PageTable: Buttons above the pages

[KentBrockman]

Hey there!

Is there any chance to place the create-buttons above the pages via a hook?

Thanks for your great support.

[KentBrockman]

Sorry for pushing!

Attached is an image to make clear what I ment in my previous post.

Do you see any chance to place the button above the list?

Thank you.

[Jan Romero]

There is probably a more robust way to do this, but, uh, I tried

$this->addHookAfter('InputfieldPageTable::render', $this, 'PageTableRender');

public function PageTableRender($event) {
	$return = $event->return;

	$from = strrpos($return, "<div class='InputfieldPageTableButtons");
	$to = strrpos($return, "</button></span></div>", $from);

	$buttons = substr($return, $from, $to-$from) . "</button></span></div>";
	
	$event->return = $buttons . $event->return;
}

The Inputfield’s original render method puts the button html in the variable $btn, but I suppose there’s no way to just access that one. Another way to duplicate the button elements would be to just copy the code that generates them.

[KentBrockman]

Such an good idea. Why didn't I think about it.

Works fine in my case!

[KentBrockman]

After some more tests it seem's to be a bit buggy.

By creating a new page via the button above the list the new page is generated and saved correctly, but this new page doesn't show up in the list.

When I create a new page via the button under the list the page is generated correctly and a new (second) button appaers above the list. With this new button it is possible to create pages which show up in the list correctly.

[Jan Romero]

Indeed. Without really looking into it, the Javascript must depend on the position of the buttons. Try this to insert the buttons inside .InputfieldPageTableContainer:

public function PageTableRender($event) {
	$return = $event->return;

	$from = strpos($return, "<div class='InputfieldPageTableButtons");
	$to = strpos($return, "</button></span></div>", $from);
	
	$buttons = substr($return, $from, $to-$from) . "</button></span></div>";
	
	$insertAt = strpos($return, "<table class='AdminDataTable AdminDataList'>");
			
	$event->return = substr_replace($return, $buttons, $insertAt, 0);
}

Instead of this hackish string trickery, perhaps a better way to clone/move the buttons would be to use Javascript in the first place. I’m not sure how to best pull that off. Just append a script tag to $event->return?