On 9/27/07, Jeanne Waldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Cristi Toth wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I've done some work on the tree renderer in Trinidad
> I added the connecting lines, like in Tomahawk (or any other tree) behind
> the expanded/collapsed icon (-, +)
> I now have 5 skin-selectors for the tree:
>
> af|tree::expanded-icon
> af|tree::collapsed-icon
> - these are the [-], [+] icons
>
> af|tree::line-icon - this one is the vertical line
> af|tree::line-middle-icon - this one is the horizontal line for each entry
> (used in the back of the expanded/collapsed icon)
> af|tree::line-last-icon - this one is like the one above, but it is used
> in the case of the last sibling (the corner)
>
> now some questions:
>
> 1) should I add a 'renderLines' attribute to the 'tree' component to
> enable/disable the lines ?
>
> I would make this a skin property, not a per instance component property.
> Something like:
> af|tree { -tr-render-lines: true}
>

Sounds better indeed!

2) should I let the lines be skinnable and add them to the base skin?
>
> it's up to you. Showing/hiding them with the skin property probably is
> enough.
>

So you think it's useless to make the lines skinnable? (sounds fine with me)

3) if I let them be skinnable, then should I ommit the 'renderLines' attr
> and let the user just override the line icons with blank ones?
>
> again, I think this should be a skin property.
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> Next, I worked on the TreeTable renderer. I made the 'Expand All /
> Collapse All' links skinnable.
>
> 1. should I move the the 'Expand All / Collapse All' links on the first
> row and get rid of the 2nd ?
> It seems quite useless to have 2 rows
>
> not sure what you mean.
>

If you look in the  screen-shot at the treeTable on the 2nd row there are
the 'expand all/collapse all' links.
I think they would fit perfectly on the first row (along the previous /
next) and to get rid of the 2nd row (subControlBar)

2. should I also make the focus link 'X' skinnable (it looks kind of lame
> right now) ?
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> sure. I'm surprised it isn't already.
>
>
> 3. should I add some attributes for disabling the focus column and the
> breadCrumbs, for people who don't need them?
>
> 4. I noticed a bug in the row banding, it's not correctly rendered, I
> suppose it would be nice if I fix it...
>
> You can see here a pictures with the results of what I did until now:
> http://people.apache.org/~ckormos/tree_skinning.png<http://people.apache.org/%7Eckormos/tree_skinning.png>
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> Is this welcomed by you guys?
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> I like it.
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>
> regards,
> --
> Cristi Toth
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Thanks for the feedback!
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Cristi Toth

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