Thanks for tips Florin Jacques
----- Original Message ----- From: "Florin Jurcovici" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:20 PM Subject: Re: Simple backend UI enhancement proposition > Hello. > > Not in ofbiz, but in some Domino-backed web frontend we use tabs without > Ajax and without any overload for the server. I don't rea''y know what I'm > talking about, but I suppose it should be easy to add tabs in ofbiz based > on a similar mechanism. > > Just enclose what needs to be placed on one tab in a <div></div>, then add > some simple JS and some hotspots which show/hide only one of the divs > (i.e. tabs) at a time. This way, the rendering and the functionality > associated to whatever other form elements are there is not affected, and > you don't need Ajax to re-render/re-fill/re-compute/re-whatever fields on > tab changes. > > Tooltips: maybe use the browser's status bar? > > br, > > -- > Florin Jurcovici > ------------------ > Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:41:50 +0200, Jacques Le Roux > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, it seems that it's not the great idea that everybody was waiting for > > ;o) > > > > Though we may keep 2 ideas from this thread : > > > > Using tabs to hide unnecessary complexity and break overload of > > information in some screens. Is it desirable/possible to create a > > tabs artifact in form widget ? Else I guess we have to use Ajax, but is > > that desirable in backend ? > > > > Using tooltips to better explain non obvious fields. By real tooltips I > > mean using the html title attribute. This is already done > > for explaining format of date fields for instance and IMO should be > > generalized for non obvious fields. It's easily done, don't > > clutter the UI but can't be used for option tag (title attribute is > > accepted but browser do not render it). Anyway in this case the > > widgets take care of the problem by adding a plain text after the select > > field. > > > > Jacques > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David E. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Tom Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ian McNulty" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 8:53 AM > > Subject: Re: Simple backend UI enhancement proposition > > > > > >> > >> On Jan 22, 2007, at 12:03 AM, Jonathon -- Improov wrote: > >> > >> > > It could be very useful for new users to have a help icon link > >> > next to > >> > > each field or for each form with a full explanation of each field > >> > and > >> > > examples. > >> > > >> > THAT is what I've been pushing for too! Anyway, I'm also happy that > >> > the OFBiz community is focusing more time on improving/debugging > >> > OFBiz (and neglecting docs aspect). > >> > > >> > But your suggestion won't even see light of day, at least not until > >> > someone DOES do a proper comprehensive doc of OFBiz (ERP aspect, > >> > not framework). As it is now, I often ask questions about OFBiz-ERP > >> > that even veterans don't know how to answer offhand (what with > >> > 600,000++ lines of codes and 700+ database tables!). > >> > >> There is a lot of work to be done here, and lot left to do, but it > >> _has_ already been started and there is a pretty good bit of > >> information that mostly needs to be restructured but of course could > >> also use some editing and fleshing out. Check out these links: > >> > >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/Bw > >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/Y > >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/5gI > >> > >> Once there are more fleshed out and structured it will be easy to add > >> links to them in the applications. > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > > > >
