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    sottwell Reply #1, 11 years, 9 months ago
    Is there any way to determine the context in which a new resource is being created? This would be used in a plugin that should only be active when a resource is being created in a given context.

    Of course, if the "Empty Cache" checkbox setting was an option like all of the others, a plugin to uncheck it wouldn't be necessary.
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      BobRay Reply #2, 11 years, 9 months ago 
      $resource->get('context_key');
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        sottwell Reply #3, 11 years, 9 months ago
        That's only available if it's an already existing resource. A new resource doesn't appear to have such an object. CacheManager even checks for that, and just returns if it's a new resource.
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          sottwell Reply #4, 11 years, 9 months ago
          Hm. In the create.class.php I see a public variable, "$workingContext". I wonder how I can get my hands on that...

          Or maybe OnBeforeDocFormSave would be a better place to fix that, the resource object is available at that point, so I should be able to empty that field. I was just hoping to find some way to get at the working context OnBeforeDocFormRender to uncheck the checkbox, like CacheManager does for updating resources.
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            sottwell Reply #5, 11 years, 9 months ago
            I finally managed to track down the code that sets that. /manager/controllers/default/resource/create.class.php on line 105. All of the other options are controlled by a setting except that one. So all I need to do is add a System Setting and clone the other lines:
            'richtext' =>  $this->context->getOption('richtext_default', true, $this->modx->_userConfig),
'hidemenu' => $this->context->getOption('hidemenu_default', 0, $this->modx->_userConfig),
'published' => $this->context->getOption('publish_default', 0, $this->modx->_userConfig),
'searchable' => $this->context->getOption('search_default', 1, $this->modx->_userConfig),
'cacheable' => $this->context->getOption('cache_default', 1, $this->modx->_userConfig),
'syncsite' => $this->context->getOption('syncsite_default', 1, $this->modx->_userConfig),

            Works like a champ. Set it to "Yes" in System Settings, and to "No" in a Context's settings, and creating new resources in the context will have it unchecked.
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              BobRay Reply #6, 11 years, 9 months ago
              I don't suppose the default_context System Setting would help.
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                sottwell Reply #7, 11 years, 9 months ago
                No, that just sets the default "starting" context, which is usually "web". For example, in multi-language setups, you might want to change that to some other language at some point.
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                  sottwell Reply #8, 11 years, 9 months ago
                  As soon as I get github sorted out, I'll be making a pull request for that change, so that a new System Setting or Context Setting can be used to determine whether or not that checkbox should be checked by default. That gets to the root of the problem.

                  I thought of elements as well, but they all have that checkbox right on the main editing tab, so it's not such a pain in the neck to clear it. Besides, they don't get created or updated as often as resources do.
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