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Special Configuration introduction¶
In relation to "types"-configuration it is possible to pass special
parameters to a field only for certain "types"-configurations. For
instance you can define that a text field should not wrap text lines
for certain types. The following definition (in the "tx_examples_dummy"
table of the "examples" extension) adds a nowrap
configuration to the
"description field":
'0' => array('showitem' => 'hidden;;;;1-1-1, record_type;;;;2-2-2, title;;;;3-3-3, description;;;nowrap, some_date;;1 '),
The field itself is defined absolutely normally:
'description' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_examples_dummy.description',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'text',
'cols' => 50,
'rows' => 3
)
)
The result is a textarea field where lines are not wrapped automatically when reaching the width of the box:

A text field which does not wrap automatically¶
The point of setting nowrap
in the "types"-configuration is that
under other "types"-configurations the field will wrap lines.
Likewise you can configure an RTE to appear for a field only if a
certain type of the record is set and in other cases not.
Default Special Configuration (defaultExtras)¶
Since "types"-configuration does not apply for FlexForms and since a
feature available as special configuration is sometimes needed
regardless of type value you can also configure the default value of
the special configuration. This is done with a key in the
['columns'][field name]
array. Thus, the alternative configuration for the
example above could be:
'description' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_examples_dummy.description',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'text',
'cols' => 50,
'rows' => 3
),
'defaultExtras' => 'nowrap'
)
and the nowrap
parameter doesn't appear in the "types"-configuration
anymore:
'0' => array('showitem' => 'hidden;;;;1-1-1, record_type;;;;2-2-2, title;;;;3-3-3, description, some_date;;1 '),
This works equally well.