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Dynamic description for the delete button/context menu [message #1237833]

Thu, 30 January 2014 18:23

Laurent Le Moux

Messages: 184
Registered: September 2011

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Hi all,

I wrote an XXXDeleteFeature and I would like to provide a dynamic description for the delete button / context menu option depending on the business object state of the selected picture element.

This way, I would have the possibility to give the user an explanation when deletion is not allowed (typically in case of a 'LOCK' state...).

I tried to dynamically process a description while executing #canDelete() so that #getDescription() would simply have to return it.

But, surprisingly, #getDescription() is executed before #canDelete().

Is this normal ? Any idea how I could achieve this dynamic display ?

Kind regards,

Laurent

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Re: Dynamic description for the delete button/context menu [message #1239174 is a reply to message #1237833]

Mon, 03 February 2014 15:00

Michael Wenz

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Walldorf, Germany

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Laurent,

yes, that's normal. The content menu entry is first added and then set to
enabled/disabled.

You could check the state already in getDescription and return and
appropriate text.

Michael

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Re: Dynamic description for the delete button/context menu [message #1239289 is a reply to message #1239174]

Mon, 03 February 2014 21:30

Laurent Le Moux

Messages: 184
Registered: September 2011

Senior Member

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the explanation about the internal cinematic.
And how can I get access to my business object (to check its state) in #getDesciption ?
This method doesn't have any IDeleteContext parameter like in #canDelete...

Laurent

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Re: Dynamic description for the delete button/context menu [message #1239463 is a reply to message #1239289]

Tue, 04 February 2014 09:01

Michael Wenz

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Walldorf, Germany

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hm, right. That's a good point... :-(

Besides some dirty tricks, I only see the option for an enhancement of that
method. But I'm not sure if it is possible to provide the context
information in all cases, because the getDescription method is called from
various spots and at some the information on the context might not yet be
available.

Anyhow, would you file an enhancement request for that?

Thanks,
Michael

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