On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Darren Petersen wrote:
> You want to highlight a bit of text in the content that you are typing
> into the midgard interface, and have a dropdown box that lists all the
> pages on the site. When you select one page from the box, the link
> is automatically created. Is that correct?
>
> If so, then the answer is probably no. Typing the anchor tag is by far simpler
> than writing whatever code you would have to write to make midgard's admin
> site
> act like a wysiwyg editor. Midgard's administrative tools are simply a set of
> web pages, which allow you to relate bits of code together into a coherent
> website. Those bits of code might be php or html, but they all have to be
> inserted into the midgard database, which means typing them into the admin
> website, or cutting and pasting from applications like dreamweaver. That's a
> manual process, but there are things you can to do speed it up.
This sums it up pretty well. It is possible to construct a dropdown list
that uses javascript to append a link to the text in the edit box, but
this would not work with the highlighting you requested.
But there is a way that this *would* work: java applets. It is not only
feasable but actually a major kick*ss idea if you ask me. The applet
would need some heavy smarts about the backend (or better yet, a
backend with a more structured approach then HTTP -- maybe corba) but
definately doable given enough time (sigh). Which means, yes,
theoretically possible, but don't hold your breath.
Emile
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