15 March 2008
Ext.nd meets categorized views
The next beta release of Ext.nd will include support for categorized views. However, don't get all excited and expect them to work just like categorized views in the Notes client. That is our ultimate goal but for this implementation there will be some limts. These limits are the same limits you see in a view rendered the default way from Domino. First, you can only expand one category at a time. Also, since we currently only support "paging" through views, there will be times that when you expand a category and then go to the next page, you won't be able to see what category was expanded. Hopefully, our next improvement on categorized views will take care of these shortcomings but for now, I'm really pleased with how this turned out. Oh, and if you can't wait for the next release (we still have a few more bugs to fix) and want to see this in action now, just head on over to our demo hosted on OpenNTF. On the outline in the left pane just expand on "View Demos" and then expand "Categorized Views" and from there you'll see many different categorized views setup that we have been testing against.
Does it also handle response docs? And when can we get the download? The one on the EXT.ND forum is for the one posted last month.
Great job by the way!
Yes, it will handle response docs as well. I'm currently finishing up on that code and it will be included as well in the next release. As for the timing. Rich and I are really trying hard to have it ready in about a week.
Hey, looks impressive! Haven't had a chance to look through the code yet (are you dynamically adding more rows to the datastore at the appropriate places, or somehow using the getRow() method to grab the TR below the grid row and create a sort of "sub" area?).
No, this implementation isn't dynamically adding rows. We basically are trying to mimic the behavior of domino default html views and therefore we are reloading the view on each expand collapse. However, dynamically adding rows is what we eventually want to do.
Jack, Great job!
When will be available the next release?
Thanks in advance