(in case you are interested - don't feel pressured though :) samplecontainer.js actually already makes calls to the metadata servlet. see line 167 - the "requestGadgetMetaData" function. This came from a different patch which gave the samplecontainer the ability to show gadget titles.
- Caszsie On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Tamlyn Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Cassie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Tamlyn - do you think you could make this into a patch and attach it > to > > a jira issue for Shindig? > > The thing is I've done it from outside of gadgets.js so it's not > really patchable. Doing it in gadgets.js would mean making an ajax > call to fetch the metadata in the gadgets.container.addGadget method > and I'm not really sure how that would work since gadgets.io isn't > available in the container (unless i've misunderstood). > > I'm aware that you're keen to maintain clear separation between > Shindig and the JavaScript code that manages the layout/chrome but for > most people actually using Shindig I suspect this separation is rather > more theoretical than practical. I've been developing a drag & drop > layout/framework using jQuery, PHP and MySQL and I hope to open source > this once I get it working. This should be some time in September. > > Tamlyn. >
