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Special Configuration options

Keywords

This table lists the options for keywords in a special configuration. Each keyword is followed by a value wrapped in [] (square brackets).

It is possible to use several keywords. Each must be separated by a colon (:). See examples below.

nowrap

Keyword

nowrap

Description

Disables line wrapping in "text" type fields.

Value syntax

[no options]

richtext

Keyword

richtext

Description

Enables the RTE for the field and allows you to set which toolbar buttons must be shown on top of the existing configuration.

Value syntax

Blank, * or

keywords separated by "|"

Examples

richtext[*] = all RTE options

richtext[] = inherit default configuration

richtext[cut|copy|paste] = ensures that cut, copy and paste options are shown regardless of RTE configuration

See RTE API for more details.

rte_transform

Keyword

rte_transform

Description

Configuration of RTE transformations and other options.

See table for a list of possible key values.

Value syntax

key1=value2|key2=value2|key3=value3|...

Examples

rte_transform[key1=value1|key2=value2|key3=value3]

fixed-font

Keyword

fixed-font

Description

Use a monospace font in "textarea" type fields.

Value syntax

[no options]

enable-tab

Keyword

enable-tab

Description

Enable tabulator inside "textarea" type fields.

Value syntax

[no options]

rte_only

Keyword

rte_only

Description

If set, the field can only be edited with a Rich Text Editor - otherwise it will not show up.

Value syntax

boolean (0/1)

static_write

Keyword

static_write

Description

This allows to configure a field value to be written to a file.

See below for explanations about keys f1-f5.

Value syntax

f1|f2|f3|f4|f5

wizards

Keyword

wizards

Description

Used to specifically enable wizards configured for a field. See option "enableByTypeConfig" in the wizard configuration.

Value syntax

wizard-key1|wizard-key2|...

Examples

wizards[table]

rte_transform[] key/value pairs

flag

Keyword

flag

Description

This points to a field in the row which determines whether or not the RTE is disabled. If the value of the field is set, then the RTE is disabled.

Value syntax

Field name

Examples

rte_transform[flag=rte_disable]

mode

Keyword

mode

Description

Configures which transformations the content will pass through between the database and the RTE application.

Value syntax

Transformation keywords separated by dashes ("-").

The order is calling order when direction is "db".

See ` RTE API <#Transformation%20overview%7Coutline>`_ section for list of transformations available.

Examples

rte_transform[mode=ts_css-images]

imgpath

Keyword

imgpath

Description

This sets an alternative path for Rich Text Editor images. Default is configured by the value $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['RTE_imageStorageDir'] (default is "uploads/").

Value syntax

path relative to PATH_site, e.g. "uploads/rte_test/"

Example - Setting up Rich Text Editors

Let's take another table from the "examples" extension to look at how to set up a text will with a RTE. The table "tx_examples_haiku" contains a column called "poem" on which we want to have the RTE. Its configuration looks like this:

     'poem' => array(
             'exclude' => 0,
             'label' => 'LLL:EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_examples_haiku.poem',
             'config' => array(
                     'type' => 'text',
                     'cols' => 40,
                     'rows' => 6,
                     'softref' => 'typolink_tag,images,email[subst],url',
             ),
             'defaultExtras' => 'richtext[]:rte_transform[mode=tx_examples_transformation-ts_css]:static_write[filename|poem]'
     ),

Concentrate on just the highlighted line. This example contains no additional configuration (notice the empty square brackets), meaning the RTE will inherit from the TYPO3-wide configuration (as defined by Page and User TSconfig). This may look like this (depending on your local RTE configuration):

Activated RTE in a text field

The "poem" text field with the RTE activated

static_write[] parameters

f1

Keyword

f1

Description

The field name which contains the name of the file being edited. This filename should be relative to the path configured in $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['staticFileEditPath'] (which is fileadmin/static/ by default).

The file must exist and be writable.

f2

Keyword

f2

Description

The field name which will also receive a copy of the content (in the database).

This should probably be the field name that carries this configuration.

f3

Keyword

f3

Description

The field name containing the alternative subpart marker used to identify the editable section in the file.

The default marker is ###TYPO3_STATICFILE_EDIT### and may be encapsulated in HTML comments. There must be two markers, one to identify the beginning and one for the end of the editable section.

Optional.

f4

Keyword

f4

Description

The field name of the record which - if true - indicates that the content should always be loaded into the form from the file and not from the duplicate field in the database.

f5

Keyword

f5

Description

The field name which will receive a status message as a short text string.

Optional.

Example - Write to static file

Let's go back to the above example and look at the second part of the defaultExtras configuration (in the highlighted line):

     'poem' => array(
             'exclude' => 0,
             'label' => 'LLL:EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_examples_haiku.poem',
             'config' => array(
                     'type' => 'text',
                     'cols' => 40,
                     'rows' => 6,
                     'softref' => 'typolink_tag,images,email[subst],url',
             ),
             'defaultExtras' => 'richtext[]:rte_transform[mode=tx_examples_transformation-ts_css]:static_write[filename|poem]'
     ),

This configuration means that the content of the "poem" field will be written to the file given in "filename". It looks like this in the BE:

File name for static storage

The field containing the file name to write to

Before saving the content of fileadmin/static/myhaiku.txt must be:

###TYPO3_STATICFILE_EDIT###
###TYPO3_STATICFILE_EDIT###

After saving the content of fileadmin/static/myhaiku.txt looks like this:

###TYPO3_STATICFILE_EDIT###
Documentation
Community is happy
If kept up to date
###TYPO3_STATICFILE_EDIT###