Custom Dexterity content-types show up in Plone 4, not in Plone 5

zopyx · April 15, 2016, 12:31pm

I am currently porting (XML-DIrector) to Plone 5. The add-on introduces several new Dexterity fields:

xml-director/xmldirector.plonecore/blob/plone5-demo/xmldirector/plonecore/dx/configure.zcml

<configure
    xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
    xmlns:five="http://namespaces.zope.org/five"
    xmlns:genericsetup="http://namespaces.zope.org/genericsetup"
    xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
    xmlns:i18n="http://namespaces.zope.org/i18n"
    xmlns:pp="http://namespaces.zopyx.com/pp"
    xmlns:z3c="http://namespaces.zope.org/z3c"
    xmlns:plone="http://namespaces.plone.org/plone"
    i18n_domain="xmldirector.plonecore"
    >

    <include package="z3c.form" file="meta.zcml" />

    <!-- XML content field -->
    <utility
        name="xmldirector.plonecore.dx.xmltext_field.XML"
        component="xmldirector.plonecore.dx.xmltext_field.XMLTextFactory"
    />

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The fields show up in the Dexterity control panel as new fields in Plone 4.3 but they are not available in Plone 5.

Anything missing here for Plone 5?

-aj

zopyx · April 18, 2016, 8:08am

Does anyone know the purpose of

context.allowedFields

for DX content-types generated through the web? Why does not allowedFields contain custom DX fields but only the standard DX fields?

pbauer · April 18, 2016, 9:25am

The reason for this is to fix https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/issues/768. See the commit https://github.com/plone/plone.app.dexterity/commit/5dee27c0b29492b26d153c0af06d7186a1d710b3 by @ebrehault.

I'm not sure, that solution is the best. At minimum the dexterity-docs need the info on how to allow new custom fields.

@zopyx you of all people should use git blame and git show to figure that out.

zopyx · April 18, 2016, 9:42am

See what I did in #768 - long before you posted your reply

-aj

zopyx · April 18, 2016, 9:43am

A possible workaround is documented here