Standard "Create here" selection

Monday 19 June 2006 2:34:33 pm

Hi,

It would be very useful to add a ini setting were you could define the type of class you normally would create under a given node.

Takes this structure for example:

Ez publish (2)
. . . News (61)
. . . . . . National (62)
. . . . . . Local (63)
. . . Images (83)
. . . Attachments (68)

In this case it would be natural to create an article object under News, an image object under Images, a file under Attachments and so on...

This could easily be defined in <i>content.ini</i> like this using the <i>node_id</i> as the key:

[DefaultCreateHere]
#DefaultClassMap[node_id]=class_identifier
# /
DefaultClassMap[2]=menupage
# / News
DefaultClassMap[61]=article
# / Images
DefaultClassMap[83]=image
# / Attachments
DefaultClassMap[68]=file

And in the <i>design/admin/templates/children.tpl</i> [, override] we could use the <i>$node</i> var to do a "reverse dig" if the current node is not defined to check if the parent is specified in the <i>DefaultClassMap</i>.
First check if the current node is defined in the ini, if not; check if the parent node is, if not; check the parent parent node is, stop...
I don't think it would be relevant for further digging.

<select name="ClassID" onchange="updateLanguageSelector(this)" title="{'Use this menu to select the type of item you wish to create and click the "Create here" button. The item will be created within the current location.'|i18n( 'design/admin/node/view/full' )|wash()}">
       {def $DefaultClassMap=ezini('DefaultCreateHere','DefaultClassMap','content.ini')}

       {def $prefered_class=null}

       {if $DefaultClassMap[$node.node_id]}
           {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMap[$node.node_id]}

       {elseif $DefaultClassMap[$node.parent_node_id]}
           {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMap[$node.parent_node_id]}

       {elseif $DefaultClassMap[$node.parent.parent_node_id]}
           {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMap[$node.parent.parent_node_id]}
       {/if}

       {section var=CanCreateClasses loop=$can_create_classes}
           {if $CanCreateClasses.item.can_instantiate_languages}
               <option{eq($prefered_class, $CanCreateClasses.item.identifier)|choose( '', ' selected' )} value="{$CanCreateClasses.item.id}">{$CanCreateClasses.item.name|wash()}</option>
           {/if}
       {/section}
</select>

It is not a timesaver per say, just luxury :)
Just a suggestion,

Thanks!

PS! I have tested the code above, it works fine for me.

. muusle

Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:01:36 am

A slightly modified version for eZ publish 3.7 of Muu Sle's code with support for defaults specified by the content class identifier:

    <select name="ClassID" title="{'Use this menu to select the type of item you wish to create and click the "Create here" button. The item will be created within the current location.'|i18n( 'design/admin/node/view/full' )|wash()}">
    {def $DefaultClassMapByNode=ezini('DefaultCreateHere','DefaultClassMapByNode','content.ini')
         $DefaultClassMapByClass=ezini('DefaultCreateHere','DefaultClassMapByClass','content.ini')
         $prefered_class=null}
        {if is_set($DefaultClassMapByClass[$node.class_identifier])}
            {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMapByClass[$node.class_identifier]}
        {/if}

        {if is_set($DefaultClassMapByNode[$node.node_id])}
            {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMapByNode[$node.node_id]}
        {elseif is_set($prefered_class)|not}
            {if is_set($DefaultClassMapByNode[$node.parent_node_id])}
                {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMapByNode[$node.parent_node_id]}
            {elseif is_set($DefaultClassMapByNode[$node.parent.parent_node_id])}
                {set $prefered_class = $DefaultClassMapByNode[$node.parent.parent_node_id]}
            {/if}
        {/if}
        {section var=CanCreateClasses loop=$can_create_classes}
              <option{eq($prefered_class, $CanCreateClasses.item.identifier)|choose( '', ' selected' )} value="{$CanCreateClasses.item.id}">{$CanCreateClasses.item.name|wash()}</option>
        {/section}
    {undef $DefaultClassMapByNode $prefered_class}
    </select>

Example INI settings:

[DefaultCreateHere]
DefaultClassMapByClass[gallery]=image
DefaultClassMapByClass[forum]=forum_topic
DefaultClassMapByClass[forum_topic]=forum_reply
DefaultClassMapByNode[]
DefaultClassMapByNode[2]=folder

First it looks for a default for the class of the current node, then this choice can be overriden for specific nodes. If then still no default is found, it will look for a node default of either the parent node, or the grandparent node.

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Friday 27 October 2006 9:04:18 am

Hi,

Cool ! This is exactly what I was looking for. Do you know if this code exists as an extension ? Or if I have to create mine ?

Cheers.

SQLi
http://www.sqli.com

Monday 30 October 2006 3:16:23 am

In fact, I was searching a way to limit available "create here" choices, not only suggest one.

I thought it was in eZ settings, but can't find where, then I found this post. I'll try to change this code a little to add a way to limit available classes as well in the "create here" function.

I know we can do this with roles & policies, but I want to do this in a more efficient and global manner. I think this is the way. But correct me if I'm wrong or if it already exists.

Cheers.

Saturday 27 January 2007 6:48:38 am

I've packed the modified template for eZ 3.9.0 in an extension and it's in svn now:
http://pubsvn.ez.no/community/trunk/extension/defaultcreatehere

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