[opencms-dev] iframe-base custom widgets ....

[Ruben Malchow]

hi,

with the widgets available, i have always had a somewhat tense 
relationship. it is very hard to implement something really nice with 
that. and html code in classes is the only big thing i hate about 
opencms. for example, somewhat more complicated chosers are a pain in 
the butt to implement.

now ... i am attaching a little snippet that would give you an 
iframe-based choser. of course, the jsp (or even the HTML page) will not 
have all the context that the getDialogWidget method has, but for many 
things, it should be enough.

using this, it is possible to implement custom widgets using only jsp 
code. a proper, let's say "IFrameWidget" class could have enough 
configuration options to accomodate plenty of the everyday problems.

actually, this mightbe extended to provide an "edit" and a "display" 
mode, this should be easy to implement.

any thoughts on this?


.rm




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