[Vtigercrm-developers] list view context menu

[Adam Heinz]

Heh, no. It's simply a translation string replacement for "Add Sales
Order"; it's the terminology that client is used to.


On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Doug <sailsfast at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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