Wiki source code of Live Table component

Version 121.2 by Vincent Massol on 2009/09/14

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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.")
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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 115.1 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]].
ElenaOanaTabaranu 120.1 26 The Live Table component is build using the Prototype library as a class representing an AJAX-populated live table. The default variable name generated in XWiki Enterprise is **ta** and you can use it, for example to manipulate the display of the component's rows by calling <tt>ta.showRows()</tt>.
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 117.1 28 For more details, check the Javascript file **livetable.js** on your wiki at **{{{http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/skin/resources/js/xwiki/table/livetable.js}}}**.
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 30 === Example ===
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 104.1 32 #warning("You need the Ratings plugin in your wiki to make the most of the example below.")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 30.1 34 The Live Table component could be extended with a special column containing the ratings of some documents from the wiki.
ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 35 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 121.1 37 {{code}}
38 #*
ElenaOanaTabaranu 55.1 39 #set($collist = ["doc.name", "_ratings", "doc.date", "doc.author", "_actions"])
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 57.1 41 #set($colprops = {
ElenaOanaTabaranu 32.1 42 "doc.name" : { "type" : "text" , "size" : 30, "sortable":true, "filterable":true},
43 "_ratings" : { "sortable":false},
44 "doc.date" : { "type" : "date" },
45 "doc.author" : { "type" : "text", "link" : "author"},
ElenaOanaTabaranu 51.1 46 "_actions" : { "actions": ["copy","delete","rename","rights"]}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 57.1 47 })
48 #set($options = { "resultPage":"TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings",
49 "tagCloud" : true,
50 "translationPrefix" : "xe.index.",
51 "rowCount": 10 })
52 #set($ok = $xwiki.ssx.use("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings"))
53 #set($ok = $xwiki.jsx.use("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings"))
ElenaOanaTabaranu 121.1 54 #livetable("alldocs" $collist $colprops $options) *#
ElenaOanaTabaranu 58.1 55 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 85.1 57 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 59 {{code}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 34.1 60 #includeMacros("TutorialsCode.LiveTableResultsMacros")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 34.1 62 #gridresultwithfilter("" $request.collist.split(",") "" "doc.space='Tutorials' and doc.name<>'WebHome' and doc.name<>'WebPreferences'")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 60.1 64 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 106.1 66 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 68 {{code}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 81.1 69 ##
70 ## list ratings
71 ##
ElenaOanaTabaranu 73.1 72 #macro(grid_ratings $udoc)
73 #set($ratings = "")
74 #set($ratingObj = "")
75 #set($ratingObj = $udoc.getObject("XWiki.AverageRatingsClass"))
76 #if("$!ratingObj" != "")
77 #set($ratings = $ratingObj.get("averagevote"))
78 #end
79 #end
ElenaOanaTabaranu 74.1 80 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 78.1 82 The continue our extension of this component, we need to add a test for the presence of our custom column to call the <tt>grid_ratings</tt> macro when generating the JSON:
ElenaOanaTabaranu 96.1 83 {{/html}}
84 {{/velocity}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 97.1 86 {{code}}
ElenaOanaTabaranu 75.1 87 ...
ElenaOanaTabaranu 79.1 88 #elseif($colname=="_images") ,
89 #grid_photolist($udoc)
90 "${colname}" : "${photolist}"
ElenaOanaTabaranu 75.1 91 #elseif($colname=="_ratings"),
92 #grid_ratings($udoc)
93 "${colname}" : "${ratings}"
ElenaOanaTabaranu 79.1 94 #else ,
ElenaOanaTabaranu 75.1 95 ...
96 {{/code}}
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 80.1 98 #info("Firebug can be a useful tool when testing the JSON code generated.")
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 107.1 100 Transforming the rating information to a nice star display requires using Javascript to replace the content of that column with the proper HTML. Attach the image below to your **TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings** page to change the default white background when hovering on the stars.
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 109.1 102 [[image:star-table.gif||style="margin-right: 1em;"]]
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 107.1 105 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 98.1 107 {{code}}
108 /** Display ratings in the live table on row event */
109 document.observe("xwiki:livetable:newrow", function(ev) {
110 $$('._ratings').each(function (el) {
111 // update content
112 var avgvote = 0.0;
113 if (el.innerHTML !== "") {
114 avgvote = parseFloat(el.innerHTML);
115 }
116 var wstyle = 0;
117 if (avgvote > 0) {
118 wstyle = avgvote * 20;
119 el.innerHTML="<div class='avg-rating'><div class='rating-stars'><ul class='small-star-rating'><li style='width: " + wstyle +"%;' class='current-rating'/><li><a class='one-star' href='#' onclick='return false;'>1</a></li><li><a class='two-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>2</a></li><li><a class='three-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>3</a></li><li><a class='four-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>4</a></li><li><a class='five-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>5</a></li></ul></div></div>";
120 } else if(el.innerHTML === ""){
121 el.innerHTML="<div class='avg-rating'><div class='rating-stars'><ul class='small-star-rating'><li style='width: 0%;' class='current-rating'/><li><a class='one-star' href='#' onclick='return false;'>1</a></li> <li><a class='two-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>2</a></li><li><a class='three-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>3</a></li><li><a class='four-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>4</a></li><li><a class='five-stars' href='#' onclick='return false;'>5</a></li></ul></div></div>";
122 }
123 });
124 document.fire("xwiki:livetable:ready", {
125 });
126 });
127 /** Update ratings images on hover event aka mouse over and mouse out.*/
128 document.observe("xwiki:livetable:ready", function(levent) {
129 $$('.xwiki-livetable-display-body tr').each(function (elem) {
130 Event.observe(elem, 'mouseover', function (ev) {
131 var ratings = elem.down('._ratings');
132 if(ratings) {
133 // update default white stars background
134 var elt = ratings.down(2);
135 elt.setStyle({
136 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings").getAttachmentURL("star-table.gif"))',
137 backgroundPosition: '0% 0%'
138 });
139 // update votes background
140 elt = ratings.down(3);
141 elt.setStyle({
142 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings").getAttachmentURL("star-table.gif"))',
143 backgroundPosition: '0% 50%'
144 });
145 }
146 });
147 Event.observe(elem, 'mouseout', function (ev) {
148 var ratings = elem.down('._ratings');
149 if(ratings) {
150 // restore default white stars background
151 var elt = ratings.down(2);
152 elt.setStyle({
153 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Ratings").getAttachmentURL("star.gif"))',
154 backgroundPosition: '0% 0%'
155 });
156 // restore votes background
157 elt = elem.down('._ratings').down(3);
158 elt.setStyle({
159 backgroundImage: 'url($xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Ratings").getAttachmentURL("star.gif"))',
160 backgroundPosition: '0% 50%'
161 });
162 }
163 });
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 98.1 165 });
166 });
167 {{/code}}
168
ElenaOanaTabaranu 110.1 169 Also, add some CSS in an on-demand Stylesheet extension with a content which can be parsed to polish the custom column display:
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 98.1 171 {{code}}
172 /* ratings for live table */
173 .small-star-rating,
174 .small-star-rating .current-rating {
175 background: url($xwiki.getDocument("XWiki.Ratings").getAttachmentURL("star.gif")) left -1000px repeat-x;
176 }
177 .small-star-rating{
178 position:relative;
179 width:125px;
180 height:25px;
181 overflow:hidden;
182 list-style:none;
183 margin:0px !important;
184 padding:0px !important;
185 background-position: left top;
186 }
187 .small-star-rating li{
188 display: inline;
189 }
190 .small-star-rating a,
191 .small-star-rating .current-rating{
192 position:absolute;
193 top:0;
194 left:0;
195 text-indent:-1000em;
196 height:25px;
197 line-height:25px;
198 outline:none;
199 overflow:hidden;
200 border: none;
201 }
202 .small-star-rating .current-rating{
203 z-index:1;
204 background-position: left center;
205 }
206 .small-star-rating:hover,
207 .small-star-rating:active,
208 .small-star-rating:focus {
209 background-image: url($xwiki.getDocument("TutorialsCode.LiveTableRatings").getAttachmentURL("star-table.gif"));
210 background-repeat: repeat-x;
211 background-position: top left;
212 }
213 .small-star-rating a.one-star{
214 width:20%;
215 z-index:6;
216 }
217 .small-star-rating a.two-stars{
218 width:40%;
219 z-index:5;
220 }
221 .small-star-rating a.three-stars{
222 width:60%;
223 z-index:4;
224 }
225 .small-star-rating a.four-stars{
226 width:80%;
227 z-index:3;
228 }
229 .small-star-rating a.five-stars{
230 width:100%;
231 z-index:2;
232 }
233 .rating-stars {
234 display: inline;
235 float: left;
236 clear: none;
237 }
238 {{/code}}
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240 The final result should look like this:
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ElenaOanaTabaranu 113.1 242 [[image:livetabel.png||style="margin-right: 1em;"]]
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