Node-Selector for target field

[paavo]

The "target field" currently suggests entering a uri or path, what is perfect for external redirects.
For internal redirects (to a DocumentNode of this neos installation) it would be awesome, specially for non-technical user, to search for DocumentNodes instead of copy pasting the url.

Some of our editors like to use the redirecthandler-ui to generate short-urls (like domain.tld/shortcut/) and redirect to a DocumentNode on the same website.

[Sebobo]

Feature makes sense, thx.

To implement this correctly one also has to keep multi-site installations in mind and how to deal with the domains etc. when creating absolute uris which the user can select.

[paavo]

yes! i specially thought about multi-site installations..

[Sebobo]

And to make things harder: Also the dimension selection would be necessary.

[TheLalaMan]

+1 for this feature. Our editors achieve this with shortcuts now, and I wanted to make them use the redirect UI, until I discovered that it's not possible to select pages from the document tree.

The added benefit would also be that if the page moves or is renamed, the redirect stays in place, I think.

[paavo]

The missing node-selector keeps me away from using the redirecthandler-ui for every client.
Its still easier for the Editor to create a Shortcut and "search" for a Target Node instead of copy the final URL.
Also if a node gets renamed the Link will be dead.

[Sebobo]

One would need to integrate the node selection similar to what was done in the ACL editor https://github.com/sandstorm/NeosAcl/tree/master/Resources/Private/react-acl-editor

Storing the url of the node at the moment of selection is easier. Storing the actual node and resolving the uri at runtime is much harder, because then the whole mechanic has to be adjusted.

But either way it's some work.