Link to custom view

1

I have created a custom dexterity type, and a custom "view" following the example from:

[Custom views — Plone Documentation v5.2](Custom views — Plone Documentation v5.2)

After saving my dexterity object, i will be forwarded to my custom view with the adress .../[title]/view and everything looks fine.

Now Plone itself is storing this links to my dexterity objects with the path .../[title] and by clicking on them i will be forwarded to a broken page.
If i add the codeword "/view" to the broken url manually i can see my view of my custom dexterity object and everything looks fine again.

How can i tell plone to create the correct link to the url .../[title]/view after saving the dexterity object?

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2

You need to configure the proper view name as default_view in your FTI XML file (profiles/default/types/YourType.xml)

3

Hello zopyx

do you have an example how to do this?
is this not already done in the row default view = view ?

<!-- View information -->
  <property name="add_view_expr">string:${folder_url}/++add++myDexterity</property>
  <property name="default_view">view</property>
  <property name="default_view_fallback">False</property>
  <property name="immediate_view">view</property>
  <property name="view_methods">
    <element value="view"/> 
  </property>
4

As said: change view to the name of your custom view.
And note that the XML file is only used when you install your add-on.
In doubt: check the configuration of your content type in portal_types through the ZMI.

5

The name of my custom view is "view", like in the tutorial for Custom views

The view itself is defined in the conficure.zcml file in the browser folder.

<browser:page
      name="view"
	  for="myDexterity.ImyDexterity"
      class=".myDexterity_view.myDexterity_View"
      template="myDexterity.pt"
      permission="zope2.View"
        />

I'll try to check the configuration from my content type in portal_types the next days ...

6

Please give more details about this "broken page". What is in it? Are there errors in the console/log ?

7

There are no errors in the console Log. The page says this site does not exist

8

I solved the issue by just renaming my custom view from "view" to "ansicht"

The conficure file in browser/ looks like

	<browser:page
      name="ansicht"
	  for="myDexterity.ImyDexterity"
      class=".myDexterity_view.myDexterity_View"
      template="myDexterity.pt"
      permission="zope2.View"
    />

and the FTI XML file in (profiles/default/types/YourType.xml) looks like


  <!-- View information -->
  <property name="add_view_expr">string:${folder_url}/++add++myDexterity</property>
  <property name="default_view">ansicht</property>
  <property name="default_view_fallback">False</property>
  <property name="immediate_view">ansicht</property>
  <property name="view_methods" purge="false">
    <element value="ansicht"/> 
  </property>

  <!-- Method aliases -->
  <alias
      from="(Default)"
      to="(dynamic view)"
  />
  <alias
      from="edit"
      to="@@edit"
  />
  <alias
      from="sharing"
      to="@@sharing"
  />
  <alias
      from="view"
      to="(selected layout)"
  />

Now the link to the custom view is working and the object will be called by the url
.../[title]
instead of .../[title]/view or .../[title]/ansicht

9

That's what I/we always do. I can not recall having named any default view of my content-types view...no idea why :slight_smile: perhaps because of this reason

10

I always name the default view of a content type view and never had any issues :slightly_smiling_face: