How to call WP3.5 Media Library manager?

Question

In the past Media Library window could be called like this:

tb_show("Upload image", "media-upload.php?type=image&TB_iframe=1&width=640&height=520");

This still works in WP3.5. But I'm wondering how to open a new media manager? It's no longer handled by Thickbox - tb_show().

Thanks for any advices!

Answer 1

From the article How to use WordPress 3.5 Media Uploader in Theme Options (by codestag.com), as seen in Using the WordPress 3.5 Media Uploader within plugins (by mikejolley.com). ^{Mike Jolley's article has quite some nice tricks.}

Important note: if the page where the uploader is going to be used doesn't already have all media JS APIs, then wp_enqueue_media() has to be called.

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So, supposing we have a button like this in a custom Meta Box:

<div class="uploader">
      <input type="text" name="settings[_wpse_82857]" id="_wpse_82857" />
      <input class="button" name="_wpse_82857_button" id="_wpse_82857_button" value="Upload" />
</div> 

The following script will call the new uploader and fill up the input text field #_wpse_82857 with the attachment path when Insert into post is clicked.

jQuery(document).ready(function($)
{
    var _custom_media = true,
        _orig_send_attachment = wp.media.editor.send.attachment;

    // ADJUST THIS to match the correct button
    $('.uploader .button').click(function(e) 
    {
        var send_attachment_bkp = wp.media.editor.send.attachment;
        var button = $(this);
        var id = button.attr('id').replace('_button', '');
        _custom_media = true;
        wp.media.editor.send.attachment = function(props, attachment)
        {
            if ( _custom_media ) 
            {
                $("#"+id).val(attachment.url);
            } else {
                return _orig_send_attachment.apply( this, [props, attachment] );
            };
        }

        wp.media.editor.open(button);
        return false;
    });

    $('.add_media').on('click', function()
    {
        _custom_media = false;
    });
});