restrict page->viewable via hook

[bernhard]

hi,

i have some settings under a page called /tools (for example /tools/default-mail-data-for-events or the like). i want all pages under this parent be hidden on the frontend so i came up with this:

$this->addHookAfter('Page::viewable', $this, 'hideToolPagesFromFrontend');

/**
* hide all pages under /tools from frontend access
**/
public function hideToolPagesFromFrontend($event) {
$page = $event->object;
bd($page->closest('/tools')->path);
if($page->closest('/tools')->id) $event->return = false;
}
the tabs should look like this:

the tabs look usually like this:

but when the hook is active all tabs except "content" are hidden:

the dump is like this:

why is page viewable called on every tab? how can i just hide the "view" tab? on frontend the functionality is as supposed...

[Robin S]

Not really an answer to your question, but do these pages under /tools/ have template files?

If no, they can't be viewed on the front-end.

If yes and you are using them in other pages with $mypage->render() then you can make them not directly viewable by having this at the start of the template file:

if(empty($options['pageStack'])) throw new Wire404Exception();

Apologies if this isn't helpful.

[bernhard]

thank you robin,

yes, they do have a template file, because its the same template i use on lots of other pages that have to be viewable on frontend. i fixed it quickly by putting this in my _main.php file:

<?php
if($page->closest('/tools')->id) throw new Wire404Exception();

pw is so awesome

but i would prefer to understand whats going on and why viewable is called for every tab in the page editor

ps: 700 posts... i'm getting old

[LostKobrakai]

viewable() is called as part of fieldViewable() and that one is called at least for each FieldsetTabOpen. 

ps: 700 posts... i'm getting old

They'll just get more and more