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We would like to not have to override civicrm.modal.js and civicrm.modal.php to add a Grant Applications shortcode. I recall seeing others wanting to add shortcode support for new things in civicrm.

1. Looking at https://github.com/JMAConsulting/biz.jmaconsulting.grantapplications/commit/dd10b72c1ddb390a2e8858699032f20fcfe3613f I think it would likely be possible to create a single hook for the civicrm.modal.php file that would provide return values that could add code for lines 58-60 and 84-92. One approach might be to efactor to hold a few values in a table, and loop through it to generate add_civicomponent_id option values and associated span. 

2. I'm not at all clear on the best architecture for creating a hook for civicrm.modal.js that will run in the client browser, like for lines 49-52 and 83-90. I don't like a callback to the server (or especially two!), which makes me think it would be best to call the hook on the server and use its results to generate the js that will go to the browser. But this seems like a more general issue that will recur more and more as we migrate away from PHP 4.x approaches to AngularJS. So I'm thinking this might be best handled by the core team.

So, could you advise on what we should be doing here and whether core team might take on developing a hook pattern for AngularJS files?

Thanks,
Joe

See https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16650