Also the filterable table is changing the styling of your current table. I think they should be listed as separate types of tables.
Thanks, Caty On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Marius Dumitru Florea < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi devs, > > > > I’ve noticed that users often try to make simple tables > > filterable/sortable. And LT are too complex for simple tables. > > > > Actually we do implement the feature already in xwiki-platform > > (tablefilterNsort.js.js + icons) but we don’t make it easy for users to > use > > it. > > > > Right now a user has to know the magic incantation. They can find the doc > > here: > > * http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/ > XWikiSyntax?syntax=2.1& > > section=Tables&xpage=print > > * http://snippets.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Table+Sorter > > > > What I’d like to propose is to > > > > 1/ Include a new core macro in xwiki-platform that would allow to > > transformation a table into a sortable/filterable table, as it’s done by > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Make+ > > All+Wiki+Tables+Sortable+Macro: > > > > {{table [sort="true|false" filter="true|false” oddEven=“true|false”}} > > |=heading1|=heading2 > > |cell1|cell2 > > {{/table}}} > > > > > > > 2/ In the CKEditor UI when inserting a table, offer several checkboxes > for > > Sortable, Filterable, OddEven and have the WYSIWYG editor insert this > table > > macro when checked. > > > > You forget that macro output is not editable directly inside the WYSIWYG > editor text area. And it cannot be editable as long as the output is the > result of some transformation of the macro content. It could be editable if > the macro only applies some CSS styling and doesn't perform any > transformation on the XDOM/DOM structure. Adding support for this > particular type of macros would be nice but it's not trivial and poses some > problems such as nested macros. It would require considerable changes in > the way macros are implemented inside the WYSIWYG editor. > > Thanks, > Marius > > > > My rationale for wanting to include it is because I consider this to be a > > basic use case (core use case) that would benefit from being by default > in > > any flavor of XWiki. > > > > WDYT? > > > > Note that if we should not agree to have it by default then it also > > doesn’t make sense to have tablefilterNsort.js in xwiki-platform IMO. > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
