[mapguide-users] changing position of task bar

[Jo Cook]

Thanks Kenneth,

You've confirmed what I wanted to hear- which is that there isn't a simple
approach. I have persuaded the client to stick with the standard viewer
layout for now.

Jo


Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote:
> 
> 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
>>    
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