[Geomoose-users] drawer behavior GM 2.8 vs 2.2

[Dan Little]

This was a design decision motivated by two parts:

1. The UI library (dijit/dojo) didn't support that type of drawer
operation were were using before (that was a custom written control).
2. The drawers have the unfortunate consequence of *hiding*
functionality from the user.  This is fine if you have a bag of
various search tools, e.g. a draw labeled "Search by..." and then the
list contains the various options.  While 2.8 is not perfect at this,
we are trying to move as much of the obvious functionality in front of
the user without being overwhelming.  That was a large motivation for
moving the layer-editing controls to the catalog and pairing them with
their appropriate layer.  It made the 'verb' (Draw a Polygon) less
separate from the 'noun' (My Fun Custom Polygon WFS-T Layer).

That said, if you'd like this functionality to be a part of the
2.10/3.0 discussions then please plop an enhancement ticket into
Github.  After a monthlong break from GeoMOOSE work I'll be back at it
starting Friday.  I want to get a 2.8.1 released somewhere around
mid-November but since I'll be getting together with Jim for coding
work and probably holding a PSC meeting where we'll be filtering
through some of the tickets.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Mark Volz <MarkVolz at co.lyon.mn.us> wrote:
> Hello,
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> I noticed the <drawer> function works a little bit different between
> GeoMOOSE 2.2 and GeoMOOSE 2.8.  In GeoMOOSE 2.2 the first item in a drawer
> is displayed on the toolbar.  Users only need to open the dropdown menu if
> they want to use a different tool in the drawer.  On the other hand by
> default GeoMOOSE 2.8 does not display the first item.  Instead users need to
> open up the drawer each time they want to use one of the tools in the
> drawer.
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> Question:  Is there a setting in GeoMOOSE 2.8 that will change the <drawer>
> function so that it will display the first tool such as  <drawer
> displayfirst=”true” stickyitem=”true”> where:
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> displayirst=”true” will display the first tool in the drawer on the main
> menu.
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>                 Stickyitem=”true” If a user selects a different tool then
> that tool will stay on top of the drawer.
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> Thanks
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> Sincerely,
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> Mark Volz, GISP
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