Last modified: 2010-05-15 16:03:53 UTC
New options go to the Misc section of the preferences. Some mechanism is needed to enable putting options into the editing tab without having to modify the hardwritten code.
FYI: The RenderPreferencesForm hook can also be used to add new preference sections (tabs), see the Gadgets extension for an example.
Created attachment 5068 [details] This is a proposed patch for this bug This is a proposed solution for this bug, in a form of a patch.
Keywords: patch, need-review
It would be nice if this were more generic so you could add preferences to any tab. One option would be to use string member variables that get appended to each tab section when that section is added to wgOut, and then call a hook at the beginning of the process to allow hooks to add content to those members. This is already done in SpecialUpload.php with $uploadFormTextTop and in EditPage.php with $editFormPageTop, etc.
(In reply to comment #4) > It would be nice if this were more generic so you could add preferences to any > tab. One option would be to use string member variables that get appended to > each tab section when that section is added to wgOut, and then call a hook at > the beginning of the process to allow hooks to add content to those members. > This is already done in SpecialUpload.php with $uploadFormTextTop and in > EditPage.php with $editFormPageTop, etc. > Right. More general would help a lot here. Also, this patch doesn't apply, missing the INDEX param.
Assigning to Andrew, since he seems to be overhauls prefs
Will be doable when <tt>preferences-work</tt> branch is merged with trunk.
Fixed in preferences-work.
