Hi Adrian, Gavin,
It was exactly what I was thinking. We need the same thing than the
form, screen, etc.
It's could help a lot to move UI specificity from framework to theme
folder ;)
I don't know very well this part so I prefer if somebody could help us
but I nobody is available, I'll try.
Julien.
Le 31/10/2014 07:33, Adrian Crum a écrit :
Some of those lists can be rendered with the form widget.
We can create a widget for the main navigation.
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 10/30/2014 11:15 PM, Gavin Mabie wrote:
You referred to such a case in point in an earlier mail - i.e the
displayApps/displaySecondaryApps in the main-navigation. Other examples
that come to mind are a list of available languages, list of visual
themes,
a task list - all of which could be presented as dropdown options -
eliminating the need for a additional request and screen.
Gavin
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Adrian Crum <
[email protected]> wrote:
That is not possible with the current architecture. The widget
models are
supposed to be read-only.
What is the use case?
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 10/30/2014 3:17 PM, Gavin Mabie wrote:
Wish
It would be super cool if we had an iterator inside the menu
widget. That
would allow for dynamic menu item generation. Or does it exist?
Gavin
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Scott Gray
<[email protected]>
wrote:
Yeah he did a great job implementing the macro renderer. We
discussed
the
idea many years ago and he turned it into something real (which is
definitely the hard part).
I'd be interested to hear what integration steps you might take for
angularjs, I've been through the tutorials lately and it looks
promising
as
a front-end framework. But it seems to use static html templates
delivered
to the client so I'm unsure how OFBiz would play a role other than
providing the web services.
Regards
Scott
On 30/10/2014, at 11:21 pm, Adrian Crum <
[email protected]> wrote:
Actually, the idea was Jacopo's - when he first introduced the
macro
screen renderer years ago.
I exploited that feature to use the Sencha JS framework in OFBiz
for one
of our clients. Our current client uses Angular JS, so I expect to be
integrating Angular for them. And right now the OFBiz community is
working
on integrating Bootstrap.
So, the capability has been there all along, but no one used it
until
now.
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 10/30/2014 9:51 AM, Scott Gray wrote:
That's a great idea! Thanks for implementing it
On 30 October 2014 20:31:06 GMT+13:00, Adrian Crum <
[email protected]> wrote:
I modified the MacroScreenViewHandler in rev 1635411. Themes can
create
their own HTML now.
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 10/30/2014 6:37 AM, Gavin Mabie wrote:
Julien,
I think that we are actually in agreement about minimizing (even
avoiding)
framework modifications. Maybe we need to further explore exactly
what
qualifies as part of the framework. As Adrian stated in an
earlier
mail on
the subject: "The Widget Models and Renderer are output
agnostic -
they
don't "know" what type of output is being generated. So those
artifacts do
not need to be changed to support Bootstrap.
The only things that need to be changed to support Bootstrap
(sic or
any
other frontend framework) are the FreeMarker macros - so that
they
output
Bootstrap HTML + CSS instead of the current OFBiz-specific HTML +
CSS."
Following this line of thinking, creating specific Bootstrap
macros
should
not be considered as changing the framework. Maybe we need a
practical
example to illustrate this.
Regards
Gavin
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Julien NICOLAS
<[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
I'm sorry but I'm not sure to understand well the goal...
We'll modify the framework to match with bootstrap but, if we
have
to do
UI modification, we have to do it in the framework ?!
If macros stay in the framework I don't understand how to be as
flexible
as we need if anytime we have to change framework...
My question is : with your example, you'll define compatible
bootstrap
navbars. But if I want to add something new in it (like avatar
picture or
other feature), do I must change the framework ?
If the answer is yes, I think we are on the wrong way...
Regards,
Julien.
Le 29/10/2014 17:09, Gavin Mabie a écrit :
Hi Julien, Adrian
IMO that we should try to define all menus via menu widgets.
So I'm
inclined to agree with Adrian on the issue of the
main-navigation
menu.
Maybe this is something we should include in our Bootstrap
project.
Loading macros as Visual Visual Theme resources might also
address
Julien's
wish to have a more generic way to integrate front-end
frameworks.
I also
support the suggestion that we copy the existing macro to the
to be
created
Bootstrap theme and to modify them, as per Adrian's
suggestion. We
can
then address the sub-menu issue in the macros.
Gavin
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Adrian Crum <
[email protected]> wrote:
If you are referring to the main navigation menu:
<div id="main-navigation">
that uses a template instead of a menu widget - it is done
that
way
simply
because no one has tried to do it differently. Personally,
I would
like
to
see it changed to a menu widget.
Regarding the existing FreeMarker macros: those should be
copied
to the
Bootstrap theme and modified to output Bootstrap-specific
HTML. To
use
the
Bootstrap theme, you will need to modify widget.properties to
reference
the
Bootstrap macros.
It would be nice to have a more dynamic way to change
macros, but
it
might
be best to put that idea on the shelf for now. (Maybe we
can make
the
macro
file locations Visual Theme resources - store them in the
database.)
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 10/29/2014 2:28 PM, Julien NICOLAS wrote:
Adrian,
It's just : Why html structure for sub-menu is not managed
like
main
menu
?
Is it possible to use sub-menu like main menu ?
Maybe we can move macro from framework folder to theme
folder.
hope you understand better in this way :)
Thanks for your help,
Julien.
Le 29/10/2014 15:22, Adrian Crum a écrit :
I don't understand the question. Could you ask it in
another
way
please?
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 10/29/2014 1:39 PM, Julien NICOLAS wrote:
Hi Gavin, Adrian and all,
I was thinking about move sub-menu generation by
header.ftl or
appbarOpen.ftl in theme folder like main menu...
Can we move the macro in the theme folder or create a
service
that
send
sub-menu entry sorted list ?
It could be useful to create specific webdesign if this
section
could
be
managed manually.
What's your opinion ?
Julien.
Le 29/10/2014 12:07, Gavin Mabie a écrit :
Hi,
As I'm working on the bootstrap theme branch, I notice
that:
1. menuStringRenderer is out-commettted in the
MacroScreenViewhandler
class;
2. This being the case, that menus get rendered by default
through
the
HtmlMenuRenderer class;
3. The latter automatically creates <ul><li><ul>
opening tags
for
every
menus included in a screen definition with a menu item
count
bigger
than 0;
4. This results in an extra <ul> - the first one;
5. menu item count does not take sub-menus into
account - in
fact,
although defined in the xsd, I could not find any examples of
the
sub-menu
attribute in any of the *menu,xml.
Is this an issue?Common sense tells me that the
menuStringRendere was
(is)
part pf the architecture, but that a conscious decision
was
made to
rather
leave it out.
Some guidance please?
Gavin
