ModifyInlineElementControlsEvent

New in version 12.0: This event, together with ModifyInlineElementEnabledControlsEvent serves as a more powerful and flexible replacement for the removed hook $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SC_OPTIONS']['t3lib/class.t3lib_tceforms_inline.php']['tceformsInlineHook']

This event is called after the markup for all enabled controls has been generated. It can be used to either change the markup of a control, to add a new control or to completely remove a control.

API

class TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Form\Event\ModifyInlineElementControlsEvent

Listeners to this Event will be able to modify the controls of an inline element

getControls()

Returns all controls with their markup

Return type:array

setControls(array controls)

Overwrite the controls

Parameters:

• $controls (array) – the controls

getControl(string identifier)

Returns the markup for the requested control

Parameters:

• $identifier (string) – the identifier

Return type:

string

setControl(string identifier, string markup)

Set a control with the given identifier and markup IMPORTANT: Overwrites an existing control with the same identifier

Parameters:

• $identifier (string) – the identifier
• $markup (string) – the markup

hasControl(string identifier)

Returns whether a control exists for the given identifier

Parameters:

• $identifier (string) – the identifier

Return type:

bool

removeControl(string identifier)

Removes a control from the inline element, if it exists

Parameters:

• $identifier (string) – the identifier

Return type:

bool

Returns:

Whether the control could be removed

getElementData()

Returns the whole element data

Return type:array

getRecord()

Returns the current record of the controls are created for

Return type:array

getParentUid()

Returns the uid of the parent (embedding) record (uid or NEW…)

Return type:string

getForeignTable()

Returns the table (foreign_table) the controls are created for

Return type:string

getFieldConfiguration()

Returns the TCA configuration of the inline record field

Return type:array

isVirtual()

Returns whether the current records is only virtually shown and not physically part of the parent record

Return type:bool

Example

Registration of the Event in your extensions’ Services.yaml:

my_extension/Configuration/Services.yaml

MyVendor\MyPackage\Backend\MyEventListener:
  tags:
    - name: event.listener
      identifier: 'my-package/backend/modify-enabled-controls'
      method: 'modifyEnabledControls'
    - name: event.listener
      identifier: 'my-package/backend/modify-controls'
      method: 'modifyControls'

The corresponding event listener class:

use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Form\Event\ModifyInlineElementEnabledControlsEvent;
use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Form\Event\ModifyInlineElementControlsEvent;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\Icon;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\IconFactory;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;

class MyEventListener {

    public function modifyEnabledControls(ModifyInlineElementEnabledControlsEvent $event): void
    {
        // Enable a control depending on the foreign table
        if ($event->getForeignTable() === 'sys_file_reference' && $event->isControlEnabled('sort')) {
            $event->enableControl('sort');
        }
    }

    public function modifyControls(ModifyInlineElementControlsEvent $event): void
    {
        // Add a custom control depending on the parent table
        if ($event->getElementData()['inlineParentTableName'] === 'tt_content') {
            $iconFactory = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(IconFactory::class);
            $event->setControl(
                'tx_my_control',
                '<a href="/some/url" class="btn btn-default t3js-modal-trigger">' . $iconFactory->getIcon('my-icon-identifier', Icon::SIZE_SMALL)->render() . '</a>'
            );
        }
    }

}