[opencms-dev] List (config): no Content type to select

Tue May 26 22:40:30 CEST 2020

Hi Gerd,

I'm not completely sure, but you may struggle with this feature:

template.display.types

    This option is mainly useful if you have several websites with
    different templates on your OpenCms instance and different templates
    use different sets of display formatters.

    If the option is provided, the property |template.display.type| is
    looked up recursively at the currently edited content and it's
    parent folders. If not found, it is looked up at the template JSP
    used at the place where the edited content is located. The property
    should contain a comma-separated list of container types. If the
    property is found and not empty, display formatters will be
    selectable only if they match to one of the containers of the given
    types. See the formatter configuration
    <https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/content-in-opencms/formatters-and-their-configuration/#formatter_configuration_basic_options>
    to see how matching containers are specified. If the property is not
    found, the matching conditions are simply ignored.

(see 
https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/content-in-opencms/defining-a-content-type/defining-the-contents-behavior/adjusting-the-contents-appearance-in-the-content-editor/widget-configuration/#2.25)

Probably somewhere the property is set to "mercury-list" (even in your 
own site/template) and therefor, your formatters are not displayed.

Best, Daniel.

Am 26.05.20 um 19:46 schrieb Gerd Schrick:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> thank you for your reply ... but the selection is still empty.
>
> Yes, that's all done (as far as I can see);
> Regarding config, my module and site is similar (but way simpler) to 
> the Demo site and the module "alkacon.mercury.template":
> - formatters and resource types configured in a sitemap master config 
> in the module
> - in the site's sitemap config this master config is included
> - in all formatters Match is set to container type "maincontent" (the 
> only container used in my site/template)
> - 2 (intended to be used in the list) of the 4 formatters have the 
> "display formatter type" set
> - all formatters work in the template/pages
>
> INTERESTING 1:
> I copied my list config to the "shared" folder then right click->Edit 
> and all display formatters (Mercury + mine) are listed
> INTERESTING 2:
> (that finally confused me ;) I set/added in formatter config Container 
> type to "mercury-list" and my formatter immediately showed up in the 
> list editor within the Demo site!? (did not add it to the Demo site's 
> config anywhere)
>
> So that seems that the empty selection in my site is somehow related 
> to the formatters' Match/container type.
> But how?
> I wasn't able to figure out why seemingly only container type 
> "mercury-list" is what matters whereas eg. "accordion" or "article" don't
> (as detected in 
> /system/modules/alkacon.mercury.template/formatters/display/accordion/article.xml) 
>
>
> And from where does the List (config/editor/app) know what container 
> type will match when I juat create a List in the List Workspace App 
> (and not on a page/tamplate)?
>
>
> Thank (all of) you in advance for any de-confusing hints :-)
>
> Best,
> Gerd
>> Daniel Seidel <d.seidel at alkacon.com> hat am 26. Mai 2020 07:54 
>> geschrieben:
>>
>>
>> Hi Gerd,
>>
>> did you activate your display formatters in the configuration or in 
>> some (sub-)sitemap config? And not disable them in some (sub-)sitemap 
>> config? Do the formatters have any Match (via container type) 
>> defined? If all this is the case and a value for display formatter 
>> type is provided, you should be able to select the formatter.
>>
>> Best, Daniel.
>>
>> Am 25.05.20 um 19:16 schrieb Gerd Schrick:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> (in 11.0.1)
>>> I have a resource type "sd-project" and two formatters for this 
>>> type, both with a non-empty "Display formatter type" setting 
>>> (current value: "list-sd-project:compact"; also tried other values, 
>>> e.g. the suggested default "display").
>>> I then created a List following the docu "Lists with the integrated 
>>> list type"
>>> here: 
>>> https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/content-in-opencms/lists-and-detail-pages/building-lists/lists-with-the-integrated-list-type/ 
>>>
>>> and "Lists and detail pages III"
>>> here: 
>>> https://documentation.opencms.org/opencms-documentation/demos/lists-and-detail-pages-iii/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> My problem is, that the dropdown "Content type" in the list's config 
>>> (app) still remains empty,
>>> although as the docu (2nd link) says:
>>> "The selectable formatters are collected automatically. To get your 
>>> formatter to the list, the " Display formatter type" option in the 
>>> formatter configuration has to be set:"
>>> what is the case for both of my formatters.
>>>
>>> When I edit the list config's control code (according to what I see 
>>> in the lists of the Demo site)
>>> and set/add element
>>> <TypesToCollect>sd-project:efb48fe8-9e33-11ea-aabc-485b3939753f</TypesToCollect> 
>>>
>>> ("sd-project" is the type; UUID is the one of the formatter config 
>>> I'd like to use)
>>> anything seems to work perfectly, except the "Content type" 
>>> selection (that now only shows the entered value as-is).
>>>
>>> In the Demo site the selection shows many entries all with nice 
>>> names and (since hours) I tried to figure out the difference ... but 
>>> still w/o success.
>>>
>>> Obviously I missed something, so my questions are:
>>> What (in addition) has to be done that the formatters show up?
>>> Is there some special logic (naming?) for the formatter's "Display 
>>> formatter type" setting to follow?
>>> Anything else to be configured somewhere?
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated :-)
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Gerd
>>>
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>> -- 
>> Kind Regards,
>> Daniel.
>>   
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>>
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