field.controllerActions

ControllerActions ViewHelper

Renders a FlexForm select field with options fetched from requested extensionName/pluginName and other settings.

There are three basic ways of adding selection options:

  • You can use the "extensionName" and "pluginName" to render all possible actions from an Extbase plugin that you've defined. It doesn't have to be your own plugin - if for example you are rendering actions from EXT:news or another through your own plugin.

  • Or you can use the "actions" argument which is an array: {ControllerName: 'action1,action2,action3', OtherControllerName: 'action1'}

  • And you can extend any of the two methods above with the "subActions" parameter, which allows you to extend the allowed actions whenever the specified combination of ControllerName + actionName is encountered. Example: actions="{ControllerName: 'action1,action2'}"

    subActions="{ControllerName: {action1: 'action3,action4'}}"

    Gives options: ControllerName->action1,action3,action4 with LLL values based on "action1"

    ControllerName->action2 with LLL values based on "action2"

    By default Flux will create one option per action when reading Controller actions - using "subActions" it becomes possible to add additional actions to the list of allowed actions that the option will contain, as opposed to having only one action per option.

And there are a few ways to limit the options that are displayed:

  • You can use "excludeActions" to specify an array in the same syntax used by the "actions" argument, these are then excluded.

  • You can specifiy the "controllerName" argument in which case only actions from that Controller are displayed.

And there are a couple of ways to define/resolve labels for actions:

  • You can add an LLL label in your locallang_db file: lowercasepluginname.lowercasecontrollername.actionfunctionname example index: myext.articlecontroller.show

  • You can do nothing, in which case the very first line of the PHP doc-comment of each action method is used. This value can even be an LLL:file reference (in case you don't want to use the pattern above - but beware this is somewhat expensive processing)

  • Or you can do nothing at all, not even add a doc comment, in which case the Controller->action syntax is used instead.

Marking actions that have required arguments (which cause errors if rendered on a page that is accessible through a traditional menu) is possible but is deactivated for LLL labels; if you use LLL labels and your action requires an argument, be user friendly and note so in the LLL label or docs as applies.

Lastly, you can set a custom name for the field in which case the value does not trigger the Extbase SwitchableControllerActions feature but instead works as any other Flux FlexForm field would.

To use the field just place it in your Flux form (but in almost all cases leave out the "name" argument which is required on all other field types at the time of writing this). Where the field is placed is not important; the order and the sheet location don't matter.

Arguments

name

DataType

string

Default

'switchableControllerActions'

Required

false

Description

Name of the field

label

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Label for the attribute, can be LLL: value. Optional - if not specified, Flux tries to detect an LLL label named "flux.fluxFormId.fields.foobar" based on field name, in scope of extension rendering the Flux form. If field is in an object, use "flux.fluxFormId.objects.objectname.foobar" where "foobar" is the name of the field.

default

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Default value for this attribute

native

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, this field will treated as a native TCA field (requiring a matching SQL column). If the "name" of this field is an already existing field, that original field will be replaced by this field. If the field is a new field (which doesn't already exist in TCA). You can control where this field visually appears in the editing form by specifying the "position" argument, which supports the same syntax as TYPO3CMSCoreUtilityExtensionManagementUtility::addToAllTCAtypes (after:X before:X and replace:X). Note that when declaring a field as "native" it will no longer be rendered as part of the FlexForm where Flux fields are normally rendered.

position

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Only applies if native=1. Specify where in the editing form this field should be, using the syntax of TYPO3CMSCoreUtilityExtensionManagementUtility::addToAllTCAtypes (after:X before:X and replace:X). Additionally, allows you to specify a TCA sheet if you want this field to be positioned in a dedicated sheet. Examples: position="after:header", position="replace:header", position="after:header My Sheet"

required

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, this attribute must be filled when editing the FCE

exclude

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, this field becomes an "exclude field" (see TYPO3 documentation about this)

transform

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Set this to transform your value to this type - integer, array (for csv values), float, DateTime, VendorMyExtDomainModelObject or ObjectStorage with type hint.

enabled

DataType

boolean

Default

true

Required

false

Description

If FALSE, disables the field in the FlexForm

requestUpdate

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, the form is force-saved and reloaded when field value changes

displayCond

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Optional "Display Condition" (TCA style) for this particular field. See: https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TCAReference/Reference/Columns/Index.html#displaycond

inherit

DataType

boolean

Default

true

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, the value for this particular field is inherited - if inheritance is enabled by the ConfigurationProvider

inheritEmpty

DataType

boolean

Default

true

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, allows empty values (specifically excluding the number zero!) to be inherited - if inheritance is enabled by the ConfigurationProvider

clear

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, a "clear value" checkbox is displayed next to the field which when checked, completely destroys the current field value all the way down to the stored XML value

variables

DataType

mixed

Default

array ()

Required

false

Description

Freestyle variables which become assigned to the resulting Component - can then be read from that Component outside this Fluid template and in other templates using the Form object from this template

extensionName

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

If provided, enables overriding the extension context for this and all child nodes. The extension name is otherwise automatically detected from rendering context.

config

DataType

mixed

Default

array ()

Required

false

Description

Raw TCA options - passed directly to "config" section of created field and overrides anything generated by the component itself. Can be used to provide options that Flux itself does not support, and can be used to pass root-level arguments for a "userFunc"

validate

DataType

string

Default

'trim'

Required

false

Description

FlexForm-type validation configuration for this input

size

DataType

integer

Default

1

Required

false

Description

Size of the selector box

multiple

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, allows selecting the same value multiple times

minItems

DataType

integer

Required

false

Description

Minimum required number of items to be selected

maxItems

DataType

integer

Default

1

Required

false

Description

Maxium allowed number of items to be selected

itemListStyle

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Overrides the default list style when maxItems > 1

selectedListStyle

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Overrides the default selected list style when maxItems > 1 and renderType is SelectSingle

items

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

Optional, full list of items to display - note: if used, this overrides any automatic option filling!

emptyOption

DataType

mixed

Required

false

Description

If not-FALSE, adds one empty option/value pair to the generated selector box and tries to use this property's value (cast to string) as label.

translateCsvItems

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, attempts to resolve a LLL label for each value provided as CSV in "items" attribute using convention for lookup "$field.option.123" if given "123" as CSV item value. Field name is determined by normal Flux field name conventions

itemsProcFunc

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Function for serving items. See TCA "select" field "itemsProcFunc" attribute

renderType

DataType

string

Default

'selectSingle'

Required

false

Description

Rendering type as applies in FormEngine/TCA

showIconTable

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE shows the option icons as table beneath the select

controllerExtensionName

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Name of the Extbase extension that contains the Controller to parse, ex. MyExtension. In vendor based extensions use dot, ex. Vendor.MyExtension

pluginName

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Name of the Extbase plugin that contains Controller definitions to parse, ex. MyPluginName

controllerName

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Optional extra limiting of actions displayed - if used, field only displays actions for this controller name - ex Article(Controller) or FrontendUser(Controller) - the Controller part is implied

actions

DataType

mixed

Default

array ()

Required

false

Description

Array of "ControllerName" => "csv,of,actions" which are allowed. If used, does not require the use of an ExtensionName and PluginName (will use the one specified in your current plugin automatically)

excludeActions

DataType

mixed

Default

array ()

Required

false

Description

Array of "ControllerName" => "csv,of,actions" which must be excluded

prefixOnRequiredArguments

DataType

string

Default

'*'

Required

false

Description

A short string denoting that the method takes arguments, ex * (which should then be explained in the documentation for your extension about how to setup your plugins

disableLocalLanguageLabels

DataType

boolean

Required

false

Description

If TRUE, disables LLL label usage and just uses the class comment or Controller->action syntax

localLanguageFileRelativePath

DataType

string

Default

'/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xml'

Required

false

Description

Relative (from extension $extensionName) path to locallang file containing the action method labels

subActions

DataType

mixed

Default

array ()

Required

false

Description
Array of sub actions {ControllerName: {list: 'update,delete'}, OtherController: {new: 'create'}} which ' .

'are also allowed but not presented as options when the mapped action is selected (in example: if ' . 'ControllerName->list is selected, ControllerName->update and ControllerName->delete are allowed - but ' . 'cannot be selected).

separator

DataType

string

Required

false

Description

Separator string (glue) for Controller->action values, defaults to "->". Empty values result in default being used.