Link a preference to an addon?

[Jaxel]

I would like to add some preference options to /account/preferences...

I know I can do this with account Custom User Fields in the admin CP. But those custom fields are not linked to a specific addon. Is there a way to link preferences to addons?

 

[tenants]

I might have misunderstood, do you mean you want options to be added to the /account/preference but without using "Custom User Fields" like :

 

[tenants]

This can be done with template hooks:

    public static function templateHook($name, &$contents, array $params, XenForo_Template_Abstract $template)
    {
        $globalParams = $template->getParams();   
        if ($globalParams['visitor']['permissions']['XenLoginSecurity']['canUseLoginSecurity'] == true)
        {
            switch ($name)
            {
                case 'account_wrapper_sidebar_settings':
                    $contents .= $template->create('xlsec_account_sidebar_link', $globalParams);
                break;
                case 'navigation_visitor_tab_links1':
                    $contents .= $template->create('xls_navigation_visitor_tab_links1', $globalParams);
                break;
            }
        }

In my case, the templates look like this:

xls_navigation_visitor_tab_links1

<li>
    <a class="primaryContent" href="{xen:link login-security/settings}">
        {xen:phrase xlsec_login_security}
    </a>
</li>

xlsec_account_sidebar_link

<li>
    <a class="primaryContent" href="{xen:link login-security/settings}">
        {xen:phrase xlsec_login_security}
    </a>
</li>

 

[James]

No, he wants to add a new preference (form field) that links to his add-on.

He can accomplish this with custom user fields, but you cannot assign them to a particular add-on so it's not ideal.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Is there a way to link preferences to addons?

You mean similar to templates and phrases? Where the object is assigned to your addon id and is included in the XML file? User prefs don't have an object like that, so the answer is no. You need to manually manage the creation and deletion of the preference in your install / uninstall routines. A custom user field is one existing structure you can use. Or you could extend the user record.

 

[Jaxel]

Thanks Jake... I did it by extending the account controller...