container

container

Path:$GLOBALS[‘TCA’][$table][‘ctrl’] Type:array Scope:Display

Array to configure additional items in render containers of FormEngine, see section Node expansion.

Next to single elements, some render container allow to be “enriched” with additional information via the “node expansion” API. Currently, the OuterWrapContainer implements fieldWizard and fieldInformation. InlineControlContainer implements fieldWizard and comes with the default wizard localizationStateSelector. Custom containers may implement expansion nodes, too, and if implemented correctly will automatically have their configuration merged with the definition provided in this TCA array.

The basic array looks like:

'ctrl' => [
   'container' => [
      'containerRenderType' => [
         'fieldWizard' => [
            'aName' => [
               'renderType' => 'aRenderType',
               'before' => ['anotherName'],
               'after' => ['yetAnotherName'],
               'disabled' => false,
               'options' => [],
            ],
         ],
      ],
   ],
],

• “renderType” refers to a registered node name from NodeFactory
• “before” and “after” can be set to sort single wizards relative to each other.
• “disabled” can be used to disable built in default wizards.
• Some wizards may support additional “options”.
• Note, next to “fieldWizard”, some containers may also implement “fieldInformation”, which can be manipulated the same way.

Examples

Disable a built-in wizard

'ctrl' => [
   'container' => [
      'inlineControlContainer' => [
         'fieldWizard' => [
            'localizationStateSelector' => [
               'disabled' => true,
            ],
         ],
      ],
   ],
],

This disables the default localizationStateSelector fieldWizard of inlineControlContainer.

Add your own wizard

Register an own node in a ext_localconf.php:

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['formEngine']['nodeRegistry'][1486488059] = [
   'nodeName' => 'ReferencesToThisRecordWizard',
   'priority' => 40,
   'class' => \T3G\AgencyPack\EditorsChoice\FormEngine\FieldWizard\ReferencesToThisRecordWizard::class,
];

Register the new node as “fieldWizard” of “tt_content” table in an Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tt_content.php file:

$GLOBALS['TCA']['tt_content']['ctrl']['container'] = [
   'outerWrapContainer' => [
      'fieldWizard' => [
         'ReferencesToThisRecordWizard' => [
            'renderType' => 'ReferencesToThisRecordWizard',
         ],
      ],
   ],
];

In PHP, the node has to implement an interface, but can return any additional HTML which is rendered in the “OuterWrapContainer” between the record title and the field body when editing a record:

A new field wizard in OuterWrapContainer