Fabián M. wrote:
some of our customers require us to customize XXE, usually simplifying
its UI.
This "simplify the UI" requirement means removing some toolbar buttons
and menu items, and add a few others.
Adding toolbar buttons and menu items is not a big deal, but removing
them implies we end up almost fully rewriting the XXE UI spec,
which is a tedious task, even more with it changing (for good, I'm not
complaining about this at all ;)) version after version.
While taking a look at the addon/common XXE config files I've found out
that most of the standard toolbar and menus do not have a name attribute
(for example the file, command history, edit, join/split, comment,
format, etc, etc... toolbars).
I was wondering if putting a standard name for them and have XXE UI
build logic replace them when a custom configuration specs a
toolbar/menu with the same name, could make redefining those toolbars
easier (just redefine the one you want, removing the items you need,
leaving the rest intact, for example). I'd not run into deep questions
like "what should the logic do when there's two toolbars with the same
name", because I think that's hardly a use case (though you may prove me
wrong...).
Or maybe adding documentation about such an example (remove some toolbar
buttons and menu entries from the standard button) could also help with
this rather daunting task.
--> It works like this for an XXE configuration (.xxe file):
* Let's suppose the stock configuration has a toolbar having no name
(which means: *THE* configuration specific toolbar).
* If in your config customization, there is also a toolbar having no
name, without any "insert" element or attribute, then your custom
toolbar will completely replace the stock toolbar.
More information:
* http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/toolBar.html
--> It works like this for the XXE GUI (.xxe_gui file):
* Let's suppose the stock toolbar is called "A".
* If in your customize.xxe_gui, there is also a toolbar called "A",
without any "insert" element or attribute, then your custom toolbar "A"
will completely replace stock toolbar "A".
More information:
* http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/gui/toolBar.html
* http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/gui/menu.html#about_insert
Now, we are well-aware that some customers want to easily remove menu
items (actual example: "Edit|Force Delete") and tool bar buttons from
the GUI and/or from configurations. That's why we plan to make it simple
in the release following v5.8. (This was planned well before we received
your email.)
XXE currently has the "insert" element or attribute. The future XXE
version (not before 3 months) will probably also have "replace" and
"delete" attributes.
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