From: "Bruno Busco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all,
following the idea of having a collapsable header that could save space on
the screen I implemented the vt_compactheader that you can find here:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1885
What do you think about it?
Yes this could helpful
Going back to the original subject of this thread I think that the
vt_compactheader theme could be further improved having the "OFBIZ" label in
the upper left corner of the screen open a dropdown version of the App Menu.
(and hiding the actual App Menu)
The actually selected application could be shown in the label itself (where
"OFBIZ" is now displayed).
Everything will be in theme and so only used by whoever likes it.
I'd want to do that because there is no reasons to have a dropdown menu for Applications. So far, there is only one menu level
(there are no embedded Applications in one Application) so a dropdown is not needed. But if it's optionnal, why not ? Yes great !
Jacques
Thank you,
-Bruno
2008/8/12 Jacques Le Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Bruno,
It makes sense, I will follow your recommandation
Jacques
From: "Bruno Busco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jacques,
when we will have VisualTheme committed a different (in content and name)
CSS could be included for each theme.
Likely also the default theme files (like the actual maincss.css) will
find
a different location. So I would suggest to wait to rename the
maincss.css.
-Bruno
2008/8/11 Jacques Le Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks Adrian,
Yes I found the discussion where you suggested this link
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-822?focusedCommentId=12481668#action_12481668
It seems to have improved since then . There is really a lot of stuff
there
!
Actually it's not in my top priorities, but I'd like to try when I will
get
some time.
For now I'd like to rename maincss.css to mainltr.css (or even better
mainLeftToRight.css and rename mainrtl.css to mainRightToLeft.css) I
can't
see any problems but will somebody mind ?
maincss give us no information, mainLeftToRight will. Or why not only
main.css, as mainRightToLeft.css gives enough information ?
Jacques
From: "Adrian Crum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
An interesting link from an old Jira issue:
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/final_drop.html
-Adrian
Jacques Le Roux wrote:
From
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-892?focusedCommentId=12488938#action_12488938
The fact that there are already "Basic Navigation (Vertical Menu)
Style"s
in maincss. css and mainrtl.css (the 1st shoud not be better named
mainlrt.css ?)
The fact that you can insert a menu-item into a menu-item (tried and
looked in widget-menu.xsd)
I think it's only a matter of adding code in ModelMenuItem.java. I will
try that when I will have some time.
If I'm on the wrong way please correct me.
Thanks
Jacques
From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
you could use the storage method then on restart or change have it
create the equivalent JS that use the CSS.
the you have the best of both worlds
:)
BJ Freeman sent the following on 8/11/2008 1:56 AM:
opencube or javascript requires manually editing the scripts to put
in
the menus.
I did something similar in asp (MS) where the menu items and
attributes
like pull down< fly left were in the entity for menus.
the allowed editing, maybe in the content component, and using the
new
feature where we can put varibles in the menus for i18N.
this way you keep the internationalizaton and have a powerful menu
system.
The entity would look like
<entity entity-name="MenuHierarchy"
package-name="org.ofbiz.webapp.menuhierarchy"
title="Menu Hierarchy Entity">
<field name="MenuHierId" type="id-ne" />
<field name="ParentID" type="id">
<description>
Parent of this menu if null is top menu
</description>
</field>
<field name="Description" type="long-varchar">
<description>used in menu would be the i18n that is now in the menu
system.</description>
</field>
<field name="MenuOrderNumber" type="long-varchar">
<description>sequence in menu</description>
</field>
<field name="LevelNbr" type="very-short">
<description>multilevel like for flyouts</description>
</field>
<field name="LeafNodeInd" type="long-varchar">
<description>sequence of leaf node</description>
</field>
<field name="ComponetCode" type="name">
<description>accounting, content, etc.</description>
</field>
<field name="IconURL" type="url">
<description>this is for fancy icons like a file drawer open or
close</description>
</field>
<field name="TargetURL " type="url">
<description>controller request</description>
</field>
<field name="TargetFrame" type="name">
<description>for mulitframed pages</description>
</field>
<prim-key field="MenuHierId" />
</entity>
Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 8/10/2008 11:16 AM:
I agree that using widgets would be cool, enhancing menu widget
actually. But I was also thinking about using CSS. I remember you
sent
a
link about
http://www.opencube.com. Though some argue that JavaScript should
be
used for such dynamic things
http://tutorials.alsacreations.com/deroulant
Another example of its use in
https://localhost:8443/catalog/control/EditProduct
Main (maybe not : only single entries for those)
Product
Content
Categories
Associations
Features
Price
Prices
Costs
Reference (who cares to have a single menu for those ?)
Geos
Ids
Keywords
Attributes
Meters
Facility
Facilities
Locations
Inventory
Party
Suppliers
Vendor
Parties
Agreements
Accounting
Accounts
Payment Types
I did not find a group for the remainders
a.. Manufacturing
b.. Maintenance
c.. Subscription Resources
d.. Quick Admin
e.. Work Effort
Jacques
From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
we already have drop down for widgets
menus now are hand edited, so there is not real way yet to
management.
so all we need is an menu entity
then build a menu tree using the entity.
the data would be that same as menu now so the i18n would be
preserved.
let the widgets build the menus.
my 2 cents
Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 8/10/2008 6:24 AM:
I wonder if we should not add dropdow menu capability to OFBiz. We
would them be able to show a less cluttered and easier to read
UI in some cases. And I'm sure this will help us to better
organize
things in OFBiz.
For instance in party Profile we could have
Party actions
Link Party
Party content
Party Skills
There is only one drawback I see in this : i18n will not be as
easy
and maybe this has been aready discussed ?
Another small UI issue : we should distinguish the 2 "Link Party"
button in this screen. I would recommend to change only the
label of the one below to "Link this party", agreed ?
Jacques
