[mapguide-users] changing position of task bar

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

The approach mentioned by Chris will leave you with the legend and 
taskpane side by side, rather than on top.
While it is possible to modify the viewer, there are two things going 
against it:

1) It was not made for modification, which will make it hard to fit in 
customizations
2) Any change has to be re-implemented when your client upgrades to the 
next version of MG

Number 1) implies that you will spend a lot of time, and number 2) 
implies that you will do it multiple times.

For these reasons, Fusion was built.
While I can see issues with Fusion, it is meant to be customized, and I 
would recommend that you either
"roll your own" viewer or use Fusion, if the basic viewer is not enough.

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S

On 14-12-2009 18:48, Chris Claydon wrote:
> Without trying it, I'm not sure if this would work but it might be worth a try...
>
> 1) In MG Studio or equivalent, open your basic layout and disable the properties pane and task pane.
> 2) Set URL hyperlinks to open in a specified frame, and pick a new unique name for the frame.
> 3) Set all commands that are currently targeted at the task pane also to open in that specified frame.
> 4) Modify the AJAX viewer to add a new frame with the unique name below the legend.
>
> It shouldn't take a huge amount of effort to figure out if it's actually going to work.
>
> Chris.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jo Cook
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:54 AM
> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [mapguide-users] changing position of task bar
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to change the position of the task bar in the ajax viewer for
> MGOS 2.1. I have seen the posts about changing it to the left-hand side, and
> have implemented that, but ideally I want to ditch the properties pane and
> integrate the task pane (with a custom properties task included) below the
> legend. When I look in the developer's guide at the layout of the frames
> within the ajax viewer, it doesn't look like this is going to be possible,
> as both the legend and the properties panes are integrated within the main
> mapframe.
>
> Is there a way to do what I want, by changing the order of frames within the
> various templates, or am I wasting my time? For a number of regions, the
> client wants the ajax viewer rather than fusion.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jo
>