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Adding elements to the Content Element Wizard

The content element wizard can be fully configured using TSConfig. The API described here should not be used for the purpose of customizing this wizard.

However for extension authors, it provides a way of registering their plugin with the new content element wizard.

Basically it is about adding a class reference to the $GLOBALS['TBE_MODULES_EXT']['xMOD_db_new_content_el']['addElClasses'] global array. The keys in this array are class names and the values are the absolute paths to these class. The class must have a proc() method.

Here is some code from the "examples" extension, to register the "pierror" plugin with the wizard. First of all, the class is declared:

// Add "pierror" plugin to new element wizard
if (TYPO3_MODE == 'BE') {
        $TBE_MODULES_EXT['xMOD_db_new_content_el']['addElClasses']['tx_examples_pierror_wizicon'] = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::extPath($_EXTKEY) . 'pierror/class.tx_examples_pierror_wizicon.php';
}

The EXT:examples/pierror/class.tx_examples_pierror_wizicon.php file looks like:

class tx_examples_pierror_wizicon {

        /**
         * Processing the wizard items array
         *
         * @param array $wizardItems The wizard items
         * @return array Modified array with wizard items
         */
        function proc($wizardItems)     {
                $wizardItems['plugins_tx_examples_pierror'] = array(
                        'icon' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::extRelPath('examples') . 'Resources/Public/Images/PiErrorWizard.png',
                        'title' => $GLOBALS['LANG']->sL('LLL:EXT:examples/locallang.xlf:pierror_wizard_title'),
                        'description' => $GLOBALS['LANG']->sL('LLL:EXT:examples/locallang.xlf:pierror_wizard_description'),
                        'params' => '&defVals[tt_content][CType]=list&&defVals[tt_content][list_type]=examples_pierror'
                );

                return $wizardItems;
        }
}

The proc() method receives the list of existing items in the wizard and adds a new one to it. The first three properties are quite easy to understand. The "params" property defines the default values to be added to the new record link so that the right type of content element (and plugin in this case) is already selected. This uses the syntax demonstrated in the Links to edit records chapter.

The result can be seen in the new content element wizard:

The entry added in the plugin list of the new content element wizard