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Gavin Mabie commented on OFBIZ-6516:
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The 'buttontext" css class can be confusing because despite the name, it does
not refer to an actual html button element. It is used to style links like
buttons outside a form submit context (hyperlinks in forms/tables and
menu-items). So we could well use any other name for this class. This proposal
is about using semantic class names in the widget-style attribute - the normal
CRUD one which are already used in some places, plus additional ones such as
copy, print, view etc. Scalable icon fonts can then be used to present the
appropriate icon, instead of the sprites currently used. Libraries such as
Fontawesome and Glyphicons are freely available and can be used stand-alone
(separately from a specific Javascript framework).
> Facilitate the use of Icons in Ofbiz by adding descriptive style to the
> widget-style attribute in forms
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> Key: OFBIZ-6516
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6516
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Components: ALL APPLICATIONS
> Affects Versions: 14.12.01, 12.04.06, 13.07.03, Upcoming Branch
> Environment: Ofbiz Web UI
> Reporter: Gavin Mabie
> Priority: Minor
>
> Icons can be used to great effect to enhance both the user experience and as
> well as the look-and-feel of an application. In Ofbiz this is facilitated by
> using meaningful styles name in the widget-style attribute. Examples are
> "buttontext create", buttontext delete/remove", "buttontext update". That
> takes care of the basic CRUD actions. The widget-style attribute is used by
> front-end designers (on the presentation layer) to create their own designs
> via macro libraries, stylesheets and javascript files. It will be useful for
> designers if widget-styles are defined in a standard way in widget
> definitions (*forms.xml, *menu.xml etc). To set this process in motion I
> propose the following:
> 1. All "buttontext" widget-style attributes should have a meaningful
> additional class which describes the action linked to the button, i.e create,
> update, delete, refresh - depending on the action.
> 2. Add missing descriptive classes like "copy, print, view, download, save"
> etc.
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