Looks like you solved it, works great! Thanks Raluca :-)
Regards,
Lockie
Raluca Stavro-2 wrote:
>
> Hello Ricardo and Lockie,
>
> If you want the initial value to be collapsed, but then you want cookies
> to
> work, what you have to do is to add a JavaScript function that will handle
> the initial cookie.
> The rationale is:
> 1. Check if a cookie exists for the current panel, on the client side
> 2. If there is no such cookie, toggle panel visibility
>
> This is the code of a panel:
>
> ##
> ## Get cookie
> ## ----------------------------------
> #set($id = $util.generateRandomString(30))
>
> #set($cookieName = "${xcontext.user}_${panel}")
> #set($panelCookie = $xwiki.getUserPreferenceFromCookie($cookieName))
>
> ##
> ## Display panel
> ## ----------------------------------
> #panelheader("Test")
>
> #panelfooter
> ##
> ## If there is no cookie set for the current panel,
> ## toggle panel visibility (since by default the panel is expanded)
> ##
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #if("$!panelCookie" == '')
>
> #end
>
> This way, you don't need #set($expanded = 'collapsed') anymore.
>
> I hope this helps you both,
>
> Raluca.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Ricardo Rodriguez [eBioTIC.] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lockie!
>>
>> On 3/8/11 1:31 AM, Lockie wrote:
>> > Ricardo RodrÃguez wrote:
>> >> #if(!$expanded)
>> >> #set($expanded = 'collapsed')
>> >> #end
>> >>
>> > Thanks I found this helpful. It means I don't have to have javascript
>> > extensions collapsing the panels, slowing down load times.
>>
>> But as Raluca stated in her previous message, this causes the panels to
>> keep collapsed because this value prevents the cookie to be created. I'm
>> afraid I'm still lost with this issue: I don't understand yet why
>> setting $expanded = 'collapsed' instead of reading its value from a
>> cookie prevents cookies function.
>>
>> Please, Lockie, how to you get a collapsed panel at page loading time
>> being later on controlled by a cookie? I mean, panel A appears collapsed
>> when you access the site for the first time. From this moment onwards, a
>> cookie will remember the preferences of each visitor.
>>
>> Here it is the example that is making me nuts:
>>
>> http://pescaderias.org
>>
>> It is a simple portal still in progress. I want that all four menus on
>> the right will appear collapsed the first time a visitor/users access
>> the site. And that the stated of each panel will be stored in a cookie
>> for subsequent visits.
>>
>> #set($expanded = 'collapsed') allows me to show them collapsed, but
>> prevents cookies function. In fact cookies are never created. I think I
>> understood Raluca's explanation in the her previous message in this same
>> thread, but I'm still not able to find a solution for this issue.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ricardo
>>
>>
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