Bug 957

Summary: Popup widgets: implement POPUPPAGE attribute
Product: Chameleon Reporter: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde@osgis.nl>
Component: CoreAssignee: chameleon-dev <chameleon-dev@lists.maptools.org>
Status: NEW    
Severity: enhancement CC: thijs.brentjens@geodan.nl
Priority: P2    
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Whiteboard:

Description From 2005-02-11 08:25:13
We could do that as part of the Popup.php code so that all popups 
inherit the capability ... this would add a new attribute to every 
widget that supports popups, something like 'POPUPPAGE' and you would 
provide a URL to that page ...

Paul

bartvde@xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> we are struggling with what is the best option to maintain a separate look
> and feel for the standard Chameleon widgets.
> 
> E.g. for the ExpressionBuilder widget (and for many other widgets too), we
> have changed the HTML look and feel quite extensively (also the workflow
> in the GUI), which has resulted in a custom version of
> ExpressionBuilder.phtml. Ideally you would want to manage this whole
> system with css, but I doubt this is a possibility right now.
> 
> I can see a few options for maintaining this kind of system:
> -creating a copy of the standard widget and renaming it, but this is not a
> very well maintainable option.
> -is it possible to create your own widget, which inherits from the
> Chameleon widget, and then only change the phtml file used in the widget?
> 
> What I would like to see personally maybe as an option, would be to have
> an attribute on every Chameleon widget, with which you can override the
> phtml file used.
> 
> Any thoughts on this subject?
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart