[Zope3-dev] Re: recent changes to adding UI

[Garrett Smith]

I've integrated the adding mechanism into a slightly more robust 
framework that uses an 'add' form to get initial values from users when 
adding a new item. The need to customize page titles, button captions, 
etc. is something that any UI should provide.

Rather than try to overload the existing adding mechanism, however, 
we'll just create our own an look for ways to contribute down the road 
after the many more important issues are addressed.

  -- Garrett


Jim Fulton wrote:
>  > Garrett Smith wrote:
>> There have been a number of recent changes to the container adding UI:
>>
>>  zope/app/browser/container/add.pt
>>  zope/app/browser/container/adding.py
> 
> 
> These were based on the rather old proposal:
> 
>   http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/SimplifyImplementingContainers
> 
>> I'd like to firm up the API for this 'adding' facility so that it can 
>> reliably be reused without unexpected breakage. So:
>>
>> - A well defined interface suitable for a range of uses
> 
> 
> I think that this exists in IAdding.
> 
>> - Unit tests that lock down the functionality
> 
> 
> Done.
> 
> 
>> Here are some basics that we need:
>>
>> - Override the title for the form
> 
> 
> Which form are you talking about?
> 
>> - Override the add button caption
> 
> 
> Why?
> 
>> - Specify whether or not the name text field is used
> 
> 
> The presence of the name text field is determined by whether
> the container is responsible for picking names, as described
> in:
> 
>   http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/SimplifyImplementingContainers
> 
> 
>> - Override the 'action' URL in the form
> 
> 
> Why?
> 
>> I'd very much like community feedback here. Is anyone doing anything 
>> like this? Are there other reusabilty features needed?
> 
> 
> I'm not sure what problems you are trying to solve with these suggestions.
> 
> Jim
>