Custom component view to menu items in admin area?

[devlabs]

How to add Custom component view to menu items in admin area?
I can see there only main component view, and need a link to additional.

[devlabs]

the problem is that joomla doesn't allow "_" in the name of view folders, this is view view folders with "_" aren't shown in the menu list.

[Presto-X]

Hey devlabs,

Open your controller.php file in your component folder
Look for something like this:

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if(JRequest::getCmd('view') == '') {
   JRequest::setVar('view', 'default');
}

Then just after that before for

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parent::display();

Add

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if(JRequest::getCmd('view') == 'add') {
            JRequest::setVar('view', 'YOUR_NEW_VIEW');
        }

Now go to your components views folder and add a new folder call it what you want your view to be. Create a new file in here called view.html.php

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// no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.view');

/**
 * Change the name of DealerlocatorViewAdd to what you have in your controller for the call class YOUR_CONTROLLER_NAMEController extends JController { and replace Add on the end with your view name
 */
class DealerlocatorViewAdd extends JView {
	function display($tpl = null) {
        parent::display($tpl);
    }
}

Now create a new folder in your new view folder called tmpl then create a new file called default.php this will hold the code for this view.

[Presto-X]

PS. I use Joomla Component Creator http://www.notwebdesign.com/joomla-component-creator/ to build the foundation of my components to save time, check it out.

PSS. take a look here for more info on component building: http://docs.joomla.org/Developers#Components

[devlabs]

Thanks, but the problem was in the "_" sign in the name of view folder, Irenamed it and everything works fine.

[Presto-X]

Ahh I misunderstood what you where looking for my bad :O)

[ggerstein]

Hey Presto-X

I was interested in an example you posted on the joomla forum regarding making menu item type appear in the new menu item form.

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Open your controller.php file in your component folder
Look for something like this:
Code:
if(JRequest::getCmd('view') == '') {
   JRequest::setVar('view', 'default');
}
Then just after that before for
Code:
parent::display();
Add
Code:
if(JRequest::getCmd('view') == 'add') {
            JRequest::setVar('view', 'YOUR_NEW_VIEW');
        }
Now go to your components views folder and add a new folder call it what you want your view to be. Create a new file in here called view.html.php
Code:
// no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.view');

/**
 * Change the name of DealerlocatorViewAdd to what you have in your controller for the call class YOUR_CONTROLLER_NAMEController extends JController { and replace Add on the end with your view name
 */
class DealerlocatorViewAdd extends JView {
   function display($tpl = null) {
        parent::display($tpl);
    }
}
Now create a new folder in your new view folder called tmpl then create a new file called default.php this will hold the code for this view.

What I don't understand here is the last part. You create the controller class

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YOUR_CONTROLLER_NAMEController extends JController{and replace Add on the end with your view name
 */
class DealerlocatorViewAdd extends JView {
   function display($tpl = null) {
        parent::display($tpl);
    }
}

what do you mean Add on the end with your view name? The class DealerlocatorAdd extends JView{} is in the view.html.php right? You mean just replace the word "Add" on the end of the View class name? I guess I am just trying to understand consistently in your example what the view name would be so I can understand what parameters are being passed. I am also just trying to understand where each code block resides.

Also this block of code:

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if(JRequest::getCmd('view') == 'add') {
            JRequest::setVar('view', 'YOUR_NEW_VIEW');
        }

What you are saying here is if the request has a view command with a value of add, this is the menu item form submitting a request to create a new menu item with a specific view? Is that understanding correct?

Thank you. ggerstein