[Vtigercrm-developers] list view context menu

[Doug]

SO I am curious...  Does record contract have something to do with service
contracts?

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Adam Heinz <amh at metricwise.net> wrote:

> I finished my prototype a couple days ago and finally remembered to take
> some screenshots of it.  You can see how I've replaced the links of the
> list view Action column with a single icon that opens up my context menu
> (jquery-ui dialog).  Comparing that to the detail view, you can see that
> the options are nearly identical; the view appointment link is omitted from
> detail view for obvious reasons).  The View History link was added by stock
> ModTracker and it works from the ListView without any changes!  So far my
> handler function is pretty straightforward:
>
> /**
>  * @param Vtiger_LinkData $linkData
>  * @return bool
>  */
> public static function isLinkPermitted($linkData) {
> $link = $linkData->getLink();
>  $url = $link->linkurl;
> $parts = parse_url($url);
> if ('javascript' == $parts['scheme']) {
>  return self::isJavascriptPermitted($linkData, $parts);
> }
> $query = $parts['query'];
>  $parms = array();
> parse_str($query, $parms);
> $action = $parms['action'];
>  $record = $linkData->getInputParameter('record');
> if ($parms['module'] != '$MODULE$') {
>  $module = $parms['module'];
> $record = self::getRelated($module, $record);
> } else {
>  $module = $linkData->getModule();
> }
> if (isPermitted($module, $action, $record) != 'yes') {
>  return false;
> }
> return true;
>  }
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Sreenivas Kanumuru <svk at vtiger.com> wrote:
>
>> Adam,
>>
>> We can certainly tweak vtiger6 UI if it helps. We'll await your
>> screenshots to get a better idea of the proposed change.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Sreenivas
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Adam Heinz <amh at metricwise.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I am working on a prototype replacement for the list view action column.
>>> We have never found it very useful as our users prefer the detail view ajax
>>> edit for the bulk of their changes and generally don't have delete
>>> permissions; which are the only two actions ever listed [1].  I've reviewed
>>> vt6 and the mouse over behavior is no better; we're stuck with the same
>>> basic actions for every record.
>>>
>>> The Vtiger_Link class has enabled us to remove custom code and replace
>>> it with data, bringing our fork more in line with stock vtigercrm.  One
>>> thing that I've started to notice is that our context menu entries often
>>> overlap our detail view actions, the main difference being that our context
>>> menus are custom code, whereas the detail view actions are Vtiger_Links.
>>>  The obvious next step is to generate context menus from Vtiger_Links!  The
>>> handler parameter gives me a ton of control over which links are shown when
>>> I generate the context menu, which I am doing via a simple
>>> action=ModuleAjax&file=ContextMenu request.  This lazy evaluation prevents
>>> list view load times from being unwieldy, without sacrificing flexibility.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I'll have a patch up before too long (and maybe some
>>> screenshots), but I really wanted to throw this out before the mouse over
>>> behavior in vt6 is set in stone.  We're finally starting to deploy 5.4.0 to
>>> our users, so I am only now beginning to look at vt6.  Though I generally
>>> like the crisp new look, it takes several steps backwards in terms of user
>>> interface.  I'll start a new thread tomorrow enumerating my usability
>>> concerns.
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://trac.vtiger.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/vtigercrm/branches/5.4.0/include/utils/ListViewUtils.php#L970
>>>
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