集中模块设置和模型管理

Question

I have a module where I need to:

• Manage Models
• Manage Module Settings
  • API Authentication
  • Look & Feel
  • Etc

For Manage Models I obviously have a ModelAdmin extension

And for the latter Manage Module Settings I've had to create a DataExtension

Though this splits up the "Module Functionality" into two sections, ModelAdmin gets its own menu item on the sidebar, but the DataExtension only adds tabs to the Settings menu item.

I've searched around but to no avail on how to consolidate my custom tabs within the same menu item that ModelAdmin creates.

Is this possible? I understand the semantics behind ModelAdmin being that it only Administers Models but surely the functionality exists where you can add tabs to the menu item it creates that aren't models?

Surely it's not an abnormal scenario

Answer 1

The only way you could do this would be to extend LeftAndMain (as you have mentioned).

This can be a little daunting, but LeftAndMain is basically just a container for 3 templates:

1. Main admin template
2. Left hand nav template
3. Main edit form

At a basic level you can just create an extension to LeftAndMain, then add a custom "EditForm" function that has the settings fields you need (as well as actions to save the data).

Then if you want it to look fancier then you can overwrite the default LeftAndMain templates in framework/admin/tempaltes.

There are some docs on this on the Silverstripe site: https://docs.silverstripe.org/en/3.4/developer_guides/customising_the_admin_interface/cms_layout/

Hope that helps a bit.