Martin,

Thanks for your input.

Chuck

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On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:06 AM, Martin Grigorov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Writing web apps requires writing JavaScript code ...
> Even if you use components like Wicket-extensions' ModalWindow or
> wicket-bootstrap's Modal, or wicket-jquery-ui's Dialog, or any other
> similar component you will still need to add some custom JS to make it
> working as you need it. And this is where Wicket shines - it doesn't
> mandate specific solutions, it allows you to make dynamic apps by
> reusing components and by making it easier to extend them for your
> specific needs.
> 
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Chuck Brinkman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a desktop application that I need to move to the web.  The desktop 
>> app supports multiple windows.  I'm told it wouldn't be unusual to have as 
>> many as 30 windows open.  All of the windows can be moved, resized, expanded 
>> to full screen (fill the original app window) and minimize.  The user 
>> community doesn't want to lose any look and feel of the desktop app.
>> 
>> Here are the hurdles that I see
>> 
>> -)  keeping the child windows on top of the parent window.
> that should be easy with CSS (z-index)
> 
>> -)  expanding a child window to fill the parent window
> Use JavaScript that manipulates the child's CSS properties
> 
>> -)  can I create a modal window?  A few of the desktop windows are modal.
> See wicket-extensions' ModalWindow
> 
>> -)  is there a limit to the number of child windows
> No
> 
>> -)  concerns about multi-window support in wicket
> Most of the time this just works
> 
>> 
>> So,
>> -)  Will wicket support any of this without me having to resort to writing 
>> javascript?
>> -)  What issues have I overlooked that will preclude the use of wicket
>> 
>> Thanks for your input
>> 
>> I looked at wicket a few years ago.  I'm a fan of the just java and just 
>> html aspect not to mention reusable components.  I would really like to hear 
>> that wicket will support this multi-window environment.  If not it looks 
>> like jquery which means lots of javascript and I think large amounts of 
>> javascript are unmanageable.
> 
> This is true but lately there are many good JS testing frameworks
> which make this more manageable.
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Chuck
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