I think it is much better. As for the TreeTable: The new TreeTable that I plan (without those neat lines but also without layout problems) is not alive yet. And the one that we already have should be moved back to extensions. I don't think we need (nor should have) TreeTable in core.
-Matej On 6/10/07, Igor Vaynberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if it is really better then do it now before we put out rcs. also what happens to treetable? that should prob also move to extensions? -igor On 6/10/07, Matej Knopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I hope this e-mail won't upset anyone too much. > > Let me summarize our tree components situation first. > > We have Tree and TreeTable components in core, and another Tree > component in extensions. > > The Tree from extensions is the oldest one, without Ajax support. > The Tree in core (as well as TreeTable) supports Ajax, but > unfortunately suffers from layout problems and layout limitations, > such as fixed line height, no way to wrap tree text or no way to add > horizontal scrolling. Also the Tree is a bit difficult to customize. > > Fortunately, the base class that encapsulates the hard work (tree > logic), AbstractTree, is pretty much presentation agnostic and it's > not a big problem to build another component on it which would solve > those layout problems. > > In fact, I've already such component done. It supports variable > heights, content wrapping and horizontal scrolling. But the question > is, where (and maybe even if) should we put it? > > The solution I want to propose may sound a bit radical. So I expected > people want to yell on me and/or want kick my ball. > > Yet I'd like to > > a) remove the old (kinda unsupported) tree from extensions (is > anyone even use it?) > b) move the current Tree and TreeTable* from core to extensions > (sight, i know we moved it into core just recently) > c) move the new Tree into core. > > * I don't think it's a good idea to have a TreeTable in core anyway. > We don't have DataTable in core and I'm pretty sure much more people > are using DataTable then TreeTable. > > So... I know it's kinda late for things like this. But i was way too > busy to do this sooner. Sorry. > > -Matej >
