Awesome! This is probably long overdue. :) In the pull-down menu in the video, I see "Data directory", "Home directory" and "/". What will display for the Windows users?
My hope is that it will be: data directory, home directory, and all of the roots of the drives (C:\, D:\, etc.) Thanks, Mike Pumphrey OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org On 11/3/2010 6:41 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: > Hi, > lately I've been doing a GeoServer workshop and I suffered watching students > stumble across some of the GeoServer GUI deficiencies. > > One of them is the lack of a file chooser when creating > shapefile/directory/raster > stores. Having to copy and paste the path, and sometimes make it relative > to the data directory, is error prone and generally annoying. > > The patch I've attached to http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-4208 is meant > to solve the issue. > It provides a set of custom store panels for shapefiles, directory and > rasters that > come with a file chooser showing the server side file system and allowing to > choose a path by point and click. > > I've made a quick screencast (sorry for the pitiful voice part of it) > showing how that > works: > http://demo.geo-solutions.it/share/chooser.ogv > (in order to view it outside of a Linux machine I suggest you install > VideoLan, > it's good and can play the OGG vorbis format the screencast is made with) > > If you can't see the screencast I've also attached a few screenshots to this > mail. > > Highlights: > - allows to chose both files and directories > - provides quick access to user home and the data directory > - it is data directory aware, so it will generate path that are relative to it > if you pick anything inside of $GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR/data > > Feedback welcomed. I'd like to commit this improvements soon, > reviews for the patch I've attached to > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-4208 > are also welcomed > > Cheers > Andrea > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Ing. Andrea Aime > Senior Software Engineer > > GeoSolutions S.A.S. > Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 > 55054 Massarosa (LU) > Italy > > phone: +39 0584962313 > fax: +39 0584962313 > > http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime > http://twitter.com/geowolf > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > This body part will be downloaded on demand. > > > > This body part will be downloaded on demand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve Improved Network Security with IP and DNS Reputation. Defend against bad network traffic, including botnets, malware, phishing sites, and compromised hosts - saving your company time, money, and embarrassment. Learn More! http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpdev2dev-nov _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
