreationEvent allows extension authors to manipulate the module configuration before it is used to create and register the module.

Button components ¶

The menu button bar of a backend module can hold various components.

Override backend templates ¶

Backend templates can be overridden via page TSconfig. But you should be careful: backend templates are mostly not API and can break on updates.

Tutorial and how to ¶

Learn how to create a backend module step-by-step.