elementBrowserEntryPoints¶

elementBrowserEntryPoints (type => group)¶

Path: $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['columns'][$field]['config']
Type: array
Scope: Display

By default, the last selected page is used when opening the element browser. Setting this configuration value changes this behaviour.

This configuration value is a PHP array, containing table => id pairs. When opening the element browser for a specific table (buttons below the group field), the defined page is then always selected by default. There is also the special _default key, used for the general element browser button (on the right side of the group field), which is not dedicated to a specific table.

This configuration value also supports the known markers ###SITEROOT###, ###CURRENT_PID### and ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_<key>###.

Each table => id pair can also be overridden via page TSconfig.

Examples¶

Open the element browser on page 123 for tt_content elements¶

'simple_group' => [
    'label' => 'Simple group field',
    'config' => [
        'type' => 'group',
        'allowed' => 'tt_content',
        'elementBrowserEntryPoints' => [
            'tt_content' => 123,
        ]
    ]
],

This could then be overridden via page TSconfig:

TCEFORM.my_table.simple_group.config.elementBrowserEntryPoints.tt_content = 321

Since only one table is allowed, the defined entry point is also automatically used for the general element browser button.

Open the element browser on different pages for tt_content and news records¶

In case the group field allows more than one table, the _default key has to be set:

'extended_group' => [
    'label' => 'Extended group field',
    'config' => [
        'type' => 'group',
        'allowed' => 'tt_content,tx_news_domain_model_news',
        'elementBrowserEntryPoints' => [
            '_default' => '###CURRENT_PID###' // E.g. use a special marker
            'tt_content' => 123,
            'tx_news_domain_model_news' => 124,
        ]
    ]
],

Of course, the _default key can also be overridden via page TSconfig:

TCEFORM.my_table.extended_group.config.elementBrowserEntryPoints._default = 122