This seems a shared perspective (see my comment at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5040)
For the common concern about consistent generated HTML source. If we would want to replace pages currently done with form widgets, and unleashed Freemarker, this would mean to hide things in macros, right? I think Adrian's argument about widgets and macros is worth considering http://markmail.org/message/aysqecll3aolmelz <<Looking at it another way, with screen widgets you can replace the existing FreeMarker macros with your own - so the UI can look like anything. I recently did that for 1Tech Ltd - where I replaced the HTML markup with Sencha JavaScript.>> This could be combined with David's suggestion to follow the way Moqui does it http://markmail.org/message/lohdbc4h2h5jmfil <<The current implementation in OFBiz parses the XML file into Java classes and then when rendering generates macro calls to pass the parameters (XML attribute values, etc) to the FTL macros. A more flexible and extensible approach is to use the FTL XML processing features directly instead of going through Java classes. With this approach adding an attribute or support for a whole new element in the widget XML files is just a matter of adding it to the FTL macros that process XML elements. >> I will put that in OFBIZ-5040 as well Jacques On Friday, January 31, 2014 12:44 AM, [email protected] wrote > Nicolas, > I have dropped idea of this enhancement because it does not seem realistic > and worth continuing. > > Over past many years we delivered Ofbiz to many clients, one thing is common, > No body likes UX/UI built using form widgets. Now I > recommend not to use form widgets. > > Instead we build UX using Boostrap, JQuery, AngularJS on Freemarker > templates. > > Anil K Patel > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jan 29, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Nicolas Malin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> On the page >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Screen+and+Form+Widget+Enhancements, >> their is a subject on "Form >> widget to switch between view and edit mode". >> >> Anil your are on the Screen and Form widget enhancements, how can I help you >> ? Do you mind on how do this or I begin a >> reflection above? >> >> Nicolas
