How to set the link-title as Linktext with f:link.typolink viewhelper in TYPO3 9.5

Question

I have build a custom content element with a link from field "header_link".

How can I set the title of that link as link text?

In the fluid template I use the link.typolink viewhelperin this way:

<f:link.typolink parameter="{data.header_link}" class="btn btn-primary" />

This results in

<a href="/page" title="link title" class="btn btn-primary">Page Title</a>

How do I set the link title as link text instead of the page title?

Wean

Answer 1

since TYPO3 10.3 it can be done like this

<f:link.typolink parameter="{data.header_link}" parts-as="parts">
  {parts.title}
</f:link.typolink>

read more in the changelog documentation

these are all the parts u can use

<f:link.typolink parameter="123 _top news title" parts-as="parts">
   {parts.url}
   {parts.target}
   {parts.class}
   {parts.title}
   {parts.additionalParams}
</f:link.typolink>

Wyeth

Answer 2

<f:link.typolink parameter="{data.header_link}" title="Title Attribute">
    Custom Link Text
</f:link.typolink>

results in

<a href="/page" title="Title Attribute">
    Custom Link Text
</a>

Reference

• https://fluidtypo3.org/viewhelpers/fluid/master/Link/TypolinkViewHelper.html

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Update 1

(updated from additional comments)

Combined parameter string t3://page?uid=123 - - "title" (parameter target class title additional parameters) is supposed to only have affect on generating the anchor tag. There is no out-of-the-box way to use the title part as variable in a Fluid template.

In order to do that, a custom ViewHelper would have to be created, e.g.

class ParameterPartViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
{
    public function initializeArguments()
    {
        $this->registerArgument('part', 'string', 'Parameter part to be extracted', true);
    } 

    public function render(): string
    {
        $part = $this->arguments['part'] ?? null;
        $typoLinkCodec = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(TypoLinkCodecService::class);
        return $typoLinkCodes->decode($this->renderChildren())[$part] ?? '';
    }

That could be used in Fluid e.g. like this

<f:link.typolink parameter="{data.header_link}" title="Title Attribute">
    {data.header_link -> my:parameterPart(part:'title')}
</f:link.typolink>

Labium

Yes, thanks, Oliver, I know, that I can put the "Custom Link Text" between <f:link.typolink></f:link.typolink> but how can I get the title of the link, which I have set in the TYPO3 BE? <f:debug>{data.header_link}</f:debug> gives me t3://page?uid=123 - - "title" My question is: how can I get the title attribut to put it in your "Custom Link Text" – Wean

The title part of the combined parameter string is supposed to be used as title attribute in typolink handling - thus, there is no out-of-the-box way in parsing and accessing that value. Using (new TypoLinkCodecService())->decode($headerLink)['title'] in a custom ViewHelper would allow to access that information (seems to be a nice and useful feature request). – Labium

Thanks, for your detailed help. To include it in the original Viewhelper would be a nice and useful Feature indeed. – Wean

Please see review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/62769 as Feature for TYPO3 v10 – Labium

That's great. Therefore I love the whole opensource community thing, thanks a lot, Oliver. – Wean

Oliver, I have a further question: is here any possibility to set the title of a content element as link text instead of the page title, if I link to the CE as an anchor link within the link wizard? – Wean

Can you fix your code please?! In line: 12 -> return $typoLinkCodes->decode($this->renderChildren())[$part] ?? ''; it must be "$typoLinkCodec" (Codec, not Codes) – Lithomarge