[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12596: "screen options" tab disappearing for plugins

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#12596: "screen options" tab disappearing for plugins
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 Reporter:  arena         |       Owner:  westi            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.0              
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:  3.0              
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  reporter-feedback
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Comment(by arena):

 Replying to [comment:12 TobiasBg]:
 > I haven't yet have time to look at your plugin and I'm only saying all
 of this from recent experience when working with the metaboxes. I, too,
 had the problem to be in need of setting the screen ID which resembles the
 ID the JavaScript uses to store/ajax the information about the state of
 the meta boxes. My first idea was to use the "screen_meta_screen" filter,
 but then I basically found out what you mention in the initial post: that
 it is not called regularly so that I could rely on it. Then I found out
 about the "set_current_screen()" function. At first I wanted to hook into
 it, but couldn't really find a good hook in there. That's when I noticed
 that I could just call the function myself, with my desired
 screenID/pagenow as the parameter - and all my problems were solved.
 >
 > What I'm trying to say: Also the filter "screen_meta_screen" might have
 worked before, it is not necessarily a bug if it doesn't anymore, because
 it might not have been used in the intended fashion (which I don't know,
 as I'm not too familiar with the background of that part of the code).
 >
 > > "screen_meta_screen" by giving the screen a specific name used to have
 that screen properly set in javascript and php (javascript 'screen' name
 used in setting the columns in a list or ordering meta boxes in a page, i
 am using both of them) ..
 >
 > That's exactly what I'm doing with set_current_screen() as outlined
 above. Instead of setting it with the filter, just set the screen with
 that function, called in the {{{load-{$hook}}}} filter of the admin page.

 'screen_meta-screen' worked in previous versions.
 set_current_screen() only exists since 3.0 ...

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