Is it possible to always uncheck all the targets in the Publish window by default? (publish.aspx)

Question

I want to always have all the Targets unchecked on the Publish popup (Publish.aspx) disregarding the selected Targets from previous publish actions.

How can I achieved this? GUI Extension? Any example?

I'm not being able to find it.

UPDATE

PublishDialogSettings.js (TargetTypeList_frame_details is the name of the iFrame where the name of the targets are along with its checkboxes)

$evt.addEventHandler($display, "start", onDisplayStarted);

function onDisplayStarted() {
    $evt.removeEventHandler($display, "start", onDisplayStarted);
    $("#TargetTypeList_frame_details").contents().find("input:checkbox").prop('checked', false);
}

PublishDialogSettings.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Configuration xmlns="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration/Merge"
    xmlns:cfg="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions"
    xmlns:cmenu="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions/ContextMenu">
  <resources cache="true">
    <cfg:filters />
    <cfg:extensiongroups>
      <cfg:extensiongroup name="PublishDialogSettings">
        <cfg:extension target="Tridion.Web.UI.Editors.CME.Views.Popups.Publish">
          <cfg:insertafter>MyCompany.Resources.PublishDialogSettings</cfg:insertafter>
        </cfg:extension>
      </cfg:extensiongroup>
    </cfg:extensiongroups>
    <cfg:groups>
      <cfg:group name="MyCompany.Resources.PublishDialogSettings">
        <cfg:fileset>
          <cfg:file type="script">/Scripts/jquery-3.3.1.min.js</cfg:file>
          <cfg:file type="script">/Scripts/PublishDialogSettings.js</cfg:file>
        </cfg:fileset>
      </cfg:group>
    </cfg:groups>
  </resources>
  <definitionfiles/>
  <extensions>
    <ext:editorextensions>
      <ext:editorextension target="CME">
        <ext:editurls />
        <ext:listdefinitions />
        <ext:taskbars />
        <ext:commands />
        <ext:commandextensions />
        <ext:contextmenus />
        <ext:lists />
        <ext:tabpages />
        <ext:toolbars />
        <ext:ribbontoolbars/>
      </ext:editorextension>
    </ext:editorextensions>
    <ext:dataextenders />
  </extensions>
  <commands />
  <contextmenus/>
  <localization/>
  <settings>
    <defaultpage/>
    <navigatorurl/>
    <editurls/>
    <listdefinitions/>
    <itemicons/>
    <theme>
      <path />
    </theme>
    <resourceextensions>
      <resourceextension>PublishDialogSettings</resourceextension>
    </resourceextensions>
    <customconfiguration/>
  </settings>
</Configuration>

added in system.config

<editor name="PublishDialogSettings">
    <installpath>E:\Tridion\web\WebUI\Editors\PublishDialogSettings\</installpath>
    <configuration>Configuration\PublishDialogSettings.config</configuration>
    <vdir/>
</editor>

UPDATE 2

I can now see the javascript file being used but the problem is that the iframe is not loaded yet when I try to use it (the TargetTypeList is inside an iframe).

I tried with this

$("#TargetTypeList_frame_details").load(function() {
    var targetCheckboxes = document.getElementById('TargetTypeList_frame_details').contentWindow.document.body.querySelectorAll('input[type="checkbox"]');
    for (var i = 0, len = targetCheckboxes.length; i < len; i++) {
        targetCheckboxes[i].checked = false;
    }
});

But I get: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'load' of undefined

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use this GUI UI Extention, It's working fine on Web8.5

SetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Configuration xmlns="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration/Merge"
               xmlns:cfg="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration"
               xmlns:ext="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions"
               xmlns:cmenu="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions/ContextMenu">

    <resources cache="true">
        <cfg:filters />
        <cfg:extensiongroups>
            <cfg:extensiongroup name="SetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets">
                <cfg:extension target="Tridion.Web.UI.Controls.RibbonToolbar">
                    <cfg:insertafter>SetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets</cfg:insertafter>
                </cfg:extension>
            </cfg:extensiongroup>
        </cfg:extensiongroups>
        <cfg:groups>
            <cfg:group name="SetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets">
                <cfg:fileset>
                    <cfg:file type="script">/js/PublishDialogSettings.js</cfg:file>
                </cfg:fileset>
            </cfg:group>
        </cfg:groups>
    </resources>
    <definitionfiles />
    <extensions>
        <ext:editorextensions/>
        <ext:dataextenders/>
    </extensions>
    <commands />
    <contextmenus />
    <localization />
    <settings>
        <defaultpage />
        <navigatorurl />
        <editurls/>
        <listdefinitions/>
        <itemicons/>
        <theme>
            <path/>
            <resourcegroup />
        </theme>
        <resourceextensions>
            <resourceextension>SetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets</resourceextension>
        </resourceextensions>
        <customconfiguration/>
    </settings>
</Configuration>

PublishDialogSettings.js

$evt.addEventHandler($display, "start", onPublishPopupOpenToSetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets);
    function onPublishPopupOpenToSetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets () {
        $evt.removeEventHandler($display, "start", onPublishPopupOpenToSetPublishDefaultToUnCheckAllTargets);

        if ($display.getView().getId() == "PublishPopup") {
            var ps = Tridion.UI.UserSettings.getPublishSettings();
            if (typeof ps !== 'undefined') 
            {
                for (var property in ps) {
                    if (property.startsWith("item_") && ps.hasOwnProperty(property)) {              
                        ps[property] = "unchecked";                                     
                    }
                }

                Tridion.UI.UserSettings.setPublishSettings(ps);
            }
        }   
    }

I hope it helps.

Answer 2

Yes, you can achieve this with a UI extension. I haven't done this specific scenario, but this is similar to something that I have done, and that is to check the "Abort Publishing/Unpublishing on All Servers in Case of Error" option by default.

The trick is to create a UI extension without any additional Commands (the scenario which most of the examples out there represent) and have it applied to the appropriate "area".

The example below is for 2013sp1.

The extension config:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Configuration xmlns="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration/Merge" 
    xmlns:cfg="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/Configuration" 
    xmlns:ext="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions"  
    xmlns:cmenu="http://www.sdltridion.com/2009/GUI/extensions/ContextMenu">
    <resources cache="true">
        <cfg:extensiongroups>
            <cfg:extensiongroup name="PublishDialogSettings">
                <cfg:extension target="Tridion.Web.UI.Editors.CME.Views.Popups.Publish">         
                    <cfg:insertafter>MyCompany.PublishDialogSettings</cfg:insertafter>
                </cfg:extension>
            </cfg:extensiongroup>
        </cfg:extensiongroups>
        <cfg:groups>
            <cfg:group name="MyCompany.PublishDialogSettings">
                <cfg:fileset>
                    <cfg:file type="script">/Scripts/jquery.js</cfg:file>
                    <cfg:file type="script">/Scripts/PublishDialogSettings.js</cfg:file>
                </cfg:fileset>
            </cfg:group>
        </cfg:groups>
    </resources>
    <definitionfiles/>
    <extensions>
        <ext:editorextensions>
            <ext:editorextension target="CME">
                <ext:editurls />
                <ext:listdefinitions />
                <ext:taskbars />
                <ext:commands />
                <ext:commandextensions />
                <ext:contextmenus />
                <ext:lists />
                <ext:tabpages />
                <ext:toolbars />
                <ext:ribbontoolbars/>
            </ext:editorextension>
        </ext:editorextensions>
        <ext:dataextenders />
    </extensions>
    <commands />
    <contextmenus/>
    <localization/>
    <settings>
        <defaultpage/>
        <navigatorurl/>
        <editurls/>
        <listdefinitions/>
        <itemicons/>
        <theme>
            <path />
        </theme>
        <resourceextensions>
            <resourceextension>PublishDialogSettings</resourceextension>
        </resourceextensions>
        <customconfiguration/>
    </settings>
</Configuration>

The "Command" (PublishDialogSettings.js):

$evt.addEventHandler($display, "start", onDisplayStarted);

function onDisplayStarted() {
    $evt.removeEventHandler($display, "start", onDisplayStarted);

    $j("#abortOnError").prop("checked", true);
}

......

Answer 3

Looking at the publishing dialog, here's some snippets that may be useful to you:

c.TargetTypeList = $controls.getControl($("#TargetTypeList"), "Tridion.Controls.List");

^ This stores the target type list in your controls object

p.checkBoxView = c.TargetTypeList.getCurrentView();

^ This gets the view and stores in the properties

var selection = p.checkBoxView.getSelection();
return selection.getItems();

^ this gets the selected items from the list, here i'd inspect checkBoxView to see if there's a clear all method, or you can write a little loop to go through each item in there and clear them.

Please let me know if that helps.

P.S I'm assuming you're familiar with the conventions SDL uses for the c and p - you don't have to use these you could just store them in your own variables etc.