[4.0.0-beta.1] Replacements for 'cp.entries.edit.details' hook and draftEditor.on('createProvisionalDraft') js event

[wsydney76]

Description

Not really a bug, but maybe some missing info in the upgrade guides.

Upgrading plugins/modules went very smoothly so far, just one thing i couldn't figure out in entries edit pages:

In 3.7, we are adding custom buttons to the end of the sidebar via the now removed hook cp.entries.edit.details.

Could only find the Element::EVENT_DEFINE_SIDEBAR_HTML event, which places the added html somewhere in the middle of the sidebar. Is there a possibility/event to add the html to the very end of the sidebar?

The compare button is hidden by default in 'Current' entries, and gets enabled when a provisional draft is created:

window.draftEditor.on('createProvisionalDraft', function() {
    newDraftId = window.draftEditor.settings.draftId
    ...
     $('#draft-new').css('display', '')
});

This obviously does not work anymore, is there another js event we could hook into that gets fired when a provisional draft is created and contains the new draftId?

(If not, this is a FR :-)

Additional info

• Craft version: 4.0.x-dev
• PHP version: 8.0.15
• Database driver & version:
• Plugins & versions: none

[mattstein]

Good news! You shouldn’t have to change your Element::EVENT_DEFINE_SIDEBAR_HTML approach—Craft 4 was just updated to place that HTML at the end of the sidebar so it’s closer to existing behavior with Craft 3.

That createProvisionalDraft event still exists, but you’ll need to access the element editor at Craft.cp.$primaryForm.data('elementEditor') rather than window.draftEditor. But keep in mind this is for full-page edit forms only.

If you’d rather use a class-level event instead, that’ll cover full-page edit forms and slideouts:

Garnish.on(Craft.ElementEditor, 'createProvisionalDraft', event => {
  // ...
});

[bmilagre]

@mattstein
What is the new way to place content? I noticed that all the cp.entries hooks have now been removed.
I would like to place something below the main content

[mattstein]

@bmilagre In Craft 4, you’ll want to use field layout elements rather than template hooks: https://craftcms.com/docs/4.x/extend/updating-plugins.html#field-layouts