Thanks Kenneth, You've confirmed what I wanted to hear- which is that there isn't a simple approach. I have persuaded the client to stick with the standard viewer layout for now.
Jo Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote: > > The approach mentioned by Chris will leave you with the legend and > taskpane side by side, rather than on top. > While it is possible to modify the viewer, there are two things going > against it: > > 1) It was not made for modification, which will make it hard to fit in > customizations > 2) Any change has to be re-implemented when your client upgrades to the > next version of MG > > Number 1) implies that you will spend a lot of time, and number 2) > implies that you will do it multiple times. > > For these reasons, Fusion was built. > While I can see issues with Fusion, it is meant to be customized, and I > would recommend that you either > "roll your own" viewer or use Fusion, if the basic viewer is not enough. > > Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S > > On 14-12-2009 18:48, Chris Claydon wrote: >> Without trying it, I'm not sure if this would work but it might be worth >> a try... >> >> 1) In MG Studio or equivalent, open your basic layout and disable the >> properties pane and task pane. >> 2) Set URL hyperlinks to open in a specified frame, and pick a new unique >> name for the frame. >> 3) Set all commands that are currently targeted at the task pane also to >> open in that specified frame. >> 4) Modify the AJAX viewer to add a new frame with the unique name below >> the legend. >> >> It shouldn't take a huge amount of effort to figure out if it's actually >> going to work. >> >> Chris. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jo Cook >> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:54 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [mapguide-users] changing position of task bar >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I would like to change the position of the task bar in the ajax viewer >> for >> MGOS 2.1. I have seen the posts about changing it to the left-hand side, >> and >> have implemented that, but ideally I want to ditch the properties pane >> and >> integrate the task pane (with a custom properties task included) below >> the >> legend. When I look in the developer's guide at the layout of the frames >> within the ajax viewer, it doesn't look like this is going to be >> possible, >> as both the legend and the properties panes are integrated within the >> main >> mapframe. >> >> Is there a way to do what I want, by changing the order of frames within >> the >> various templates, or am I wasting my time? For a number of regions, the >> client wants the ajax viewer rather than fusion. >> >> Thanks >> >> Jo >> > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/changing-position-of-task-bar-tp4164478p4176665.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
