I really don't feel comfortable with having client implementation details stored in the server as first-class actions. What have js controller names and parameters to do in the database? This is nothing that the server or other clients will understand. Are we now tying ourselves to javascript client scripting on top of python now?? Actions are supposed to be a major part of the protocol, if we do this, that major part of the protocol won't be fully supported anymore by all official clients.
If the goal is to have web data to pass to client-side, why not piggyback on ir.actions.act_url, which at least all clients know how to handle, and in a manner that degrades correctly? If you ensure that the web client supports controller references in location.hash, a la http://url#!/MySuperController?param=value, this will even work on any client, as they could open a browser to that web client URL (assuming the web client is running somewhere, obviously) But perhaps that doesn't cover all the use cases, I'm not sure. - Starting POS? Well, this could be a menu bound to an act_url with target=new, as it does not behave at all like other menus ; btw that's minimal chrome, and would work perfectly on all clients. - An action embedded in a dashboard? Hmm, why not make it an act_url with a controller reference in the URL, and make the web client recognize it so it knows to load that controller in the corresponding area. This could also work for non-OpenERP-related actions too, and again, degrades fine in other clients. - Cross-model actions? Wait, why shouldn't they be implemented server-side? Why shouldn't that logic be stored with the rest of the business logic, available for other (re)uses too, through the standard OpenERP API (and then simply relying on web widgets for special rendering) Thoughts? -- https://code.launchpad.net/~openerp-dev/openobject-server/trunk-client-actions-xmo/+merge/66609 Your team OpenERP R&D Team is subscribed to branch lp:~openerp-dev/openobject-server/trunk-client-actions-xmo. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-dev-gtk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-dev-gtk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
