Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: xowiki Folder Object

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14: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 12)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 11/15/10 05:24 PM
I see, you want to configure xinha for a certain form_field via the form constraints. Since in the form-constraints the fields are separated via comma, these have to be coded as __COMMA__. The following should work:

{_text:richtext,editor=xinha,javascript=
xinha_config.toolbar = [
    ['popupeditor'__COMMA__ 'bold'__COMMA__'italic'__COMMA__'createlink'__COMMA__'insertimage'__COMMA__'separator']__COMMA__
    ['killword'__COMMA__'removeformat']
  ];
}
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15: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 14)
Posted by Richard Hamilton on 11/15/10 06:16 PM
Gustaf,

Thank you for the reply. The __COMMA__ substitution is extremely helpful thankyou.

For the sake of completeness I wanted to let you know that the above proposed notation (i.e. with square brackets) does not in fact work because the '[' and ']' fail the form validation checks in xowiki.

However, this notation works:

{main_page_content:richtext,editor=xinha,label=Content,plugins=Stylist OacsFs,javascript=xinha_config.toolbar=new Array(new Array('popupeditor')__COMMA__new Array('separator'__COMMA__'textindicator'));}

This is exactly what I wanted to achieve, however it still pains me that I cannot work out why the more general widgetspec parameter specification method doesn't work for me.

Regards
Richard

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16: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 15)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 11/16/10 08:26 AM
glad, that this works. The form constraints are obviously not the best way to pass javascript. On the longer range, we should find a better way of providing these. The formfields contain already a "slim" configuration for xinha, and the way should be to extend this further.

Concerning square brackets for javascript arrays: i have tested the example above (14) before posting, and it works nicely.

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17: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 16)
Posted by Richard Hamilton on 11/16/10 09:57 AM
Gustaf,

That is strange. I have just tried this again by creating a test form with a single field on it. I have copied your code from the forum post and I receive this error:

Error in field Form Constraints: Form constraint contains invalid characters

Could it be that the form validation on my setup is different for some reason? Is your form validation set to the default?

Content:  @test_var@

Form:  <form>@test_var@</form>

Form Constraints:  {test_var:richtext,editor=xinha,javascript=
xinha_config.toolbar = [
    ['popupeditor'__COMMA__ 'bold'__COMMA__'italic'__COMMA__'createlink'__COMMA__'insertimage'__COMMA__'separator']__COMMA__
    ['killword'__COMMA__'removeformat']
  ];
}

Regards
Richard

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18: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 17)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 11/16/10 12:33 PM
you are right, it should complain, but does not on my local machine... i have always a lot of experimental code hanging around, so there must be somewhere a bad interaction...
-gustaf
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19: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 16)
Posted by Richard Hamilton on 11/27/12 12:04 AM
I was just today re-visiting my confusion on this issue. I think I finally understand that the Xowiki instance 'Xinha WidgetSpec' parameter only configures Xinha for the forms used to create or edit xowiki objects.

I now finally understand that adding a xinha config to a formfield spec is the only way currently to configure the editor for Xowiki.Form fields.

In my current experiment, where I have several textarea fields that all need xinha activated with the same configuration, this is very verbose and repetitive.

It would be great to have the ability to set a default spec for xinha for use when filling-out/ creating instances of Xowiki.Forms.

regards
Richard

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20: Re: xowiki Folder Object (response to 19)
Posted by Richard Hamilton on 12/03/12 08:25 PM