I'm pretty confused with the documentation around xWiki and struggle to find infos on the "custom display" field in the property editor. A simple example could clarify my questions: how do you (for example) use the "custom display" field to display the content of the Textarea Propety in bold, red?

Ok, I got it, you can use Velocity Scripting in the Custom Display Property to render the display in the way you want it... For example here is the code to a "custom display" so the value of the property is displayed in bold and red. <b><font color=red>$doc.getValue("DataName")</font></b> Where DataName is the name of my property... actually it's really easy to do what you want if you understand the xwiki javadoc (http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/DevGuide/API/xwiki%2Dcore%2D1.…)

Thanks! Don't you think is worth a FAQ entry for this issue? I will create one based on your example if you don't mind. Thanks! Best, Ricardo javacupix wrote:

made the following changes to my code so that you still be able to edit a property with a custom display so here it is for the String property type. I'm wondering if there is such a thing like $object.getEditor() but couldn't find it in the jdoc.

Yes, this is what I was looking for, but how do I bring up the editor? For example in the case of a Wysiwyg edit.

On 3/26/08, Guillaume Lerouge <guillaume(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Thanks to Sergui who pointed out the different states (edit, view,...) I >> made the following changes to my code so that you still be able to edit > a >> property with a custom display so here it is for the String property > type. >> I'm wondering if there is such a thing like $object.getEditor() but >> couldn't >> find it in the jdoc. >> > > There's 2 things available : > > - #if( $context.action == 'edit') (you could replace edit with delete, > addobject, inline ...) > - #if( $!request.editor == 'wiki') (you could replace wiki with > wysiwyg, object, class ...) > > Is this what you were lookig for ? > > > Guillaume >

Thanks a lot... I start getting the whole thing

@Sergui : I tried this #if($type == "view") <b>$value</b> #else $doc.display($name, $type, $object) #endif but it get a nasty "Error number 4001 in 4: Error while parsing velocity page.... Invocation of method 'display' threw exception java.lang.stackOverflowError"... I tried the other display methods but got the same error each time, any idea what's wrong?

Right... but what should I do to avoid this loop and still get the editor to display my object? On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Jean-Vincent Drean &lt;jv(a)xwiki.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Yes Jean Vincent that is absolutly clear to me, but my problem is about using the "custom display" field of a property without messing up the editing possibility of that data I started with #if($type == "view") <b>$value</b> #elseif($type == "edit") ## some markup to display in edit mode #end and the question is: what should I put at the " ## some markup to display in edit mode" line, <input type='text' name='$prefix$name' value='$value' /> (seems a crappy solution), $doc.display($name, $type, $object) (brings me to the infinite loop problem)? Thanks for all your answers and help, On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Jean-Vincent Drean &lt;jv(a)xwiki.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users