Collections is a MODX Revolution Extra that adds a custom CollectionContainer resource class with the following behaviour:

• Any direct child resource will be hidden from the Resource Tree in the Manager, and listed in a grid view (similar to Articles) under a dedicated "Children" tab.


• Any children that themselves have children will be shown in the Tree, to be managed normally.

This project is on GitHub: https://github.com/modxcms/Collections

Installation Instructions

Install via Package Management

Sub Collections

Just like the MODX Resource Tree itself, Collections supports nesting. You can create a Collection within another Collection. Sub Collection Containers will be displayed in the resource tree and their children will be displayed in the grid view.

Drag n Drop

You can drag n drop Resources into a Collections container and if they don't have children of their own they will be listed in the grid. If they do have children, they'll just remain in the Tree as usual.

Collections 3.6.0

• Add sync tables resolver
• Added 3 options to speed up large child lists (+10K resources)
• Fix D&D sort for Resources in depth > 1

Collections 3.5.0

• Add collections.renderer.boolean renderer
• Add AjaxManager compatibility
• Adjust position of other columns when creating/updating column with position specified
• Add excludeResources option to getSelections snippet
• Prevent Collection's view reset after quick resource update
• Use lexicons for the Open button
• Add overflow ellipse to the main-column
• Add area to system settings

Collections 3.4.2

• Fix saving tv values from update from grid
• Fix after save event fired on update from grid

Collections 3.4.1

• Fix Safari endless reloading
• Fix Selections when sorting by menuindex

Collections 3.4.0

• Pass column name to snippet renderer
• Prevent permanent sort breaking D&D sort
• Add Collections.renderer.buttons renderer
• Allow snippet renderer on non-existing column
• Add event names to update from grid processor
• Show folders under collections
• Show breadcrumbs when browsing folders under collections
• Import / Export collection views
• Add quick update for collection & selection children
• Prevent saving columns with snippet renderer from grid
• Add new system settings to show create collection/selection button in tree tool bar
• Display resource id in link resource window
• Adjust colors in collections grid

Collections 3.3.0

• Show assigned templates in Collection's view grid
• Fix ignore parents for pdoResources
• Add "Condition for Link resource window" as a setting for Sellection view
• Fix displaying ContentBlocks when content is in separate tab
• Fix checking for template usage in views

Collections 3.2.2

• Fix D&D sort for Collection's view columns
• Added Collections.renderer.pagetitleWithIcons
• Improved handler for inline action buttons allowing icons
• Fix D&D sort when menuindex is set as default sort field
• Rename String sort type

Collections 3.2.1

• Fix update from previous versions

Collections 3.2.0

• Add sort type as a new Collection's template column setting
• Add permanent sort
• Auto set column label from TV caption or Tagger group name
• Pass columns value as input to snippet renderer
• Add sort type as a new Collection's view setting
• Add content disposition as a new Collection's view setting 
• Add parent as a new Collection's view setting
• Make TV columns searchable
• Use modx->getTableName to get table names for Tagger tables
• Show TV's default value in grid
• Clear filter use sort field & dir from view
• Prevent error while not passing Resource templates in Collection view

Collections 3.1.1

• Fixed showing (empty) template in child's template select box
• Fixed renderer image path
• Fixed D&D reorder children when element or file tree is selected
• Fixed back to collection/selection button for static resources/weblinks/symlinks
• Fixed back to collection/selection button on create new child page

Collections 3.1.0

• Fixed reset filter button in Selections
• Added option to set default values for content type for new children
• Added system setting to modify image path in image renderer
• Allow children under Selections
• Added an option to add quip column
• Fixed selecting templates in Collection view in Revo 2.2.x
• Added option to set default values for hidemenu,published,cacheable,searchable and richtext for new children
• Added option to specify sortby for Selections Resource search query
• Added option to set label for Back to Collection/Selection button
• Fixed displaying selection grid with TVs
• Pass whole row to snippet renderer
• Fixed sorting by TV with dash in name

Collections 3.0.2

• Fixed saving Collections view from Resource's settings tab
• Link Resource to Selection can be done by searching ID
• Fixed passing sort dir int uppercase format to getSelections
• Removed parents option from getSelections call

Collections 3.0.1

• Fixed update from grid

Collections 3.0.0

• Added validation for column name if contains a dot
• Added PHP renderer (snippet) that will be used for a column
• Added view option to define Resource Classes that will be available in resource type select
• Added view option to define context menu items
• Added view option to define buttons and their style
• Fixed saving view options from not-activated tab
• Changed default tree icon for Collections in Revo 2.3
• Added getSelections snippet (works with getPage, getCache, etc.)
• Updated view of Collection's settings tab
• Updated Collections view
• Added CRC for Selections
• Added back button to Collection's children and revert close button to original functionality
• Fire OnBeforeEmptyTrash and OnEmptyTrash when removing Resource via Collections

Collections 2.2.2

• Fixed rendering TV and Tagger columns with dash in name/alias

Collections 2.2.1

• Fixed PHP 5.2 compatibility

Collections 2.2.0

• Added an option to set position of Content field
• Added an options to set Tab's and New child's button label
• Added Collections.renderer.image for rendering images
• Added tabs to Collection views to split its settings
• Splitted Setting tab to vtabs for Resource settings and Collections settings
• Improved close button in collection's childs
• Fixed showing data in TV columns
• Added an option to permanently remove deleted resource
• Fixed duplicate action from context menu
• Added data controller to show resource owerview page
• Fix # being appended to manager url when clicking a button
• Fix strict standards error (PHP 5.4+) in resource/getlist processor
• Fix not working editlink on pagetitle click in grid

Collections 2.1.0

• Added option to duplicate Collection's view
• Updated layout for create/update view's column
• Added view,update,delete,duplicate,publish items to children's grid context menu
• Added children default template, default resource type and allow resource type selection options to collection's templates
• Fixed View button
• Fixed logging messages from plugin

Collections 2.0.2

• Fixed datetime renderers

Collections 2.0.1

• Fixed saving collections container in Revolution 2.2.x

Collections 2.0.0

• Added collections templates
• Added ability to create different child type from grid
• Support for Revolution 2.3

Collections 1.3.3

• Remove debugger call :X

Collections 1.3.2

• Hotfix for confirm navigation dialog
• Fixed selecting multiple rows
• Fixed checking for Tagger

Collections 1.3.1

• Release with correct version number

Collections 1.3.0

• Support for Tagger in search field in Children tab
• Added ability to drag and drop child to resource tree to change parent
• English and German lexicon updates

Collections 1.2.0

• Added ability to search via created by full name
• Added ability to search via created by username
• Fixed switching child between two Collections
• Fixed switching great parent to Collections when moving last child
• Fixed child name after creating a duplicate
• Added drag & drop sort by menuindex

Collections 1.1.1

• Fixed after re-save child set show_in_tree 1

Collections 1.1.0

• Added duplicate button
• Added icon for Collection into the Resource tree
• Make grid stateful and added some more columns (until clearing cache grid keeps showed/hidden columns and their order)
• Renamed "Collection container" to "Collection"
• Added German translation (thanks to pepebe)
• Added Czech translation
• Added Dutch translation (thanks to @mark_hamstra)
• Added French translation (thanks to @rtripault)
• Added Russian translation (thanks to vanchelo)
• Fixed show_in_tree conflict

Collections 1.0.0

• Published in MODX extras

Collections 0.8.2

• Finished renaming CollectionsContainer -> CollectionContainer
• Removed chromephp log calls

Collections 0.8.1

• Fixed showing aliases in children grid

Collections 0.8.0

• Renamed CollectionsContainer to CollectionContainer
• Fixed returning proper count of children under Collection Container

Collections 0.7.0

• Added switchback resolver that will switch all Collections Containers back to modDocument and set show_in_tree to 1 for all Collections children on uninstall
• Added support for handle class_key switch from CollectionContainer and to CollectionContainer

Collections 0.6.0

• Fixed proper showing Collections Container under another Collections Container
• Fixed proper showing normal containers with children under CRC
• Added listener for Before Empty Trash event to hide Resources that are under Collections Container and that will not have other children after the trash will be cleaned

Collections 0.5.0

• Updated the plugin to inject JS for handling cancel button in Resource Update panel

Collections 0.4.0

• Added plugin that handles correct setting of show_in_tree parameter for Resources after creating a new Resource or sorting resources

Collections 0.3.0

• Visual improvements for grid with children

Collections 0.2.0

• Extended Resource Update panel with new Tab that contains grid with children

Collections 0.1.0

• Initial release.