> Implemented support for "position" attributes in fields of forms of type "list" and "multi".
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> Key: OFBIZ-1075
> URL:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-1075> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: framework
> Reporter: Jacopo Cappellato
> Assignee: Jacopo Cappellato
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: formlist-position.patch, list-standard.jpg, list-with-positions.jpg, position-list-example.diff, productprice.jpg, productprice.patch
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> With the attached patch (formlist-position.patch) I've implemented support for "position" attributes in fields of forms of type "list" and "multi".
> The main concept is that, if in a form widget definition of type "list"/"multi", the fields have different positions then they are rendered into separate rows.
> The main (default) position is 1, and the column (titles) are only the ones for the fields in this group.
> The fields in positions < 1 are rendered in rows before the main one; the fields in positions > 1 are rendered after.
> As a proof of concept (so that you can understand how the positions can be used in lists), I've applied it to the currency field in the "product price list" form (see the patch productprice.patch and the image productprice.jpg)
> To all the reviewers:
> I'd like to get your comments and reviews most of all to the two main changes introduced by this patch:
> 1) in widget-form.xsd: the type of the element "position" has been changed from "xs:positiveInteger" to "xs:integer"
> 2) in the interface "FormStringRenderer": the method "renderFormatItemRowCellOpen" has now a new parameter (int positionSpan)
> All the other changes (most of all to the ModelForm class) are just:
> 1) refactoring of existing methods; I have separated into different methods the field processing logic (eval on use-when etc) from the rendering (buffer.append etc..); to make the code cleaner, more flexible and easier to read
> 2) bug fixes (I can provide more details here, if you want)
> 3) added comments
> What do you think?
> I'm testing everything right now and I'd like to commit this stuff very soon.
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