Provide some ctools content type plugins for working with files [#1314876]

Right now, we can't really render a file in any way in something like Panels, since we don't have any content types defined for CTools. Having some content types for this is very handy for people who wants to show files in panels, mini panels and so on.

The attached patch provides two content type plugins:

* A plugin that let's you view a full file that works like the node_content content type. This will let you display a full file in panels directly and select a view mode for it.
* A plugin for the actual file display. This plugin exposes the same functionality as you have when you change the file display for a view mode directly in the plugin. This is very neat, since you can create panels where you can put your file anywhere you want and change the configuration locally for that panel you are working on. The configuration for will then be exported together with the panel.

Comment	File	Size	Author
	file-entity-ctools-content-types.patch	8.55 KB	fabsor

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Comments

Comment #1

emattias CreditAttribution: emattias commented 15 November 2011 at 14:48

Status:

Needs review

» Reviewed & tested by the community

Works great!

Comment #2

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented 8 February 2012 at 19:09

This code looks good on visual review. It should be committed based upon #1.

Comment #3

logaritmisk CreditAttribution: logaritmisk commented 11 September 2012 at 17:58

Works for me.

Comment #4

ParisLiakos CreditAttribution: ParisLiakos commented 7 October 2012 at 05:35

file-entity-ctools-content-types.patch queued for re-testing.

Comment #5

ParisLiakos CreditAttribution: ParisLiakos commented 6 January 2013 at 05:44

Can anyone confirm that this patch works with latest dev? havent commit this yet cause i have no exposure at all to panels etc, but i hate seeing it stuck in the queue especially when merlinofchaos approved it

Comment #6

theduke CreditAttribution: theduke commented 24 January 2013 at 14:19

While the code looks good to me, I can not get the "File" category to show up when editing a panel.

I verified that the plugin files get loaded, and the plugin definition also should be working,
but it's not.

The issue is with "required context' => new ctools_context_required(t('File'), 'entity:file'),".
When I uncomment the line, the plugin shows up properly.

Comment #7

merlinofchaos CreditAttribution: merlinofchaos commented 24 January 2013 at 15:46

The content type requires a file entity context to appear; so it won't show up in just any panel. That's what that 'required context' line does, and that's how it's meant to work, typically. The content type displays information from that context; so without it, it's meaningless. And you don't WANT it to show up if it has nothing to display.