TYPO3 tx_news flexform configuration for be user group

Question

I'd like to configure the items of the flexform select box for a BE user group. Is that possible? E.g. an editor should only be able to choose between list view and list of selected items.

Answer 1

Via TsConfig you can configure almost every backend field. Since you want to change a plugin, this is done via TCEFORM.tt_content.pi_flexform because the selected values of the FlexForm field are saved in the tt_content table in the field pi_flexform.

Your specific question is perfectly answered in the documentation of EXT:news:

# Example: TCEFORM.tt_content.pi_flexform.news_pi1.sDEF.switchableControllerActions.removeItems = Tag->list

The available items are:

• News->list
• News->detail
• News->dateMenu
• News->searchForm
• News->searchResult
• Category->list
• Tag->list