FE session data lifetime

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New setting stored in $GLOBALS[‘TYPO3_CONF_VARS’][‘FE’][‘sessionDataLifetime’] defines the lifetime of frontend session data in seconds. The setting can be modified in the Install tool. More info: FYI24 Feature #11508: Integrate possibility to define lifetime of frontend session data http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11508 FYI24: Feature #11510: Store timestamp of last modification of session data to frontend user object http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11510

Opacity

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New property for GIFBUILDER BOX object allows opacity to be defined, and set to anywhere from 0 (transparent) to 100 (opaque). Ex: … 10 = IMAGE 10 {    file = GIFBUILDER    file {       …    20 = BOX    20 {       color = red       opacity = 50    } } … More info: RFC #11264: Add an opacity… Read more »

$GLOBALS[‘TYPO3_USER_SETTINGS’]

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New array is similar to TCA in structure, but applies to BE user settings. It can be manipulated just like TCA, but has fewer options and properties. From Core API documentation: $GLOBALS[‘TYPO3_USER_SETTINGS’][‘ctrl’] property: dividers2tabs data type: int description: Render user setup with(out) tabs, settings are as in TCA: 0 = no tabs, 1 = tabs,… Read more »

Hide Save & View

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New UserTS option allows to hide the Save & View button for certain tables, where it doesn’t make sense: options.saveDocView.[table] = 0 More info: RFC: #10827: Hide “Save and View”-button when editing a content-element http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=10827

Line breaks in GIFBUILDER

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Text rendered through GIFBUILDER can now span several lines if it exceeds a certain width. New properties breakWidth and breakSpace make this possible. Example: … 10 = IMAGE 10 {    file = GIFBUILDER    file {       XY = [20.w]+5,[20.lineHeight]*0.3+[20.h]       transparentBackground = 1       # Render regular text       20 = TEXT       20 {          text = This is a… Read more »