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Disabling/Hiding default folder creation options in Create... menu in document library

hiten_rastogi1

Hi Folks,

Is there a way to disable/hide default folder creation options in Create… menu under Document Library ?? The requirement here is to have a custom folder option rather than default one. I am not able to find a way to do this. Please help

Thanks

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muralidharand

Yes, we can customise it.
The existing settings are present in,

share-documentlibrary-config.xml‍

file.
You need to remove the below part.

 <content id="folder" label="create-content.folder" icon="folder" index="5" type="javascript">
            <param name="function">onNewFolder</param>
         </content>
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You need to place the attached file in the web-extension folder.

share-config-custom.xml__3.txt.zip

hiten_rastogi1

Thanks for your reply. I will try it out.

Want to clarify with you something. I read somewhere on the forum which I am not very clear about, it was written that for this purpose we should create an extension module disabling the onNewFolder funcion. I was not able to understand how to do that but your solution looks pretty straightforward where you override out-of-the-box with your custom one rather than going through the extension way. Which is the correct way ?? Please help me understand.

Again thanks a lot for taking time out and replying.

muralidharand

I believe you're referring the below URL for the module extensions.
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/tasks/Create-a-Model.html
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/concepts/dev-extensions-share-module-deployment.html
I have used module extension for extending / overriding alfresco Share OOTB webscripts.

For your requirement, you can use this approach. If I found module extension approach, I will share here.

hiten_rastogi1

Hi Murali,

I tried your solution but it is not working. I placed the file under web-extension folder and named it share-documentlibrary-config.xml and commented out the onNewFolder content tag but I am still able to see the Folder creation option in Create… menu. Should the file be placed under <strong>web-extension –> extension</strong> folder and is the file name share-config-custom.xml as provided by you in attachment or the one that I have provided ??

muralidharand

Hi,
The file name should be

 share-config-custom.xml‍

under web-extension directory.

hiten_rastogi1

Hi Murali,

I tried your solution again but it's still not working. I saw one strange thing though, in the Create… menu all the options(other than the default folder option) got doubled, like xml file option, html file option.

muralidharand

Sorry, I missed one thing.

 replace="true"‍

. At this attribute in the

share-custom-config.xml‍

file, refer attached.

<config evaluator="string-compare" condition="DocumentLibrary" replace="true">
….
……
</config>
‍‍‍‍‍‍

share-config-custom.xml__4.txt.zip

hiten_rastogi1

Hi Murali,

The solution is working perfectly. Thanks a lot. I would like to ask some question around this, it will be great if you can provide me with the answers/link to them.

1. Why the file name is chosen as share-custom-config.xml. It is confusing as I have same file for my custom types under META-INF.
2. I copied the code in my META-INF/share-custom-config.xml rather than web-extension/share-custom-config.xml and it worked the same way. Which is the appropriate way ??
3. It's a bit too much

… but can you give me a high level view on how the folder creation option is working. I am reading blogs and documentation simultaneously but it would be great if you just provide the high-level description.

muralidharand

If you want to customise the Alfresco share then you need to place the files under web-extension.
Please look at the below link, then you will understand, why I have used, share-config-custom.xml
http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-share-configuration.html

To learn more about, Alfresco share customisation, please refer the below links.
http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-for-developers.html
http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/concepts/dev-extensions-share-extension-points-introduction.html
http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/tag/alfresco-share-customization
http://ezref.info/Step+by+Step+guide+to+Customize+Alfresco+Share+layout+dashlets+pages+and+document+library.html

deeps

Hi,

I wanted to customize create menu in such a way that, if i will create folder then it should be created with my custom type.

and in same menu i want one more option that is "create project". if i will create project then it should again create one folder with custom type and inside that project i want to create some folders dynamically.

can you please help me with this requirement.

Basically i just want two different folder creation option in create menu. other things i can manage using js.

please suggest something, how can i achieve this.