Make it possible to render forms in v9.5

[kaystrobach]

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[kaystrobach]

done.

At the end there is one big question left - will we invest time to keep the wizard running?

https://github.com/kaystrobach/form_legacy/blob/patch-1/Classes/View/Wizard/Element/FormWizardElement.php

Would mean, that we put extjs into the extension, that we change the VH to fit in the new schema of v9, that we either adjust the JS to load extjs either via requireJS or the pagerenderer.

any ideas for that dilema?

[kaystrobach]

from my POV it's not worth the time.

But there is also an community POV:

but there are tons of these forms in the wild, if there would be a sponsor it should be atleast possible to make it an option to enable the wizard again.

[bmack]

Hey @kaystrobach,

in general I'm happy to work on this extension (which could be "making it possible in newer versions of TYPO3" or "add better migration tools to the new Form Framework), if:
a) it is properly funded
b) the need and use cases are available (personally, I do not know who was / is using this thing who reached out other than yourself), as it's always hard to do something in the wild

As this extension, just like most of TYPO3 contributions (incl. my time) are funded by individuals or their employers (and their clients), I won't actively put in energy in doing so.

Other than that, I don't think I don't think it makes a lot of sense to put in my (or anyone else's) spare time in continuing developeing an extension which has been superseded by a better alternative.

[kaystrobach]

I think this whole project is not so well known :-/

Maybe we should form an initiative out of it ... just thinking.

[olforestman]

I am with Kay. The extension is not well known. We've spent a lot of time on the form wizard in the former days. It is a very complex construct and will be quite difficult to have it running with the old ExtJs version (I think newer ones wouldn't work). IMHO it would be better to create a migration path to the new form framework.

[kaystrobach]

@bmack having a final decission to remove the form wizard here would allow me to finalize this PR

Options:

a) just render a textarea
b) render the wizard and migrate all the stuff.

[bmack]

Basically: Let's make the extension to be working in v8+v9 at the same time. This means that in v9 we render the textarea whereas in v8 the custom Wizard is loaded.

[kaystrobach]

Agree