Hi guys, I had the idea once that one could have an extra embedded style tag which goes with each one of the extended components. So you could embed this tag, and set the style attributes there, and the main component would stay clean.
Wdyt? best regards, Martin On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Grant Smith <gr...@marathonpm.com> wrote: > +1 > > The benefits outweigh the overcrowding of attributes, in my opinion. > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Leonardo Uribe <lu4...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> I think the proposal looks good, the names used in the properties are ok, >> and >> there is certainty that the changes are useful. >> >> regards, >> >> Leonardo >> >> 2012/12/19 Werner Punz <werner.p...@gmail.com>: >> > Ok just to be more precise, I have integrated the changes now locally, >> but I >> > am not committing them yet, because it would mean to introduce another >> set >> > of attributes to the Calendar yet. >> > >> > I just want the opinion whether we should do it. >> > Just to give s small description, the attributes would add alt texts >> > to the popup calendar and default alt texts are set anyway, the inline >> > calendar does not have images hence no alt is needed and possible. >> > >> > The downside of this is that we add another set of attributes: >> > >> > popupLeftArrowAlt >> > , popupRightArrowAlt >> > , popupMonthArrowAlt >> > , popupYearArrowAlt >> > , popupCloseButtonAlt >> > , calendarIconAlt >> > , popupWeekOfYearTitle >> > , popupWeekOfDateTitle >> > >> > which is a huge set of new attributes to the already attribute >> overloaded >> > calendar. >> > >> > So what is your opinion guys, shall we add it or not. >> > I favor for a +1 here, since accessability is a big plus >> > and the new attributes are optional in their usage. >> > >> > Werner >> > >> > >> > >> > Am 19.12.12 11:23, schrieb Werner Punz: >> > >> >> Mhh shall we integrate this? >> >> I personally think it would make sense with some name changes. >> >> >> >> >> >> Werner >> >> >> >> Am 17.12.12 18:54, schrieb Jon Bionda: >> >>> >> >>> Sorry for what is likely a breach of protocol. This is a suggestion >> on >> >>> how to make the Tomahawk Calendar more WCAG compliant. WCAG being a >> >>> standard for gauging if browser based interfaces meet accessibility >> >>> requirements primarily for disabled users. I joined the list a while >> >>> ago to report an error I found and it was fixed promptly so I >> continued >> >>> to watch the list and see that you are now preparing the next Tomahawk >> >>> release, so maybe the timing is right. >> >>> >> >>> We used an older version of Tomahawk (1.0.6) and found the >> >>> HtmlInputCalendar component failed the WCAG compliancy tests with >> >>> respect to missing some ‘alt’ and ‘title’ attributes on tags generated >> >>> by the calendar component. Some time ago, someone who has since left >> >>> the company, made it mostly compliant by adding the following 8 >> >>> properties to the HtmlInputCalendar – I didn’t do the compliancy >> testing >> >>> but understand there are different levels of compliancy and these >> >>> missing attributes make it fail at a basic level, so there may be more >> >>> minor compliance issues which is why I can’t say it would be fully >> >>> compliant. >> >>> >> >>> The properties with hopefully self-describing names are: >> >>> >> >>> calendarIconAlt >> >>> >> >>> popupLeftArrowAlt >> >>> >> >>> popupRightArrowAlt >> >>> >> >>> popupMonthArrowAlt >> >>> >> >>> popupYearArrowAlt >> >>> >> >>> popupCloseButtonAlt >> >>> >> >>> popupWeekOfYearTitle >> >>> >> >>> popupWeekOfDateTitle >> >>> >> >>> I’ve looked into forward porting the old changes to the Tomahawk >> 1.1.14 >> >>> code base and have provided the code for adding the changes to the >> >>> (org.apache.myfaces.custom.calendar) HtmlInputCalendar and >> >>> HtmlCalendarRenderer classes. However, I am having trouble >> unravelling >> >>> the precise changes that were made to the popcalendar.js file ( they >> >>> seemed to have got a newer version of the js file and made the changes >> >>> on it but I can’t figure out which version get got it from, probably >> >>> obvious to you guys). >> >>> >> >>> A related change is also included and was made because part of WCAG is >> >>> supporting screen readers. The text in alt and title attributes >> >>> shouldn’t be using short forms of the week days (Sun, Mon, etc.) but >> >>> rather their full names (Sunday, Monday, etc.). In the >> >>> HtmlCalendarRenderer.getLocalizedLanguageScript() method, I see where >> >>> they created a parallel String[] to weekDays to contain the full week >> >>> day names. This is also added to the initData to be accessible in the >> >>> javascript. We only use the calendar in popup mode so no changes were >> >>> made to renderInline() but would expect it would also have to be >> >>> modified to do a complete job. >> >>> >> >>> I zipped up the changes to the 2 java classes mentioned above (they >> only >> >>> contained changed methods and have “WCAG change” comments identifying >> >>> the changes), plus a sample properties file for default values and our >> >>> popcalendar.js file. This last one is where my knowledge is >> >>> insufficient to help much, but maybe you will find it useful to see >> how >> >>> the new properties and full week name array are used. There may be >> >>> other changes in the javascript file too as there was an issue related >> >>> to focus. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks for your time and hope this helps. >> >>> >> >>> Jon Bionda >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Grant Smith - V.P. 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