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Function Menu modules

For some old-styles modules it is possible to register additional functions that will be added to the function menu. It is not possible to do so for newer modules. It is not known yet whether such a feature will be introduced or not.

The modules to which functions can be added are WEB > Info, WEB > Functions and WEB > Template.

Function Menu modules are accessed through the function menu of the host module:

The function menu with the registered function modules

In this example the WEB > Functions module is the host backend module and the selector box in the upper left corner shows the two Function menu modules attached to WEB > Functions.

Registering Function Menu modules

Function Menu modules are registered in an extension's ext_tables.php (example taken from system extension "wizard_crpages"):

if (TYPO3_MODE === 'BE') {
    \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::insertModuleFunction(
        'web_func',
        \TYPO3\CMS\WizardCrpages\Controller\CreatePagesWizardModuleFunctionController::class,
        null,
        'LLL:EXT:wizard_crpages/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:wiz_crMany'
    );
    ...
}

Because a Function Menu module lives in the environment of its host backend module, it does not need a full declaration like backend modules. It is just a class that is called when the menu item is selected.

Basic framework

The Function Menu module class inherits from class \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Module\AbstractFunctionModule. It is expected to implement a main() method, which must return the content to display.

The host backend module is accessible using the $pObj member variable.