Item11150: Auto*TemplatePlugins can't see Meta of being-created topics

In AutoViewTemplatePlugin & AutoTemplatePlugin - during the creation of a new topic of a given type/form, Foswiki does not recognize that the new topic is using a form, so the EditTemplate doesn't apply.

But, it should apply: if it should applies during edit it should equally apply create

http://irclogs.foswiki.org/bin/irclogger_log/foswiki?date=2011-09-27,Tue&sel=19#l15

pharvey   MartinCleaver: you are correct, it should. I remember having this problem, is there a task open? 
a temporary work-around is to add ?template=The.EditTemplate   [00:53]
MartinCleaver   No, I have looked for one. I'm trying to fix the issue at the mo. 
MartinCleaver will try that   [00:54]
pharvey   really needs a task + unit test 
skin templates are way too magical 
Item8249 looks related   [00:54]
FoswikiBot   http://foswiki.org/Tasks/Item8249 [ Item8249: AutoViewTemplatePlugin: changing the form does not switch the EDIT_TEMPLATE ]   [00:55]
MartinCleaver   MartinCleaver nods   [00:56]
pharvey   perhaps re-open that task   [00:56]
MartinCleaver   not really the same (?)   [00:57]
pharvey   well, if you create a new one, please reference it. I have a feeling we're doing a $topicObject->get('FORM')->{name} which of course will return nothing on a not-yet-created topic   [00:57]
MartinCleaver   y, that's exactly what we are doing   [00:58]
pharvey   also true if you switch forms, you'll get stale form name instead of the one you switched to   [00:58]
MartinCleaver   I just hacked the form name in, and it works fine thereonin   [00:58]
pharvey   so both these scenarios need better handling   [00:58]
MartinCleaver   y, the 2nd is MichaelDaum's 8249   [00:58]
pharvey   it seems we never addressed the problem 
at least not in AutoView 
maybe Micha fixed it in AutoTemplate   [00:59]
MartinCleaver   Y, good point - I should switch to that and see if it works any differently 
ok - I have to go 
thanks pharvey

-- MartinCleaver - 26 Sep 2011

• http://irclogs.foswiki.org/bin/irclogger_log/foswiki?date=2011-09-27,Tue&sel=308#l304
• https://github.com/foswiki/AutoTemplatePlugin/blob/master/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/AutoTemplatePlugin.pm

MartinCleaver   For an unsaved topic, how should a plugin determine which form is in use?
gac410   MartinCleaver: Shouldn't that be stored in the meta object passed to the handlers?   
MartinCleaver   gac410: the meta object is passed in on the *Handler calls. But, Auto*TemplatePlugins do all their work during initPlugin 
e.g. AutoTemplatePlugin.pm
around line 49 - it checks the disk for the topic. But there is no topic for during create. 
oh - I guess Foswiki::Func   [14:34]
gac410   Yeah - there is no meta object during initPlugin yet I don't think anyway. 

-- MartinCleaver - 27 Sep 2011

See also Support.Question618

-- PaulHarvey - 28 Sep 2011

Above support question has got the workaround. Not sure why we don't auto-template when creating a new topic, but most probably because it is more difficult.

-- MichaelDaum - 28 Sep 2011

This has been fixed for AutoTemplatePlugin by reading a formtemplate url parameter. Same fix should be doable for AutoViewTemplatePlugin.

-- MichaelDaum - 18 Oct 2015

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