[sakai2-tcc] Entity picker to core

[Steve Swinsburg]

Those panels in that screenshot are rendered by separate pages in the webapp so a cleanup is in order there. It's all just RSF and those mods you suggest should be fairly simple :)

cheers,
s


On 19/01/2012, at 9:35 AM, Matthew Jones wrote:

> Well the java tool may be super simple but I'd think to be considered for core it should be cleaned up a little and not just dumped in. This is where the committers would come into play. ;) The other key piece here the FCK (and not yet ported CK) picker widget which would also need to be maintained going forward. I haven't yet looked at the effort required to port this to CK but hopefully it's not a complete rewrite.
> 
> I can file these as issues (there is currently a component for the WYSIWYG Entity picker rather than a separate project):
> 
> 1) I think if it was in the core it should be a little more clear about what it's doing and what the purpose of the widget/tool is. That means corresponding help, and possibly some additions to the picker when there's no entity's to pick. It's always confusing (at least to me) when you try to use a tool and it doesn't appear to have any functionality at all. Is it broken? What is this used for?
> 
> 2) The widget has an "Advanced" tab but I'm not sure what any of these fields mean or why they're there. I can't seem to test it because for some reason the "Ok" button isn't appearing for me, so I can't actually add the entity yet.
> 
> 3) Also, I'm not sure if you've seen the browser UI but it has an overwhelming amount of detail. That 3rd column (Item Info) has data that nobody really is interested in and at the very bottom (hidden from view so you have to scroll it) is the actual link to select the entity. It would think that it should have significantly less detail.
> 
> <picker.PNG>
> -Matthew
> 
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Steve Swinsburg <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> It should meet almost everything on that checklist except the committers. That said, it is a simple RSF based webapp only, with 4 classes, and that is it.
> 
> It uses simple discovery via EntityBroker to find the supported entity providers and I don't imagine much of the code will need changing or maintaining.
> 
> If no one else wants to do it, I'll support it.
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 19/01/2012, at 1:26 AM, Beth Kirschner wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to have some objective measure for moving tools into core -- in the past we had a checklist: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SCORE/Tool+Status+Requirements
> >
> > How does Entity Picker measure up to this checklist? Who is supporting it?
> >
> > - Beth
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2012, at 7:22 AM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm after your opinions on whether or not we should promote entity picker to core. I've just been playing around with this and it looks like really useful functionality. I know a lot of people are using it and it has been sitting in contrib for a very long time.
> >>
> >> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Entity+Picker+Installation+Guide
> >>
> >> It would go a long way to increasing inter tool linking, as it all works via entity broker.
> >>
> >> It supports FCKEditor but there is a Jira for a CK Editor plugin:
> >> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-21667
> >>
> >> In any case, it is a silent addition we can get in and work on in trunk.
> >>
> >> Thoughts/flames?
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> Steve
> >>
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