[Vtigercrm-developers] list view context menu

[Joe Bordes]

Looks really nice, flexible and powerful.  Good work.

Joe
TSolucio


El 13/03/13 20:19, Adam Heinz escribió:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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