Thank you for your answers! I guess I'll have to make some modifications in the container to implement this feature
2011/2/15 Bastian Hofmann <[email protected]> > Hi, > > that's not completely true, OpenSocial and Shindig support inter gadget > communication: > > > http://opensocial-resources.googlecode.com/svn/spec/1.1/Core-Gadget.xml#interGadgetEventing > > However, as you mentioned, using drag and drop between gadgets will > probably > not work because each gadget is rendered in it's own frame normally. > > -- Bastian > > 2011/2/15 Justin Wyllie <[email protected]> > > > > > Hello AlvaroI think you are going to have a problem with this.Shindig > afaik > > does not support inter-gadget communication. It seems to have done so at > one > > point but it has been deprecated: > > http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/pubsub.htmlThe developers on > the > > dev list [email protected] will know better than I if it will be > > supported again in the future. > > You might be able to use the existing rpc call mechanism to do it (I > think > > rpc.js) - but you'd have to modify the code. This thread seems to discuss > > this: > > http://www.devcomments.com/Inter-Gadget-communication-at110633.htmButall > > that would just be about messaging between gadgets - not a visual drag > and > > drop. > > What are you planning to use for the visual drag and drop? I'd use jQuery > > droppable or sortable but these won't work across frames, even, I think, > on > > the same domain. > > Are you thinking about a feature on a portal you control? If so - and > you > > aren't looking for a general feature that would work with your gadgets on > > other containers I would, for this case, completely fake it. I.e use 2 > divs > > instead of iframes and just do a standard drag and drop between those > > points. (Google uses divs in some cases e.g. for feeds - visually the > user > > can't tell the difference). > > Justin > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:10:02 +0100> Subject: Interaction between > > gadgets> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> > > Hello!> > > My situation: I have two gadgets and one gadget need to access the other> > > gadget.> The user should can drag items from the first gadget and drop > the > > items over> the second gadget.> Time ago I read something about this but > I > > can't remember how to do. Perhaps> my memory is failing and it is not> > > possible because I have been unable to find absolutely anything after> > > several hours looking for in google.> > Thank you > > >
