Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Entry point for Extensions

On 18 Aug 2017, at 23:38, Marius Dumitru Florea <mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com> wrote: Looks good but I would show only 2 buttons: "Hide details" and "Open". "Uninstall" and the rest of the extension action buttons would be available from the drop down.

Thanks, Marius On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: > >> On 18 Aug 2017, at 16:29, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <valicac(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> > wrote: >> >>> I’ve created a design page for this at http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/ >>> bin/view/Proposal/ExtensionEntryPoints#Attachments >>> >>> And I’ve also proposed a new way to plug the entry point with the “Open” >>> button. >>> >> >> Seems nice. Why is it a dropdown? what are the options? > > ok I was sure you’d ask. It’s not actually :) I just took some html from > another place and forgot to modify this… > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> >> Thanks, >> Caty >> >> >>> >>> Let me know what you think. >>> >>> Thanks >>> -Vincent >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Oct 2016, at 16:10, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi devs, >>>> >>>> Problem >>>> ======= >>>> >>>> We have 2 issues right now when installing an extension in XWiki: >>>> >>>> 1) It’s not clear where is the entry point of that extension. >>>> - Example1: an app that is only for admins and only has a >>> ConfigurableClass >>>> - Example2: an app that provides a macro and doesn’t have a UI >>>> >>>> 2) Even when an extension registers itself in the Applications Panel, >>> the user still need to refresh the page or navigate away to see it. >>>> >>>> Proposal >>>> ======== >>>> >>>> * Introduce the concept of Entry point (a.k.a home page) in Extension >>> metadata >>>> * Have the EM UI display the extension’s entry point (when there’s one) >>> after having installed the extension so that the user can click on it > and >>> be taken to the home page of the extension. >>>> >>>> This would make extensions more discoverable IMO. >>>> >>>> Implementation Details >>>> ================== >>>> >>>> * Some maven extension metadata properties in pom.xml >>>> >>>> * A format to represent an entry point. It shouldn’t be a full URL > since >>> that needs to be computed at runtime. Basically it should contain: >>>> ** The document reference >>>> ** The action to use (view, admin, etc) - optional, should default to >>> “view" >>>> ** The query string to use - optional, should default to an empty query >>> string >>>> >>>> This corresponds to the notion of ResourceReference >>> (EntityResourceReference to be precise). However we don’t have any > textual >>> representation of it ATM. >>>> >>>> WDYT? Good idea? Bad idea? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -Vincent >>>> >>> >>> > >