I finished the first part of the UILayout Plug-in. For me it is the first plug-in as well. Any feedback is much appreciated.
It handles the initialization of the UILayout and the moving of the APEX template ID's/Classes to the UILayout areas by the plug-in or by the template.
Now I'm thinking about the second part. It will handle the sizing of each area: NORTH, SOUTH, WEST and EAST.
There are 7 settings for each area:
- Display: Yes/No
- Closable: Yes/No
- Resizable: Yes/No
- Slidable: Yes/No
- Size: (Number value like "250" as px)
- Min-Size: (Number value like "150" as px)
- Max-Size: (Number value like "350" as px)
I could either create one plug-in for all areas with comma separated values or create 4 plug-ins for each area one plug-in.
What is more troubling for the end user?
Version 1 - One Plug-in:
Example based on the following logic: NORTH,SOUTH,WEST,EAST
- Display: yes,yes,yes,no
- Closable: no,no,yes,no
- Resizable: no,no,yes,no
- Slidable: no,no,yes,no
- Size: 150,100,400,0
- Min-Size: 0,0,300,0
- Max-Size: 0,0,800,0
For me it looks quite difficult making the correct settings!
Version 2 - Four Plug-ins:
Example based on the NORTH area:
- Display: yes
- Closable: no
- Resizable: no
- Size: 150
Example based on the WEST area:
- Display: yes
- Closable: yes
- Resizable: yes
- Slidable: yes
- Size: 400
- Min-Size: 300
- Max-Size: 800
For me it looks much easier to set it correctly. But the end user would need to install all 4 plug-ins.
What do you think?
By the way you can try the first plug-in here: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=65560:1
You can download it from apex-plugin.com: http://www.apex-plugin.com/oracle-apex-plugins/dynamic-action-plugin/uilayout-part-1-initialize_77.html
If nobody answers I will probably create 4 similar plug-ins for each area.
It handles the initialization of the UILayout and the moving of the APEX template ID's/Classes to the UILayout areas by the plug-in or by the template.
Now I'm thinking about the second part. It will handle the sizing of each area: NORTH, SOUTH, WEST and EAST.
There are 7 settings for each area:
- Display: Yes/No
- Closable: Yes/No
- Resizable: Yes/No
- Slidable: Yes/No
- Size: (Number value like "250" as px)
- Min-Size: (Number value like "150" as px)
- Max-Size: (Number value like "350" as px)
I could either create one plug-in for all areas with comma separated values or create 4 plug-ins for each area one plug-in.
What is more troubling for the end user?
Version 1 - One Plug-in:
Example based on the following logic: NORTH,SOUTH,WEST,EAST
- Display: yes,yes,yes,no
- Closable: no,no,yes,no
- Resizable: no,no,yes,no
- Slidable: no,no,yes,no
- Size: 150,100,400,0
- Min-Size: 0,0,300,0
- Max-Size: 0,0,800,0
For me it looks quite difficult making the correct settings!
Version 2 - Four Plug-ins:
Example based on the NORTH area:
- Display: yes
- Closable: no
- Resizable: no
- Size: 150
Example based on the WEST area:
- Display: yes
- Closable: yes
- Resizable: yes
- Slidable: yes
- Size: 400
- Min-Size: 300
- Max-Size: 800
For me it looks much easier to set it correctly. But the end user would need to install all 4 plug-ins.
What do you think?
By the way you can try the first plug-in here: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=65560:1
You can download it from apex-plugin.com: http://www.apex-plugin.com/oracle-apex-plugins/dynamic-action-plugin/uilayout-part-1-initialize_77.html
If nobody answers I will probably create 4 similar plug-ins for each area.
