Alias attribute not working in FEE

[tsarma]

Checklist before I submit this issue report

I confirm that:

• I have tested this with the latest version available
• I have read documentation @ http://metamodels.readthedocs.org/en/ or http://metamodels.readthedocs.org/de/
• I have checked the Contao community forums for references https://community.contao.org/
• I have checked existing issues for duplicates and found none @ https://github.com/MetaModels/contao-frontend-editing/issues?q=is%3Aissue

My environment is:

Key	Value	Comments
PHP version:	5.6
Contao version:	3.5.19
MetaModels version:	dev-hotfix/alpha-15
Installation via composer:	yes
Installed MetaModels packages:	metamodels/core, metamodels/bundle_all,
MetaModels/contao-frontend-editing	dev-hotfix/checkbox
DCG version:	dev-hotfix/beta-39

Issue description

Attribute alias is working only in backend.

In FEE alias attribute is not generated.

[richardhj]

The reason might that the alias attribute is not in the FEE input mask. The alias generation will not be triggered because the alias attribute does not pass the isAttributeSet().
For my purposes, I could quickfix it with this:

/**
 * Class FrontendEditingItem
 * @package MetaModels
 */
class FrontendEditingItem extends Item
{

	/**
	 * Override this function as we want to make sure that all attributes get notified by saving the item.
	 * 
	 * @param string $strAttributeName
	 *
	 * @return true
	 */
	public function isAttributeSet($strAttributeName)
	{
		return true;
	}
}

[discordier]

I guess we must rewrite the save handler of the alias attribute to handle the model pre persist event of dc-general. This should solve the problems then.

[zonky2]

same question to generate alias without inside input mask: MetaModels/attribute_alias#21

[richardhj]

The alias attributes works as it is supposed to be. The alias generation within the modelSaved() method will be triggered by the dc-general-frontend as well.
The alias generation works even if the alias field is not part of the FE input mask (@zonky2).

[MiniModel]

This issue has been labeled with testing but got no feedback.

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I will close this ticket now, as I assume it has been resolved.
If the ticket should still be valid, please feel free to reopen it.

@tsarma could you please have a final look at this and tell if your issue has been resolved?