On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi devs, > > A prerequisite for Application Within Minutes [1] is to be able to > specify the sheet that will be used to display a document without > touching the content of that document [2]. This can be done in multiple > ways, depending on how we define the notion of a sheet. > > > (1) Class sheets vs. document sheets > > A class sheet displays an object of a particular type and is specified > in the definition of that type. This means that when you create or edit > a class, i.e. a type of object, you can specify which sheet should be > used to display the instances of that class. > > Pro: Documents don't have to specify a sheet. > Con: We have to determine which sheet to use in case there are multiple > objects attached to a document.
What about displaying objects one after the other ? I think sheets must be seen as a way to display an object and not the whole page [1]. http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Design/OverhaulOfXWikiClassesAndObjectsManagement/full-edit.png > > A document sheet displays a document of a particular type and is > specified at document level because the document type, unlike the > xclass, does not exist actually. The document type is inferred from the > type of objects the document has, or from its content, or, why not, from > the type of attachments it has. > > Pro: Doesn't have the class sheet con. > Con: Each document has to specify which sheet to use. If the document type can be inferred from the objects it contains, can we say that each document has to specify the sheet it uses ? > > Class sheets are enough for Application Within Minutes because the > wizard will create a single class (with a sheet) and so the application > items will have only one object that specifies a sheet. > > [snip] > > (4) Sheet parameters? > > If we're talking about class sheets then they only need to specify how > an object is displayed. Document sheets on the other hand may need to > control elements like: > > * which tabs (comments, annotations, attachments, etc.), if any, are > displayed > * show title field in edit mode > * the side panels > * the form buttons > I'd add "show document content" to the list. Thanks, JV. _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
