TypoScript configuration

In order for this extension to be usable, make sure to include the static template that is provided with this extension ("Sphinx Documentation Viewer: Base").

Hint

If you are using Bootstrap 4, you are likely to want to include the additional Bootstrap static template we provide.

The TypoScript configuration should be generic enough to let you fine tune the rendering process to fit your needs. As an example, for a project I changed the rendering of the images to:

  • Add an overlay shown when the mouse enters pictures with the ALT label

  • Add a fancybox (lightbox) for the image whenever it got resized, but not when the image was not resized (does not make sense to show a lightbox with the very same image...

  • Do not do those changes for small inline images (say smaller than 100px width)

This is just a matter of playing with TypoScript, something you should love anyway as a TYPO3 integrator. Please note that the extension comes with a directory containing TypoScript snippets.

Tip

Need some ideas of what is feasible? Please have a look at a post of mine in Google+.

Available modes for the plugin

When integrating the plugin with TypoScript, additional modes of operations are available. These are:

TOC

Generates a table of contents

MASTER_TOC

Generates the master table of contents

RECENT

Renders a list of chapters updated recently

BODY

Generates the documentation itself

TITLE

Returns the current chapter's title

QUICK_NAVIGATION

Generates a quick navigation with "previous", "next", "home", ...

BREADCRUMB

Generates a breadcrumb menu for the current chapter

REFERENCES

Generates a list of references within the whole documentation

FILENAME

Returns the name of the .fjson being rendered

SEARCH

Generates a search form

Additional Content Object

This extension registers an additional content object to let you access meta-information from your documentation. Example:

10 = REST_METADATA
10 {
    path = {$plugin.tx_restdoc.path}
    field = copyright
    noTrimWrap = |Copyright © ||
}

Please read next chapter for a list of available fields.