Form Widget Default View Size

[Adrian Crum-2]

I have noticed that a lot of lists that are displayed aren't paginated because the viewSize field was not set in the screen widget.

Should we have a global default view size? That way if a view size isn't specified, the list forms will still paginate.

What do you think? If it's a good idea, what would be a good default value?

-Adrian



       
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[David E Jones]

This does seem like a really funny reason to not do pagination,  
especially if paginate is set to true....

I would say yes, a default page size more than makes sense, and it  
actually seems odd that there isn't one!

On many pages we use a size of 20, but maybe something like 10 is more  
reasonable, and then people may notice more that it isn't what they  
want and explicitly up the size.

BTW, I just noticed that there is no "paginate-size" attribute on the  
form definition, and perhaps we should have something like that so  
that there is a default size documented in the XSD, and so that it is  
possible to set the page size without having to add something to the  
screen def to set the VIEW_SIZE parameter (which is a little odd, and  
not clear in the XSD making it indirect and hard to figure out where  
to do it if you don't have an example).

-David


On May 11, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> I have noticed that a lot of lists that are displayed aren't  
> paginated because the viewSize field was not set in the screen widget.
>
> Should we have a global default view size? That way if a view size  
> isn't specified, the list forms will still paginate.
>
> What do you think? If it's a good idea, what would be a good default  
> value?
>
> -Adrian
>
>
>
>
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[Jacopo Cappellato-3]

The paginate-size attribute would be really useful, in my opinion.  
This would allow, for example, to set a paginate size specific and  
different for each form, even when the forms are in the same screen.

Jacopo

On May 12, 2008, at 5:38 AM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> This does seem like a really funny reason to not do pagination,  
> especially if paginate is set to true....
>
> I would say yes, a default page size more than makes sense, and it  
> actually seems odd that there isn't one!
>
> On many pages we use a size of 20, but maybe something like 10 is  
> more reasonable, and then people may notice more that it isn't what  
> they want and explicitly up the size.
>
> BTW, I just noticed that there is no "paginate-size" attribute on  
> the form definition, and perhaps we should have something like that  
> so that there is a default size documented in the XSD, and so that  
> it is possible to set the page size without having to add something  
> to the screen def to set the VIEW_SIZE parameter (which is a little  
> odd, and not clear in the XSD making it indirect and hard to figure  
> out where to do it if you don't have an example).
>
> -David
>
>
> On May 11, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that a lot of lists that are displayed aren't  
>> paginated because the viewSize field was not set in the screen  
>> widget.
>>
>> Should we have a global default view size? That way if a view size  
>> isn't specified, the list forms will still paginate.
>>
>> What do you think? If it's a good idea, what would be a good  
>> default value?
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  
>> Try it now.
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[Jacques Le Roux]

+1 for a form default "paginate-size" documented in XSD

Jacques

From: "David E Jones" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: Form Widget Default View Size

>
> This does seem like a really funny reason to not do pagination,  
> especially if paginate is set to true....
>
> I would say yes, a default page size more than makes sense, and it  
> actually seems odd that there isn't one!
>
> On many pages we use a size of 20, but maybe something like 10 is more  
> reasonable, and then people may notice more that it isn't what they  
> want and explicitly up the size.
>
> BTW, I just noticed that there is no "paginate-size" attribute on the  
> form definition, and perhaps we should have something like that so  
> that there is a default size documented in the XSD, and so that it is  
> possible to set the page size without having to add something to the  
> screen def to set the VIEW_SIZE parameter (which is a little odd, and  
> not clear in the XSD making it indirect and hard to figure out where  
> to do it if you don't have an example).
>
> -David
>
>
> On May 11, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that a lot of lists that are displayed aren't  
>> paginated because the viewSize field was not set in the screen widget.
>>
>> Should we have a global default view size? That way if a view size  
>> isn't specified, the list forms will still paginate.
>>
>> What do you think? If it's a good idea, what would be a good default  
>> value?
>>
>> -Adrian
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  
>> Try it now.
>

[Adrian Crum]

David, Jacopo, and Jacques -

Thank you for the response! I'll work on adding the paginate-size
attribute to the form widget.

-Adrian

Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> The paginate-size attribute would be really useful, in my opinion. This
> would allow, for example, to set a paginate size specific and different
> for each form, even when the forms are in the same screen.
>
> Jacopo
>
> On May 12, 2008, at 5:38 AM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> This does seem like a really funny reason to not do pagination,
>> especially if paginate is set to true....
>>
>> I would say yes, a default page size more than makes sense, and it
>> actually seems odd that there isn't one!
>>
>> On many pages we use a size of 20, but maybe something like 10 is more
>> reasonable, and then people may notice more that it isn't what they
>> want and explicitly up the size.
>>
>> BTW, I just noticed that there is no "paginate-size" attribute on the
>> form definition, and perhaps we should have something like that so
>> that there is a default size documented in the XSD, and so that it is
>> possible to set the page size without having to add something to the
>> screen def to set the VIEW_SIZE parameter (which is a little odd, and
>> not clear in the XSD making it indirect and hard to figure out where
>> to do it if you don't have an example).
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On May 11, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:
>>
>>> I have noticed that a lot of lists that are displayed aren't
>>> paginated because the viewSize field was not set in the screen widget.
>>>
>>> Should we have a global default view size? That way if a view size
>>> isn't specified, the list forms will still paginate.
>>>
>>> What do you think? If it's a good idea, what would be a good default
>>> value?
>>>
>>> -Adrian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  
>>> Try it now.
>>
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