Re: [ppa-dev] making table/view icons browse links

[Mark G. <gi...@cr...>]

Robert Treat wrote:
> one of the things we do in the older version is allow you to click on the icon 
> to go directly to browse.  i'm hoping we can support that in the new version 
> too. I took a look at the code but it seemed pretty hairy to me, so i thought 
> i would get a sanity check on the steps involved.  
> 1. Add some attributes into doTree() in tables.php for iconaction and then 
> build a url for browsing 
> 2. Modify printTreeXML in class/Misc.php to interpret the new items and add 
> them into the tree
> 3. There is no step 3?  I feel like I need to tell the js code somewhere about 
> the new url and what not, but can't find any place that looks resonable... is 
> there more to do?

xloadtree2.js, line 276, in function: WebFXLoadTree.createItemFromElement

I think that the XML attribute is read here and loaded into
a property of the tree node.
So we'll need to add something like:

if (jsAttrs.iconAction) {
	jsNode.iconAction = jsAttrs.iconAction;
}

and in xtree2.js, around line 1126: _p._onclick = function(e)
just after the expand icon is handled:

if (/webfx-tree-icon/.test(el.className) && this.iconAction !== null) {
	window.open(this.iconAction, this.target || "_self");
}

Although I haven't had time to test any of this, hope it helps.

-- 
Mark Gibson <gibsonm |AT| cromwell |DOT| co |DOT| uk>
Web Developer & Database Admin
Cromwell Tools Ltd.
Leicester, England.

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