Hi, thanks Josefina for helping out fixing this problem instantly; it now works well, as well as to Peter for noticing it as something to bring forth through JIRA. I added some more input on the CSS part (https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-1044).
Regards Jessica -- ________________________________________________ Jessica Lindholm Malmö högskola Bibliotek och IT Orkanenbiblioteket 205 06 Malmö Malmö University Library and IT Service Orkanen Library 205 06 Malmö Sweden [email protected] +46 (0)40 665 71 39 http://www.mah.se/bit http://homeweb.mah.se/~bijeli/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessical >>> 2011-09-30 kl. 00:25, skrev Peter Dietz <[email protected]> : > Hi Jessica, > > I just noticed that our site has that issue as well. So.. I filed a DSpace > bug, fixed it, and added a patch to Jira, complete with screenshots of > before-and-after. > https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-1044 > > I'll probably need some feedback from people on whether we should be > truncating the length to 50 characters or not. Either way, it shouldn't be > Java limiting this information. XSL is capable of truncating at a given > length. I've chosen not to limit at all, just have CSS keep things looking > normal though. For the patch, cheers to Josi for pulling out the 50 char > limit. And thanks to Jessica for finding the bug/annoyance. > > Hej hej, > Peter Dietz > > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Josefina Perez Alvarez > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Hi *Jessica Lindholm, >> >> We needed to do this change in our installation: >> Edit [dspace-src]/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/ >> app/xmlui/aspect/submission/submit/SelectCollectionStep.java >> >> In public void addBody(Body body) >> >> In >> select.addOption("",T_collection_default); >> for (Collection collection : collections) >> { >> String name = collection.getMetadata("name"); >> if (name.length() > 50) >> /** changed from 50 to 100 */ >> { >> name = name.substring(0, 47) + "..."; /** >> changed from 47 to 97 (minus 3 to include "...")*/ >> } >> select.addOption(collection.getHandle(),name); >> } >> Button submit = list.addItem().addButton("submit"); >> submit.setValue(T_submit_next); >> >> maven >> ant >> restart tomcat >> >> Hope this help, >> Josi Perez >> >> >> >> >> 2011/9/29 Jessica Lindholm <[email protected]> >> >>> Hello all, >>> this is a very specific question which answer I believe hide in one of >>> the xsl:s. >>> >>> When a user picks a collection in the submission process from the >>> dropdown list of all collections a string-length of max 50 is set >>> somewhere. I cannot find its whereabouts. Users end up trying to >>> distuingish their collection to submit to from drop down option values >>> looking like this >>> >>> <div xmlns="http://di.tamu.edu/DRI/1.0/"; class="ds-form-content"> >>> <select id="aspect_submission_submit_SelectCollectionStep_field_handle" >>> class="ds-select-field" name="handle" title="Select the collection you >>> wish to submit an item to."> >>> <option value="">Select a collection...</option> >>> <option value="2043/6050">Student Essays / Utbildningsvetenskap med >>> inrik...</option> >>> <option value="2043/4488">Student Essays / Utbildningsvetenskap med >>> inrik...</option> >>> <option value="2043/7087">Student Essays / Utbildningsvetenskap med >>> inrik...</option> >>> >>> which is far from optimal. >>> >>> I have looked in structural.xsl, [localtheme].xsl, dri2xhtml/*.xsl >>> without success. We have made adjustments of various max chars of >>> titles, filenames etc in the local theme, but not on collection names in >>> drop-downs at submission.The width of the dropdown list have been >>> adjusted in the css to see if that would help, but it is quite obvious a >>> string-length setting hiding somewhere. The collection names seem to be >>> shortened only in this particular display. >>> >>> We use DSpace 1.7.2 XMLUI and have built our own theme based on >>> Kubrick.xsl. >>> >>> Anyone with ideas how to solve this, rather than shortening names of >>> collections? >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Jessica Lindholm >>> -- >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Jessica Lindholm >>> >>> Malmö högskola >>> Bibliotek och IT >>> Orkanenbiblioteket >>> 205 06 Malmö >>> >>> Malmö University >>> Library and IT Service >>> Orkanen Library >>> 205 06 Malmö >>> Sweden >>> >>> [email protected] >>> +46 (0)40 665 71 39 >>> http://www.mah.se/bit >>> http://homeweb.mah.se/~bijeli/ >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessical >>> >>> >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - >>> All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a >>> definitive record of customers, application performance, security >>> threats, fraudulent activity and more. 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