DV or TV: Where am I?

[onoehring]

Hi,

is there a variable for which I can check (or similar) which tells me reliably if I am looking at the details of a record (TV+DV or DV) or if I am only seeing tableview (TV)? I thought I had this figured out, but .. well, I don't

So far I tried this

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$checkSelectedID = isset($_POST['SelectedID']) ? makeSafe($_POST['SelectedID']) : 0;	// check POST first!
$checkSelectedID = isset($_GET['SelectedID']) ? makeSafe($_GET['SelectedID']) : $checkSelectedID;

But POST is filled, even when I am on DV and click on the heading which holds no ?SelectedID=... and returns to TV.
I also tried to remove POST (and GET) in after the two lines above to make sure, when I click on the title like I get nothing (no SelectedID in POST):

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unset($_GET['SelectedID']);
unset($_POST['SelectedID']);

without luck.

Olaf

[onoehring]

Hi,

I am dumping GET and POST data to see if this gives me a hint. Unfortunately in POST a value sometimes exists "current_view" .. but this is the view BEFORE the page has loaded (obviously). Thus, this does not tell me, I am on TV or DV - and - imho it's actually not "current_view", but previous_view.
Is this a bug?

Olaf

[pfrumkin]

Hi Olaf,

I think you may be on the right track looking at the SelectedID. In inc_common.php I found quick_search_html(), that suggests to check if document.myform.SelectedID.value has a value. But this may run into the same problem. In \admin\getThumbnailSpecs() there is a $view parameter that is passed in, looks like exactly what you are looking for, but I can't find where it is called (how it is set). Maybe you will be a better investigator than I am.

~Paul

[pbottcher]

Hi Olaf,

maybe you can explain what you try to achieve. Where do you need that information. From where are you calling?

[onoehring]

Hi,

thank you for your anserws.
@pbötcher: I have the code above placed in the /hooks/tablename.php -> init function.

Purpose: I want to change the table title and add a field from the record that is shown when the user sees DV only. I created a screencast (image below) to show what happens: Search for something, click on a result, title is adjusted. Click on the title again (to return to TV)... title still as in DV. When I use the menu to return to TV it works.

tableh4.gif (158.81 KiB) Viewed 2493 times

Olaf

[pbottcher]

Hi Olaf,

so why cant you just use the tablename_header function ? Here you know were you are as the $contentType is set.

[onoehring]

Hi pbötcher,

the answer to this question is - because I did not know about this [edit] - probably totally overlooked $contenttype[/edit]. I will check it out.
Thank you very much.

Olaf

[onoehring]

Hi pbötcher,

how embarrassing for me to ask such a silly question. And thank you again for taking the time to answer it.
Olaf

[onoehring]

Hi,

well, still a problem: Even when I use the .._header function to save the $contentType into a session variable, this variable is only set AFTER the _init function has been processed. Thus, the

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$options->TableTitle = $_SESSION['mycontenttype'];

in the _init function does not work.
Olaf

[pbottcher]

Hi Olaf,

ok, so that would make it a little more complex, but why not use the _header function and set the text accordingly?

Change the header via

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$j('.page-header a').html($j('.page-header a').html()+' YOURTEXTHERE');

[onoehring]

Hi pbötcher,

I did that already, but doing so, the extension that is added with the $j, is not shown in the browser tab. As exactly this is a great help (orientation) for the users if they have more than one browser tab open, and this extra help is why I would like to set it in a way, that shows up as browser tab title as well

(I am really not into $j, but maybe there is a oneliner which can do this?).

Olaf

[onoehring]

Hi,

found it:

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document.title = 'test';

or

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$(document).prop('title', 'test');

Thank you for pointing the direction.

But: Is there a way to get in the /hooks/tabnlename _Init function reliably the view (TV/DV/TV+DV...)? For other tests this might be important. For example I have some calculations to do for the record in DV right before it is rendered.

Olaf