Summary

Reach the same functionality level as the previous M4.5 Form Module :
Form module

(warning) Mail Module should be Migrated first :
Mail module

(warning) PUR Module should follow also be Migrated:
Public User Registration module

Root Ticket:

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Keep an eyeson : Storing form data in the Data module

Tasks

Fields

(info) The created form fields are created and displayed based on FTL/JSP definition.
Form components
These fields will not be migrated to Vaadin Fields.

M4.5 Fields
  • Available fields for freemarker syntax.
    Static field with dynamic values.

  • Radio Select + Listening component (code/text/html/Link)
    When clicking on a Radio, switch to the appropriate Component


  • Html Editor


  • Code Editor



  • Conditional Field
M5 Fields
Static Field with dynamic values
  • UI Module
    Modify the current Static field implementation in order to easily extend it and set dynamically the Value.
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  • Form Module
    Create a custom Static field displaying dynamic values.
Base Code Text Field

This field is based on the Vaadin ace editor add on:
https://github.com/ahn/vaadin-aceeditor
http://ajaxorg.github.io/ace/#nav=howto

Ace Editor is very power full and our current need is quite small in regard of the add on potential. The goal is to create a basic implementation easily extendable in case of future need.

  • UI Module
    Create a Basic Code Text Field
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    Documentation
  • Form Module
    Replace the old M4.5 control definition and replace it with this field
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Custom Field for Radio Button and Code Text/Select Field  --> Switchable Field

This will required the creation of a new Switchable Field.
Basic component view:


  1. Selection component: Can be a optinon group (Single Select) or a simple select.
  2. Related field component: Display the field related to the selected selection (1)

Requirements:

  • Values entered into the Field have to be persisted
    • In dialog: For example, type text, switch to date, select a date, switch back to text. The previously typed text should be displayed.
    • When saving the dialog and reopen it again, all entered data has to be displayed (text/date...)
  • Easily configurable (smile).
  • Inner Field have to support Validation (required, Validation pattern,...)
    • Only the selected field has to be validated.

Configuration

  • selectionType : radio/select. Selection component layout (either an option group or simple select)
  • options
    • text
      • label : text displayed
      • value : refer to the related field ('fieldName')
      • selected : selected by default or not
    • ...
  • fields
    • fieldName
      • Normal field configuration...

 

Persistence (field is named typeSelection and has to select text and html. text was selected)

Field property contains the option name selected
  typeSelection = text

A property is created per field that have an entry (in our case the user enter some text into the text and html field)
  typeSelectiontext = value typed into the text field
  typeSelectionhtml = value typed into the html field.

  • UI Module
    Create a Basic SwitchableField
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    Documentation
  • Form Module
    Remove the Form M4.5 Controls and replace it with this new Field
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Generic Multi field

Create the equivalent of the MultiSelect field that let you configured the field that is added. For example by configuration we could define a MultiText field or MultiDate field,....

 

  • UI Module
    Create a Basic MultiField
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Generic Composite Field

Create by Configuration a composite field (for example, a TextField in addition with a Date and Select Field).

 

  • UI Module
    Create a Basic Composit Field

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Custom Properties

Introduce a way to manage property related to a field.

 

Validators.

  • Adapt the current validator definition in order to use the current M5 validators definition and mechanism.
  • Create a select box listing all Form's defined validators

Bootstrap files

  • Change the Dialogs and fields bootstrap files (in M5 style)
  • Adapt M5 dialog migration task in order to update Form dialogs from M4.5 to M5.

Documentation

Review the current M4.5 documentation.

  • Actualize Snapshots
  • Tree configuration
  • Validator definition
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