Re: lacking of multi path query in p.a.querystring/ p.a.collection/ ...

On 2013-08-28 15:01, Rok Garbas wrote:
> Quoting Jens W. Klein (2013-08-28 13:38:21)
>> Current plone.app.collection lack multi path queries. So at the moment
>> one can search only in one subpath. Even if the new collections are
>> overall a big step forward: That step back in path handling is bad.
>>
>> To migrate old ATTopic based sites its a must have and also my poweruser
>> are loving this features.
>>
>> So i hacked a quick fix for them, which is ui/ux wise not nice, since
>> one have to enter the paths in a string field, but it works and let you
>> migrate old collections with mutli path queries.
>>
>> See https://gist.github.com/jensens/6356051 for the simple code lines to
>> make it work.
>>
>> Unfortunately the set of available widgets is hacked statically in
>> plone.formwidget.querystring.browser/input.pt - so it was not possible
>> to register an own nice widget here.
>>
>> For me its ok to have the code in my customer project for now. If theres
>> a broader ok, i can add my code to plone.app.querystring.
>>
>
> couldn't you add multiple path criteria in collections already?

No.
So yes you can add as much you like.

-> But the first wins and the others are ignored.

Maurits wrote a good comprehension here in PLIP 13561 	

	https://dev.plone.org/ticket/13561

under risks you can read about the problems.

His code is at

	https://github.com/plone/plone.app.collection/tree/maurits-upgradepath.


>
>> Anyway, I think we need to rethink the path-handling. By default we have
>> 2 different methods to add path search and even for my power users its
>> difficult to explain. This should be just a checkbox in the widget.
>>
>> A step forward in the way how a widget could look like posted suption on
>> irc and can be found here:
>> http://plone.github.io/mockup/dev/#patterns/relateditems
>>
>> Imo all widgets to select some items from the portal must have the same
>> look aand feel to have a consistent and good ux.
>
> there is already a query string pattern being started:
> http://plone.github.io/mockup/dev/#patterns/querystring
> (css is a bit messed on the demo page but should be ok inside plone site)
>
>
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