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[splittingred]

Here's a screencast showing some of the new drag/drop features we've added in MODx Revolution 2.0.0-beta-2 (and in SVN):

http://modxcms.com/assets/videos/dragdrop.mov

Enjoy.

[sottwell]

That's really impressive 

[Soshite]

Wow, that is pretty neat. I could see myself having some fun uses for that.

[dev_cw]

I saw this the other day, and this cast is even better...very cool feature. I am blown away at how cool this is.  

[sottwell]

This brings a question to mind... can snippet code contain MODx tags now, or do you have to use functions to run a snippet in code?

[splittingred]

This brings a question to mind... can snippet code contain MODx tags now, or do you have to use functions to run a snippet in code?

No. Snippet code is PHP code only. You'll have to use functions (and properties) do to so in a snippet.

[sottwell]

Ok, so what happens if you drag a snippet element into snippet code? Is it smart enough to know that since it's snippet code it has to be a function call instead of snippet tags?

[Sylvaticus]

This is getting not better and better, but more and more fantastic!

Another question: is it possible to get the snipper parameter popup box again? Lets say you want to ajust the parameters for the snippet, via the popup.

[splittingred]

Ok, so what happens if you drag a snippet element into snippet code? Is it smart enough to know that since it's snippet code it has to be a function call instead of snippet tags?

Sort of - it wont let you drop elements into snippet/plugin code.

[splittingred]

Another question: is it possible to get the snipper parameter popup box again? Lets say you want to ajust the parameters for the snippet, via the popup.

Unfortunately, no. That would require a lot of extra JS per page load (to do the functionality required for that) and would be near-impossible to get it to work in other RTEs.

A side note, RTE's such as TinyMCE will have to implement their own handlers for using drag/drop into them. TinyMCE, like most, poses a problem because it uses IFRAMEs, which dont handle drag/dropping very well (security reasons). (iow, tinymce currently doesnt support this - only the standard textfield does at this time.)

[Sylvaticus]

Unfortunately, no. That would require a lot of extra JS per page load (to do the functionality required for that) and would be near-impossible to get it to work in other RTEs.

Ok, so the only time we have access to that neet popup is when we drag the snippet into place. Well, it's always possible to do it the "old" way.  It's supergreat anyway!

[rfoster]

This will be really awesome when someone (any volunteers?) builds the ability to configure snippets via dialog boxes into a front end editor. Then MODx will be really easy for non-technical people to use--like Concrete5, but a lot more powerful.

[splittingred]

Ok, so the only time we have access to that neet popup is when we drag the snippet into place. Well, it's always possible to do it the "old" way.  It's supergreat anyway!

Right. But, remember, Property Sets have been introduced into Revolution, and this will make it so you have to do less and less snippet calls in the first place.

[charliez]

Very cool stuff!
I was thinking of something similar for the big snippets like Wayfinder, MaxiG, Ditto, etc which have a lot of parameters to play with...

I also thought it would be cool to add a preview window based on the dragged and dropped parameters,
to see in almost "real time" what the changes to parameters and templates do and speed and facilitate the
development of stuff...

Great stuff really!!

[lossendae]

Wow, that's nice and seems pretty easy to use.

Will we be able to set custom extjs components such as color picker or combobox with the drag and drop feature ?

[splittingred]

Will we be able to set custom extjs components such as color picker or combobox with the drag and drop feature ?

Combobox, yes. It's called a "List" property in the properties grid. Date is also supported as well.

I've been thinking about trying to make it so you can do one for color pickers. We'll see what I can scrap up. Ideally I'd like to have it so that it can create dynamically by xtype. We'll see.

[cipa]

Where can I find more info about creating a development environment like seen in your video.

Thx

[adhiarta]

Very cool good job 

[lossendae]

Will we be able to set custom extjs components such as color picker or combobox with the drag and drop feature ?

Combobox, yes. It's called a "List" property in the properties grid. Date is also supported as well.

I've been thinking about trying to make it so you can do one for color pickers. We'll see what I can scrap up. Ideally I'd like to have it so that it can create dynamically by xtype. We'll see.

Good to know, looking forward to play with it.

[rav3n]

whoa my jaw's dropped as i've seen this screencast. last revo build what i've seen was alpha-1 or alpha-2 and i can definitely say you've did a lot of progress. well done! i can't wait till i can use it in my work!