Re: styling the subnavigation tree

Michael and Joe,

Thanks for the helpful catch-up on portlet_navigation. Looks like there 
are a couple options already floating and we should revisit after 2.0 is 
out.


chad




Michael Zeltner wrote:
> Chad Whitacre wrote:
> 
>>> 1) So, my first question would be ... what's the best guess time frame
>>> for when this portlet is updated to be more Plone 2.0/CSS friendly?
>>> Final release of v2.0?
> 
> 
> no probabaly not - even at the castlesprint everyone said it's rather 
> for 1.2 (so 2.1 now)
> 
>> When you and I get pissed enough to re-write it. ;)  Prolly not 2.0 
>> final unless we hurry!
> 
> 
> i guess alex won't allow a checkin ;) you know things need testing - and 
> it's rather a new feature than a bugfix.
> 
>>> 2) In the meantime, would others recommend customizing the portlet
>>> script by stripping out the img, styling, and spacing and then
>>> replacing it with a nice CSS defined style/div?
> 
> 
> well it depends on what you need - ploneIcons.css isn't here yet so 
> defining every background of every portal type is a bit useless i guess. 
> but if you can live without that, everything is nice
> 
>> At that point you're approaching the solution to #1, although I think 
>> you want it to be a list.
> 
> 
> yup - and you won't use padding, rather margin, because the background 
> images would need positions.
> 
>>> 3) And finally, will this approach upgrade gracefully?
> 
> 
> joe is right - it's interesting what you'd have to show but don't put 
> too much work in it, unless you really need it. or try to find out what 
> navtree we're going to use (see next paragraph) in 2.1 and work with the 
> devs together to create a nice css styleable menu ;) that would rock :)
> 
>> If you submit your changes and they *become* the upgrade, then yes. ;) 
>> Otherwise, I would guess it depends on how much configuration you do 
>> in portal_properties/navigation_tree_properties and whether that 
>> system survives the upgrade (unlikely? dunno.).
> 
> 
> the plans for the navtree are rather confusing at the moment - i don't 
> know if we're going to use helge tesdals new one, or if we use the menu 
> builder from ben saller. but the navigation tree properties are probably 
> going to go away.
> 
> regards,
> michael




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