Create new Asset Kinds

Question

I have updated my craft/config/general.php file to allow some new file types to be uploaded to my site.

'extraAllowedFileExtensions' => 'bim, dwg, rvt'

When I output these file assets in the template, I would like to be able to use the {{ asset.kind }} property to output "PDF" or whatever name for my additional types.

Currently I see unknown for each of my new types.

I've had a look in the documentation for the IOHelper Class but could not see a way to add additional definitions.

Answer 1

Currently, the "file kinds" list is hard-coded and doesn't expose itself to a config setting or plugins.

You can definitely make a feature request to open it up, though!