Closer to the layout from the spec
The facets have been moved to the action panel, to the left of the page
the facets are now rendered in an area of the screen with a client class
The UI framework has been extended to include a collection of widgets:
- ipa_widget: base class
- ipa_text_widget: text field
- ipa_radio_widget: radio button
- ipa_textarea_widget: textarea
- ipa_button_widget: button
- ipa_column_widget: column for table
- ipa_table_widget: table
These widgets can be used to create input controls. They can also be
extended to create custom controls.
The framework has also been enhanced to support custom layouts. This
can be used to change the look of the application without changing
the code. Initially this is only available in details section.
Layout consists of a collection of HTML templates. Each template is a
complete and valid HTML file representing a portion of a page. The
template will be loaded and initialized by the code, then filled with
the data from the server. The layouts are located in
install/static/layouts/<name> folder.
By default, if no templates are used, the fields in the details page
are rendered vertically using dd/dt/dd tags. For pages that require
different layout, a custom UI needs to be developed. There are two ways
to do that:
- write a custom widget to generate the UI dynamically
- create an HTML template and write the initialization code
For components that are quite complex or used frequently, it's might
be better to use the first method. For simple pages that are used only
in one location or need to support customization, the second method
might be preferable. Other benefits of templates:
- cleaner code and UI separation
- more flexibility in customization
- new pages can be developed quickly and require less coding
- multiple templates can be used with the same initialization code
- easier to maintain
The HBAC details page has been implemented using both methods. By
default it will use custom widgets to generate the page. To use a
custom layout, add the following parameter to the URL, then reload
the page:
&layout=<name>
Currently the only available layout is 'default' which produces the
same look as the custom widgets.
The HBAC details page is usable, but it still needs additional work.
The access time is not working yet. There is no undo button, hint,
or validation yet.
The table in the association facet has also been changed to use
ipa_association_widget which is derived from ipa_table_widget.
The Makefile has been updated to include the layouts. The unit tests
have been updated as well.
The service certificate management UI has been generalized and moved
into certificate.js. The host details page is now using the same code
to manage certificates. The host.py has been modified to return host
certificate info.
The Get/Revoke/View buttons behavior has been modified such that they
are visible only if there is a valid certificate. The Get dialog box
has been fixed to show the correct certificate header and footer.
The ipa.css has been modified to store the style of the status bullets.
New unit tests for certificate has been added. The test data has been
modified to include sample host certificate.
We'll later replace them with a new scheme. For now, this is the simplest UI
The intention is to look unfinished, so people don't comment on how poor it looks.
metadata for phone numbers
test date for users
Undo works for multivalue
JQuery UI buttons have custom classes
inputs/fields are now managed inside of objects
removed the use of .call. as it was confusing the issue of
mismatched parameter lists.
Fixed the parameter lists, too.
The 'logged in as' message in the header into an active hypoerlink that loads the details page for the current user.
Also fixed a bug where, when reloading, the search page would fail due to scl being undefined.
Fixed a typo
replaced {'user-facet':'details', 'pkey':whoami_pkey},2);
with {'user-facet':'details', 'user-pkey':whoami_pkey},2);
Quick summary:
- use jQuery UI and jQuery BBQ libraries
- code restructuring
The patch has so many changes they can't be listed here. Many parts
of the code have been rewritten from scrach.
See freeipa-devel mailing list:
webUI code restructuring [wall of text, diagrams, ... you've been warned!]
2010-09-07
We now catch the hashchange event and use that to drive most of the site.
To trigger page transitions, modify location.hash.
Params start with # not ?.
Removed user-group.inc.
converted tabs to spaces
trivial imlementation of add and details for netgroup and hostgroup
lots of bug fixes based on routing problems and the refactorings.
- Add/Remove links are now only available for multivalue
attributes (Param.multivalue = true) and attributes with param
types, that are multivalue by definition (as of now only List).
Single-value attributes with no value are displayed as empty
input elements.
- When updating an attribute, leading and trailing spaces are
stripped
- Context help available in the form of hints, that are extracted
form Param.hint.
to hash params ( starting with # ). User Details are now part of
index.xhtml, ao one more .inc file has been removed.
Updated commit to catch a few things that had been left out, including
sampledata handling and updateing Makefile.am
