$model->setState - get only featured articles

[Mik3e]

Hi there,

I'm working on a small module wich returns the latest articles wich are marked as "featured".
In 1.6 there is a new method to manipulate the output of the com_content model called $model->setState.

There are several parameters to manage the request for articles over the model. For example:
$model->setState('list.ordering', $ordering);
$model->setState('list.direction', 'ASC');
$model->setState('filter.published', 1);
....

No I want to ask if there is anywhere a short documentation of this method and the available settings, cause i want to only return articles, wich are marked as "featured".

I already tried $model->setState('filter.frontpage',1); and $model->setState('filter.featured',1); but both don't work.

Has anyone already tried to use the setState function in a 1.6 Module?

Thanks & cheers,
Mike

[pannerrammer]

I've just hit the same problem. Did you find the answer? Thanks, Phil

And almost as quickly I stumble upon the solution!
Featured:

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$model->setState('filter.featured', 'only');

Not-featured:

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$model->setState('filter.featured', 'hide');

Both:

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$model->setState('filter.featured', 'show');

[uaintgotthisid]

Did anyone ever solve this? I'm trying to work out if I can use setstate to show/hide intro text and intro image