Re: [Tikiwiki-devel] ContextualizedHelp (was:(no subject)

[Desilets, A. <Ala...@nr...>]

> > Q1: Does a class of this type already exists, and if not, do you
think
> > it would be a good idea to create one?
>
> Well a start if the smarty plugin {add_help} that puts help in a
> slidable section (this the now optional Big Blue Help Icon)... 

I don't think that's the right approach. For one thing, that help plugin
may not have been activated. 

Also, as I understand it, the help plugin doesn't show anything until
the user clicks on it.

What I want is a message that, in certain circumstances (ex: An error
message) gets displayed, whether or not the help plugin is enabled, and
whether or not the user clicked on it.



> > Q2: How do I generate a link to a particular tab of a particular
panel
> > corresponding to a particular feature or preference? 
> 
> script.php?cookietab=<tabnumber>#tab<tabnumber>

Thx. One concern with this is that the cookietab and tab numbers may
change when the admin UI is refactored. But that's OK. I will just make
sure I write some automated tests for each of those things, so that
we'll know as soon as it breaks.

> For generating link please use the smarty_block_self_link function
> located in lib/smarty_tiki/block.self_link.php it handles all the code
> generation for ajax/non ajax etc...

I'll look at it.

Alain