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Wizard scripts in the core

The wizard interface allows you to use any PHP-script for your wizards but there is a useful set of default wizard scripts available in the core of TYPO3. These are found mostly in typo3/sysext/backend/Classes/Controller/Wizard/.

Below is a description of each of them including a description of their special parameters and an example of usage.

Add wizard

This script links to a form which allows you to create a new record in a given table which may optionally be set as the value on return to the real form.

Properties

table

Key

table

Type

string

Description

Table to add record in.

pid

Key

pid

Type

int

Description

pid of the new record.

Several markers are available instead:

  • ###CURRENT_PID###

  • ###THIS_UID###

  • ###SITEROOT###

  • ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_ID###

  • ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_IDLIST###

  • ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_STR###

(see TCA/select for description)

setValue

Key

setValue

Type

"prepend", "set", "append"

Description

"set" = the field will be forced to have the new value on return

"append"/"prepend" = the field will have the value appended/prepended.

You must set one of these values.

Example

As an example, let's look at BE user records where one can see several wizards in use:

Add wizard icon

The icon of the add wizard

The wizard appears as a "+" icon. When clicked, the user is directed to a form where a new BE user group can be created:

New BE user group form

The form for creating a new BE user group, as a result of clicking the add wizard's icon

When the new group is saved and the user clicks the close button of the form the new group is automatically inserted as the list of selected groups.

The configuration looks like this:

'usergroup' => array(
   'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup',
   'config' => array(
      'type' => 'select',
      'foreign_table' => 'be_groups',
      'foreign_table_where' => 'ORDER BY be_groups.title',
      'size' => '5',
      'maxitems' => '20',
      'wizards' => array(
         '_VERTICAL' => 1,
         'edit' => array(
            'type' => 'popup',
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup_edit_title',
            'module' => array(
               'name' => 'wizard_edit',
            ),
            'popup_onlyOpenIfSelected' => 1,
            'icon' => 'actions-open',
            'JSopenParams' => 'height=350,width=580,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1'
         ),
         'add' => array(
            'type' => 'script',
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup_add_title',
            'icon' => 'actions-add',
            'params' => array(
               'table' => 'be_groups',
               'pid' => '0',
               'setValue' => 'prepend'
            ),
            'module' => array(
               'name' => 'wizard_add'
            )
         ),
         'list' => array(
            'type' => 'script',
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup_list_title',
            'icon' => 'actions-system-list-open',
            'params' => array(
               'table' => 'be_groups',
               'pid' => '0'
            ),
            'module' => array(
               'name' => 'wizard_list'
            )
         )
      )
   )
),

The highlighted lines are related specifically to the Add wizard. Note the reference to the wizard_add key. The "params" array instructs the Add wizard on how to handle the creation of the new record, i.e. which table, where to store it, etc.. In particular the "setValue" parameter tells the wizard script that the uid of the newly created record should be inserted in the relations field of the original record (the one where we clicked the Add wizard's icon).

Edit wizard

The Edit wizard gives you a shortcut to edit references in "select" or "group" type form elements. Again let's look at the BE user records:

Editing a record thanks to the wizard

Edit a related record directly thanks to the Edit wizard

When a record is selected and the Edit wizard button is clicked, that record opens in a new window for modification. Let's look again at the configuration (just the Edit wizard part):

'usergroup' => array(
   'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup',
   'config' => array(
      ...
      'wizards' => array(
         ...
         'edit' => array(
            'type' => 'popup',
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup_edit_title',
            'module' => array(
               'name' => 'wizard_edit',
            ),
            'popup_onlyOpenIfSelected' => 1,
            'icon' => 'actions-open',
            'JSopenParams' => 'height=350,width=580,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1'
         ),
         ...
      )
   )
),

The wizard is set to type popup which makes it so that the selected record will open in a new window. There are no parameters to pass along like there were for the Add wizard.

List wizard

This links to the Web > List module for only one table and allows the user to manipulate stuff there. Again, the BE user records have it:

The list wizard's icon

Click on the list icon wizard to switch to the Web > List view

By clicking the icon the user gets taken to the Web > List module. Notice the "Back" link found in the upper left corner, which leads back to the edit form.

Link back to the edit form

The back link will return the user to the edit form

This wizard has a few parameters to configure in the "params" array:

Properties

table

Key

table

Type

string

Description

Table to manage records for

pid

Key

pid

Type

int

Description

id of the records you wish to list.

Several markers are available instead:

  • ###CURRENT_PID###

  • ###THIS_UID###

  • ###SITEROOT###

  • ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_ID###

  • ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_IDLIST###

  • ###PAGE_TSCONFIG_STR###

(see TCA/select for description)

Example

For the BE users table, the configuration look like this (just the List-wizard part):

'usergroup' => array(
   'label' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup',
   'config' => array(
      ...
      'wizards' => array(
         ...
         'list' => array(
            'type' => 'script',
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.xlf:be_users.usergroup_list_title',
            'icon' => 'actions-system-list-open',
            'params' => array(
               'table' => 'be_groups',
               'pid' => '0'
            ),
            'module' => array(
               'name' => 'wizard_list'
            )
         )
      )
   )
),

In the "params" array the table and pid passed to the script is set.

Color picker

The color picker wizard allows you to select a HTML color value from a user-friendly pop-up box. The wizard type is "colorbox" which will first of all add a colored box next to an input field. Here's how it looks in a "haiku" record of the "examples" extension:

The color wizard's icon

Click on the color icon wizard to display a color selector

The color of the box is set to the value of the text field. Clicking the box will open a popup window with the full color picker wizard:

The color wizard's popup window

Full color selector, with palette, dropdown-menu and image

Here you can select from the web-color matrix, pick a color from the sample image or select a HTML-color name from a selector box.

The corresponding TCA configuration looks like this:

'color' => array(
   'exclude' => 0,
   'label' => 'LLL:EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_examples_haiku.color',
   'config' => array(
      'type' => 'input',
      'size' => 10,
      'eval' => 'trim',
      'wizards' => array(
         'colorChoice' => array(
            'type' => 'colorbox',
            'title' => 'LLL:EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_examples_haiku.colorPick',
            'module' => array(
               'name' => 'wizard_colorpicker',
            ),
            'JSopenParams' => 'height=600,width=380,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1',
            'exampleImg' => 'EXT:examples/res/images/japanese_garden.jpg',
         )
      )
   )
),

Notice the wizard type which is "colorbox".

Forms wizard

The forms wizard is used typically with the Content Elements, type "Mailform". It allows to edit the code-like configuration of the mail form with a more visual editor.

Properties

xmlOutput

Key

xmlOutput

Type

boolean

Description

If set, the output from the wizard is XML instead of the strangely formatted TypoScript form-configuration code.

Example

System extension "form" overrides the default "forms" wizard configuration to provide its more advanced visual editor (specific forms-wizard parameters highlighted):

$GLOBALS['TCA']['tt_content']['columns']['bodytext']['config']['wizards']['forms'] = array(
   'notNewRecords' => 1,
   'enableByTypeConfig' => 1,
   'type' => 'script',
   'title' => 'Form wizard',
   'icon' => 'EXT:backend/Resources/Public/Images/FormFieldWizard/wizard_forms.gif',
   'module' => array(
      'name' => 'wizard_form'
   ),
   'params' => array(
      'xmlOutput' => 0
   )
);

This is how it looks in a "mailform" content element:

The forms wizard's icon

Click on the forms icon wizard to display the forms editor

And this is the wizard's window:

The forms visual editor

The visual forms editor provided by the "form" system extension

Table wizard

The table wizard is used typically with the Content Elements, type "Table". It allows to edit the code-like configuration of the tables with a visual editor.

Properties

xmlOutput

Key

xmlOutput

Type

boolean

Description

If set, the output from the wizard is XML instead of the TypoScript table configuration code.

numNewRows

Key

numNewRows

Type

integer

Description

Setting the number of blank rows that will be added in the bottom of the table when the plus-icon is pressed. The default is 5, the range is 1-50.

Example

This is the configuration code used for the table wizard in the Content Elements:

'table' => array(
   'notNewRecords' => 1,
   'enableByTypeConfig' => 1,
   'type' => 'script',
   'title' => 'LLL:EXT:cms/locallang_ttc.xlf:bodytext.W.table',
   'icon' => 'EXT:backend/Resources/Public/Images/FormFieldWizard/wizard_table.gif',
   'module' => array(
      'name' => 'wizard_table'
   ),
   'params' => array(
      'xmlOutput' => 0
   )
),

This is how the wizard looks like:

The table visual editor

The visual table editor

RTE wizard

This wizard is used to show a "full-screen" Rich Text Editor field. The configuration below shows an example taken from the Text field in Content Elements:

'RTE' => array(
   'notNewRecords' => 1,
   'RTEonly' => 1,
   'type' => 'script',
   'title' => 'LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:bodytext.W.RTE',
   'icon' => 'EXT:backend/Resources/Public/Images/FormFieldWizard/wizard_rte.gif',
   'module' => array(
       'name' => 'wizard_rte'
   )
),

t3editor

System extension "t3editor" provides an enhanced textarea for TypoScript input, with not only syntax highlighting but also auto-complete suggestions. This is a very special process reserved for the "sys_template" template.

However beyond that the "t3editor" extension makes it possible to add syntax highlighting to textarea fields, for several languages (currently including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypoScript, SPARQL, XML and PHP). This is how the "bodytext" field of table "tt_content" is enhanced for HTML content elements:

'bodytext' => array(
   'label' => 'aLabel',
   'config' => array(
      'type' => 'text',
      'renderType' => 't3editor',
      'format' => 'html',
      'rows' => 42,
   ),
),

Note

Since TYPO3 7.3, this display widget is not configured in the wizard section, but uses renderType <columns-text-properties-rendertype>.