--- On Mon, 5/3/10, Adrian Crum <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Scott Gray <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > On 4/05/2010, at 11:32 AM, Adrian
> > Crum wrote:
> > 
> > > On 5/3/2010 4:25 PM, Scott Gray wrote:
> > >> Sometimes I think using the same schema and
> class
> > for single forms and list forms holds us back from
> > implementing features specific to one or the other and
> even
> > when we do it results in a messy schema.
> > >> 
> > >> What if we were to separate the two but have
> them
> > share a common base?  We could start by separating
> the
> > schemas and then work on the code.
> > >> 
> > >> Thoughts?
> > > 
> > > Any effort to clean up and improve widget code
> gets a
> > big thumbs-up from me.
> > > 
> > > While we're at it, could we separate the styling
> into
> > a separate element and Java class? Chris Howe had
> suggested
> > that some years ago.
> > 
> > I'm not entirely sure what you mean on this one? 
> > Could you give me an example of what the problem is
> and how
> > this would solve it?
> 
> I think it was around the beginning of 2007. The idea was
> to move all of the form widget styling attributes to a style
> element - to cut down on the amount of form attributes. We
> made a preliminary move in that direction by putting all of
> the form styling attributes on their own line - so that
> later they could be contained in a separate element.

I can't find the ml discussion, but here is the related Jira issue:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-760

-Adrian




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