@quicksketch asked during the core conversation today if we could move the fun entity stuff into a separate module, for folks wanting that nicety without the hugeness of the fun browser stuff. though not exactly in those words.

@webchick also hinted that anything we create in d8 that's not api-breaking has a chance of being backported into a future d7 release.

doing this (i suggest maybe 'file entity' as a module name, if the namespace is available) would solve the first request, and have the added benefit of having something ready to add to d8.

thoughts?

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aaron’s picture

aaron CreditAttribution: aaron commented

this would need to wait on #1086958: Switch from Media Entity to File Entity.

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Sweet! Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this aaron. I'd love to utilize the file entity type in my own modules.

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JacobSingh CreditAttribution: JacobSingh commented

Nate: See the linked issue in #1. It's not such a trivial matter :( That doesn't mean we can't and shouldn't abstract it out from the UX stuff in Media, but the styles / formatter / self-referential file field thing is still a challenge. Would love your (expert) opinion there.

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There is now a version working of this in becw's sandbox for #1086958: Switch from Media Entity to File Entity. I'll post more details in that issue either this weekend, or on Monday.