[Zope-CMF] CMF Browser

[Andrew M. Yochum]

Thank you.  The folder_contents.dmtl/pt looks like the best place to start
given I'm looking for only CMF docs.

Any thoughts on how this should be implemented?

Here's how I was going to approach it:

Create a class that subclasses the PortalFolder which adds an Action for this
modified folder_contents (maybe called folder_browser). Then, I'd swap the
Folder portal_type for this new type.

I believe I'd then also have to make my own version of the SkinnedFolder so
that my SkinnedFolder portal_types behave the same way.

Any other suggestions?

Andrew


On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Ausum Studio wrote:

> The answer to your question is no, as far as I know there isn't a product
> for that, maybe because it's more a Javascript issue than a Zope's one.
> 
> For the Zope part you'd need to know how to browse the whole permitted
> content inside a window. Take 'main.dtml' (inside
> ZOPEROOT/lib/python/OFS/dtml) as a startpoint, and downsize it to your
> convenience. Within the CMF you can can also pick the 'folder_contents' skin
> for that same purpose. Once you have the navigateable pop-up window, to pass
> the paths to the field is a matter of javascript.
> 
> To get the folder object use (inside a PythonScript):
> 
> FolderObjectbyPath = context.restrictedTraverse(path_to_folder)
> 
> 
> Ausum
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew M. Yochum" <andrew@digitalpulp.com>
> To: <zope-cmf@zope.org>
> Cc: "Ausum Studio" <ausum_studio@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Zope-CMF] CMF Browser
> 
> 
> > Sorry, I wasn't too explicit about what I was looking for.
> >
> > What I'd like is to:
> >
> > 1. Provide a button next to a text field that when pressed will...
> >
> > 2. Pop up a small window with a listing of CMF documents (in the current
> folder or
> >    a path passed to the popup)
> >
> > 3. Allow the user to navigate to the folder containing the desired
> document
> >
> > 4. Provide a "Use this document" or similar link that when pressed
> will....
> >
> > 5. Populate the field in the original window with the path to the chosen
> document
> >    (using javascript most likely)
> >
> > This would give business users an non-technical method to enter a link to
> > another document by avoiding having to remember the path to a document, or
> from
> > copying and pasting the right portion of the url to be linked to.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Ausum Studio wrote:
> >
> > > I've tried but I couldn't understand your post. Could you explain
> yourself?
> > >
> > >
> > > Ausum
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Andrew M. Yochum" <andrew@digitalpulp.com>
> > > To: <zope-cmf@zope.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:15 PM
> > > Subject: [Zope-CMF] CMF Browser
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am looking for a product that would allow one to browse the
> structure of
> > > a
> > > > CMF site in order to choose a CMF Document that would populate a field
> in
> > > the
> > > > Edit screen of another Document with the path to the chosen Document.
> > > This
> > > > could be used choose a target Document to reference while creating a
> new
> > > > Favorite Document, or an image to be displayed, for instance.
> > > >
> > > > I'd rather not re-invent the wheel. :-) Does such a tool exist
> already?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Andrew
> > > >
> 
> 
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Andrew Yochum
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