Add new column to Sections grid

sm2020 · April 28, 2020, 10:23am

Hi @asmecher,

I am trying to add a new column to Sections grid through a plugin, but could’t find any hooks to do so.

The grid that I am trying to add the column to is in Settings > Journal > Sections table.
I am using OJS 3.2.0-2

Many thanks
Salman

sm2020 · April 28, 2020, 7:36pm

Hi @NateWr,
Do you have any idea about the issue above?

Many thanks
Salman

NateWr · April 29, 2020, 8:49am

Hi @sm2020,

No, I don’t think so. I had a quick look for a hook that might work but I couldn’t find one.

sm2020 · April 29, 2020, 10:48am

Thanks @NateWr for replying and letting me know.

ajnyga · April 29, 2020, 2:26pm

I think there should be a initFeatures hook in the gridhandler: pkp-lib/GridHandler.inc.php at stable-3_1_2 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub

But for some reason the SectionsGridhandler::initfeatures does not call the parent: https://github.com/pkp/ojs/blob/master/controllers/grid/settings/sections/SectionGridHandler.inc.php#L117-L120

I think it should, because the Categories gridhandler does call the parent there:

github.com

pkp/pkp-lib/blob/main/controllers/grid/settings/category/CategoryCategoryGridHandler.inc.php#L121-L127


    $categoryDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('CategoryDAO'); /** @var CategoryDAO $categoryDao */
    $categoriesIterator = $categoryDao->getByParentId(null, $this->_getContextId());
    return $categoriesIterator->toAssociativeArray();
}

/**
 * @copydoc GridHandler::initFeatures()

So I think this should be fixed for the next version, @asmecher ?

sm2020 · April 29, 2020, 3:02pm

Hi @ajnyga,
Thanks for mentioning this.
I have noticed the same, that the categorycategory::initfeatures hook is there but not the Journal Sections one.
Would be great to have the hook available soon.

Many thanks
Salman