"Commander" Add-on

The "Commander" can help you navigate i-doit and perform simple tasks by user input. The tasks are kept simple and try to rely as much on existing core logic as possle.

For example: when typing create server - instead of implementing custom code to create a new object, the add-on will simply forward the user to the i-doit own 'new object' GUI and preselect the 'Server' object type.

Usage

Use the Commander

In order to open the Commander simply tap the 'Control' key three times and a input with some examples will open.

Close the Commander

Either execute the current task (by hitting 'Enter') or hit the 'Escape' key. Alternatively you can click the 'X' on the top right of the Commander.

Examples

Open a object

You can do this by typing in the exact object ID like this open #123 or input the name of the object. When doing this you can use a asterisk as a wildchar, like this open "Gebäude *".

Create a new object

In order to create a new object you'll need to provide the keyword create followed by the object type name, so, for example create server or new client.

Use the i-doit search

To use the search you can type find "information" - don't forget to put your term in quotes.

Open the administration

You can navigate to the administration by typing admin or administration.

Logout

With the command logout you can terminate your current session. i-doit will move you back to the login screen.

Aliases

Most tasks will have multiple ways of accessing them. The search task, for example, can be accessed by any of these keywords: find, search, finde or suche.

Extend

It is possible to add new tasks from 'outside' of the add-on itself, for example from your own add-on. In order to do so you'll just need to 'register' your task to the Commander add-on.

The Commander is located in the DI Container and can be accessed via lfischer_commander. Then you simply need to call the method registerTask and add your own Task:

// Get the commander instance from the DI container.
$commander = isys_application::instance()->container->get('lfischer_commander');

if ($commander) {
    $commander->registerTask(new CustomTask($database, $language));
}

This code should be located in the init.php of your own add-on since this code will always be run before any other process takes place.