On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 5:35 PM, Paul Pinkerton (ACLCO) <pink...@lao.on.ca> wrote:
> Wait - update. I have copied the "FileManager" space into a new space > (DocLibrary) to work on a document library. In Chrome, the menu works in > the FileManager space, but not in my new DocLibrary space. The menu works > just fine in other browsers and other functionality seems to be ok in the > new space. > > > Any insight would be appreciated. > Look for JavaScript errors in the browser console. > > Paul Pinkerton > KnowledgeNow Project/ ACLCO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: users [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Paul Pinkerton > (ACLCO) > Sent: January-20-17 10:32 AM > To: 'XWiki Users' > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] File Management Extension > > Thanks for the advice, Marius. I'm working through it. > > I have discovered though that the right-click to access the menu doesn't > seem to work in Chrome (55.0.2883.87 m). It does work in Firefox (37.0.2) > and in Internet Explorer (11.0.9600.18537). Is this a known bug or > abnormal behaviour? Is there a fix? > > Paul Pinkerton > KnowledgeNow Project/ ACLCO > > -----Original Message----- > From: users [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Marius Dumitru > Florea > Sent: January-18-17 4:17 AM > To: XWiki Users > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] File Management Extension > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Paul Pinkerton (ACLCO) <pink...@lao.on.ca > > > wrote: > > > I am interested in creating an easy to navigate document library. I > > was thinking of using the File Manager Extension (as this is what it's > > built > > for) - but the documentation is light on some specifics. > > > > > > > -I am wondering if I can copy this to a new space (currently > > xwiki/bin/view/FileManager) and run multiple file libraries on the > > site, each with their own permissions (space based)? When I copy the > > FileManager space to a new space, I get the warning that I need to > > migrate to the new structure. Will this affect anything other than > > the specific space it is in? > > > > No, it should affect only the current space. See > https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/ > src/main/resources/FileManagerCode/Migrator.xml#L80 > . > > > > > > -Also wondering if I can add a metadata field somehow? One of the > > things I liked about using a file library in SP is the ability to list > > additional fields (ie. notes about why the file is important, > > contents, etc...) in the grid. Is this easy to do? > > > > Adding meta data is fairly easy, by adding new properties to the FileClass > https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/ > src/main/resources/FileManagerCode/FileClass.xml > . Displaying and editing this meta data directly from the File Manager UI > is more complex, but you can do it relatively easy from the "file view" > (what you see when you click on a file from the files live table), by > editing FileSheet > https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-filemanager/blob/master/ui/ > src/main/resources/FileManagerCode/FileSheet.xml#L258 > . > > Hope this helps, > Marius > > > > > > > > Paul Pinkerton > > ACLCO/ KnowledgeNow > > >
