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.. _deprecation-83844:

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Deprecation: #83844 - Deprecated usage of top.launchView
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See :issue:`83844`

Description
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The usage of :js:`top.launchView()`, that opens certain information in a popup window, has been marked as deprecated.


Impact
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Calling :js:`top.launchView()` will trigger a deprecation warning in the browser console.


Affected Installations
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Every 3rd party extension that uses :js:`top.launchView` is affected.


Migration
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Either use :js:`top.TYPO3.InfoWindow.showItem()` directly or import the RequireJS module `TYPO3/CMS/Backend/InfoWindow`
and call :js:`showItem()`.

.. index:: Backend, JavaScript, NotScanned
