Wiki source code of Live Table component

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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 1 = Live Table component =
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 96.1 3 {{velocity filter="indent"}}
4 {{html clean="false" wiki="true"}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 82.1 5 #warning("This document is a draft.")
6
fkorteby 27.1 7 #warning("This section documents a feature that is only available starting with XWiki Enterprise 1.9M2.")
8
ElenaOanaTabaranu 68.1 9 {{toc start=2 depth=6 numbered=false scope=page /}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 11 == Summary ==
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 72.1 13 The **"Live Table"** component is a dynamic table loading data lazily using ajax requests as the user browse the table, in order to scale easily the display of very large amounts of data. Users can browse the table thanks to a pagination system. Filters on columns are available to search for specific entries. Columns can be made sortable in both direction. For a demonstration of the main capabilities of the live table component check out this [[video>>http://vimeo.com/4474332]].
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 15 == How to use ==
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 17 The Live Table component is made available in several ways to [[Applications>>code:Applications.WebHome]] developers and developers of the [[XWiki platform and products>>dev:Main.WebHome]], depending on their specific needs. The simplest, and most of the times preferred, way to embed a Live Table component is to use the <tt>livetable</tt> velocity macro, available in all pages of your wiki. With only one call to this macro, you will be able to display a live table of the data of your choice! For more specific needs, in the cases you need more control on the table behavior, or to build another component on top of the live table, it is possible to instantiate the live table from JavaScript. In this case, you, as opposed to the velocity macro, you will need to construct the HTML elements the JavaScript component expects yourself, either from JavaScript, either writing the [[HTML directly in your wiki page>>platform:Main.XWikiSyntax]]
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 72.1 19 === Using the Velocity livetable macro ===
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 21 Please refer [[Live Table Macro>>code:Macros.LiveTableMacro]] reference.
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 23 === HTML + JavaScript ===
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 25 This is a dynamic component which must me used carefully because of performance issues. The HTML content of the Live Table is automatically updated using Javascript and [[JSON>>http://www.json.org]] code generated with the [[Live Table Macro>>code:Macros.LiveTableMacro]].
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 27 === Example ===
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 104.1 29 #warning("You need the Ratings plugin in your wiki to make the most of the example below.")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 30.1 31 The Live Table component could be extended with a special column containing the ratings of some documents from the wiki.
ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 32 The first step would be to generate the JSON code of the column we want to add. In order to achieve this goal we need to modify the result page of the velocity live table macro with our custom page **TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings**:
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 61.1 34 {{code language=html}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 55.1 36 #set($collist = ["doc.name", "_ratings", "doc.date", "doc.author", "_actions"])
ElenaOanaTabaranu 52.1 37
ElenaOanaTabaranu 57.1 38 #set($colprops = {
ElenaOanaTabaranu 32.1 39 "doc.name" : { "type" : "text" , "size" : 30, "sortable":true, "filterable":true},
40 "_ratings" : { "sortable":false},
41 "doc.date" : { "type" : "date" },
42 "doc.author" : { "type" : "text", "link" : "author"},
ElenaOanaTabaranu 51.1 43 "_actions" : { "actions": ["copy","delete","rename","rights"]}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 57.1 44 })
45 #set($options = { "resultPage":"TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings",
46 "tagCloud" : true,
47 "translationPrefix" : "xe.index.",
48 "rowCount": 10 })
49 #set($ok = $xwiki.ssx.use("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings"))
50 #set($ok = $xwiki.jsx.use("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings"))
ElenaOanaTabaranu 95.1 51 #livetable("alldocs" $collist $colprops $options)
ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 52 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 85.1 54 If we want to display the rated documents from a certain space, e.g. **Tutorials**, the last parameter of the <tt>#gridresultwithfilter</tt> must contain the query we need.
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 97.1 56 {{code}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 34.1 57 #includeMacros("TutorialsCode.LiveTableResultsMacros")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 34.1 59 #gridresultwithfilter("" $request.collist.split(",") "" "doc.space='Tutorials' and doc.name<>'WebHome' and doc.name<>'WebPreferences'")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 60.1 61 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 106.1 63 The page at **TutorialsCode.LiveTableResultsMacros** should contain a copy of the default code (the page is located at **XWiki.LiveTableResultsMacro**) for the live table result page. The next step implies extracting the rating information from the wiki pages located the **Tutorials** space. We add a new velocity macro which will test the presence of the rating object with class **XWiki.AverageRatingsClass** and extract the rating value.
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 97.1 65 {{code}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 81.1 66 ##
67 ## list ratings
68 ##
ElenaOanaTabaranu 73.1 69 #macro(grid_ratings $udoc)
70 #set($ratings = "")
71 #set($ratingObj = "")
72 #set($ratingObj = $udoc.getObject("XWiki.AverageRatingsClass"))
73 #if("$!ratingObj" != "")
74 #set($ratings = $ratingObj.get("averagevote"))
75 #end
76 #end
ElenaOanaTabaranu 74.1 77 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 78.1 79 The continue our extension of this component, we need to add a test for the presence of our custom column to call the <tt>grid_ratings</tt> macro when generating the JSON:
ElenaOanaTabaranu 96.1 80 {{/html}}
81 {{/velocity}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 97.1 83 {{code}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 75.1 84 ...
ElenaOanaTabaranu 79.1 85 #elseif($colname=="_images") ,
86 #grid_photolist($udoc)
87 "${colname}" : "${photolist}"
ElenaOanaTabaranu 75.1 88 #elseif($colname=="_ratings"),
89 #grid_ratings($udoc)
90 "${colname}" : "${ratings}"
ElenaOanaTabaranu 79.1 91 #else ,
ElenaOanaTabaranu 75.1 92 ...
93 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 80.1 95 #info("Firebug can be a useful tool when testing the JSON code generated.")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 98.1 97 Transforming the rating information to a nice star display requires using Javascript to replace the content of that column with the proper HTML. Add an on-demand Javascript Extension with a content which can be parsed and use the code below to enrich your component:
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 98.1 99 {{code}}
100 /** Display ratings in the live table on row event */
101 document.observe("xwiki:livetable:newrow", function(ev) {
102 $$('._ratings').each(function (el) {
103 // update content
104 var avgvote = 0.0;
105 if (el.innerHTML !== "") {
106 avgvote = parseFloat(el.innerHTML);
107 }
108 var wstyle = 0;
109 if (avgvote > 0) {
110 wstyle = avgvote * 20;
111 el.innerHTML="<div class='avg-rating'><div class='rating-stars'><ul class='small-star-rating'><li style='width: " + wstyle +"%;' class='current-rating'/><li><a class='one-star' href='#' onclick='return false;'>1</a></li><li><a class='two-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>2</a></li><li><a class='three-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>3</a></li><li><a class='four-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>4</a></li><li><a class='five-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>5</a></li></ul></div></div>";
112 } else if(el.innerHTML === ""){
113 el.innerHTML="<div class='avg-rating'><div class='rating-stars'><ul class='small-star-rating'><li style='width: 0%;' class='current-rating'/><li><a class='one-star' href='#' onclick='return false;'>1</a></li> <li><a class='two-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>2</a></li><li><a class='three-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>3</a></li><li><a class='four-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>4</a></li><li><a class='five-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>5</a></li></ul></div></div>";
114 }
115 });
116 document.fire("xwiki:livetable:ready", {
117 });
118 });
119 /** Update ratings images on hover event aka mouse over and mouse out.*/
120 document.observe("xwiki:livetable:ready", function(levent) {
121 $$('.xwiki-livetable-display-body tr').each(function (elem) {
122 Event.observe(elem, 'mouseover', function (ev) {
123 var ratings = elem.down('._ratings');
124 if(ratings) {
125 // update default white stars background
126 var elt = ratings.down(2);
127 elt.setStyle({
128 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings").getAttachmentURL("star-table.gif"))',
129 backgroundPosition: '0% 0%'
130 });
131 // update votes background
132 elt = ratings.down(3);
133 elt.setStyle({
134 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings").getAttachmentURL("star-table.gif"))',
135 backgroundPosition: '0% 50%'
136 });
137 }
138 });
139 Event.observe(elem, 'mouseout', function (ev) {
140 var ratings = elem.down('._ratings');
141 if(ratings) {
142 // restore default white stars background
143 var elt = ratings.down(2);
144 elt.setStyle({
145 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Ratings").getAttachmentURL("star.gif"))',
146 backgroundPosition: '0% 0%'
147 });
148 // restore votes background
149 elt = elem.down('._ratings').down(3);
150 elt.setStyle({
151 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Ratings").getAttachmentURL("star.gif"))',
152 backgroundPosition: '0% 50%'
153 });
154 }
155 });
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 98.1 157 });
158 });
159 {{/code}}
160
ElenaOanaTabaranu 99.1 161 Also, we should add some CSS in an on-demand Stylesheet extension with a content which can be parsed to polish the custom column display:
ElenaOanaTabaranu 98.1 162 {{code}}
163 /* ratings for live table */
164 .small-star-rating,
165 .small-star-rating .current-rating {
166 background: url($xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Ratings").getAttachmentURL("star.gif")) left -1000px repeat-x;
167 }
168 .small-star-rating{
169 position:relative;
170 width:125px;
171 height:25px;
172 overflow:hidden;
173 list-style:none;
174 margin:0px !important;
175 padding:0px !important;
176 background-position: left top;
177 }
178 .small-star-rating li{
179 display: inline;
180 }
181 .small-star-rating a,
182 .small-star-rating .current-rating{
183 position:absolute;
184 top:0;
185 left:0;
186 text-indent:-1000em;
187 height:25px;
188 line-height:25px;
189 outline:none;
190 overflow:hidden;
191 border: none;
192 }
193 .small-star-rating .current-rating{
194 z-index:1;
195 background-position: left center;
196 }
197 .small-star-rating:hover,
198 .small-star-rating:active,
199 .small-star-rating:focus {
200 background-image: url($xwiki.getDocument("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings").getAttachmentURL("star-table.gif"));
201 background-repeat: repeat-x;
202 background-position: top left;
203 }
204 .small-star-rating a.one-star{
205 width:20%;
206 z-index:6;
207 }
208 .small-star-rating a.two-stars{
209 width:40%;
210 z-index:5;
211 }
212 .small-star-rating a.three-stars{
213 width:60%;
214 z-index:4;
215 }
216 .small-star-rating a.four-stars{
217 width:80%;
218 z-index:3;
219 }
220 .small-star-rating a.five-stars{
221 width:100%;
222 z-index:2;
223 }
224 .rating-stars {
225 display: inline;
226 float: left;
227 clear: none;
228 }
229
230 {{/code}}
231

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