diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85833209471f557697c840342ccf8127fd678117..5443484baefbfa6789ed586bff42aeda16e63c84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
### Added (for new features, dependecies etc.)
+* `form_panel` module for conveniently creating a panel for web forms.
+
### Changed (for changes in existing functionality)
### Deprecated (for soon-to-be removed features)
diff --git a/build.properties.d/00_default.properties b/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
index 65a2b9bc42f9e0f22dc0cd6ca6baac094e94eee7..df68f1012cd71b49538b073a4c9d17e85b2214e4 100644
--- a/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
+++ b/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
@@ -156,4 +156,5 @@ MODULE_DEPENDENCIES=(
ext_cosmetics.js
qrcode.js
ext_qrcode.js
+ form_panel.js
)
diff --git a/src/core/js/form_panel.js b/src/core/js/form_panel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f1aa31507f8b79b22c1b46f8bea74aeeb37dea26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/js/form_panel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * ** header v3.0
+ * This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 IndiScale GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * ** end header
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * form_panel module for creating a panel below the navbar where forms can be
+ * placed.
+ */
+var form_panel = new function () {
+ const logger = log.getLogger("form_panel");
+ this.version = "0.1";
+ this.dependencies = ["log", "caosdb_utils", "markdown", "bootstrap"];
+
+ /**
+ * Return a the panel which shall contain the form.
+ *
+ * Side-effects:
+ * 1. Creates the form panel if it does not exist.
+ * 2. Removes the welcome panel if present.
+ */
+ this.get_form_panel = function (panel_id, title) {
+ // remove welcome
+ $(".caosdb-f-welcome-panel").remove();
+ $(".caosdb-v-welcome-panel").remove();
+
+ var existing = $("#" + panel_id);
+ if (existing.length > 0) {
+ return existing[0];
+ }
+ const panel = $('<div id="' + panel_id + '" class="caosdb-f-form-panel bg-light container"/>');
+ const header = $('<h2 class="text-center">' + title + '</h2>');
+ panel.append(header);
+
+ // add to main panel
+ $('nav').after(panel);
+
+ return panel[0];
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Remove the form panel from the DOM tree.
+ */
+ this.destroy_form_panel = function (panel) {
+ $(panel).remove();
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a callback function that toggles the form panel which
+ */
+ this.create_show_form_callback = function (panel_id, title, form_config) {
+ return (e) => {
+ logger.trace("enter show_form_panel", e);
+
+ const panel = $(form_panel.get_form_panel(panel_id, title));
+ if (panel.find("form").length === 0) {
+ const form = form_elements.make_form(form_config);
+ panel.append(form);
+ $(form).find(".selectpicker").selectpicker();
+
+ form.addEventListener("caosdb.form.cancel",
+ (e) => form_panel.destroy_form_panel(panel),
+ true
+ );
+ }
+ }
+ };
+
+ this.init = function () {
+ }
+}
+
+$(document).ready(function () {
+ caosdb_modules.register(form_panel);
+});
diff --git a/src/doc/extension/forms.rst b/src/doc/extension/forms.rst
index 1bced612b5f9517c5ec149871cbf53321b4671d4..e1891b8d7e571c4a273cec98fcc39e50398936f0 100644
--- a/src/doc/extension/forms.rst
+++ b/src/doc/extension/forms.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,36 @@ On submission, the function ``my_special_submit_handler`` is being called with t
As the generated form is a plain HTML form, the javascript form API can be used. However, there are special methods in the ``form_elements`` module e.g. :doc:`get_fields <../api/module-form_elements>` which are especially designed to interact with the forms generated by the ``make_form`` factory.
+
+Placing the form in a panel below the navbar
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+There are functions in the `form_panel` module to make it easy to place forms at the typical location:
+below the navbar. The following shows how the config (see above) is passed to
+`init_show_form_panel_button` a direct call to `make_form` is no longer necessary.
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+ const title = "Upload CSV File"; // title of the form and text in the toolbox
+ const panel_id = "csv_upload_form_panel";
+
+ /**
+ * Add a button to the navbar, saying "Upload CSV File" which opens a
+ * form for file upload.
+ */
+ const init_show_form_panel_button = function () {
+ navbar.add_tool(title, tool_box, {
+ callback: form_panel.create_show_form_callback(
+ panel_id,
+ title,
+ csv_form_config)
+ });
+ };
+
+ const init = function () {
+ init_show_form_panel_button();
+ }
+
Calling a server-side script
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/src/doc/extension/module.md b/src/doc/extension/module.md
index d4f9b56db508d7c3be9dc0a52953de5c82bf310d..1c3ccd6872bee2dd7c824a23fed5656828566960 100644
--- a/src/doc/extension/module.md
+++ b/src/doc/extension/module.md
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ Create a new file in `src/core/js` starting with `ext_`. E.g. `ext_flight_previe
* @requires somelibrary
* (pass the dependencies as arguments)
*/
-var ext_flight_preview = function (somelibrary) {
+const ext_flight_preview = function (libA, libB) {
- var init = function (toolbox) {
+ const init = function () {
/* initialization of the module */
}
- /**
- * doc string
- */
- var some_function = function (arg1, arg2) {
+ /* doc string */
+ const some_function = function (arg1, arg2) {
}
/* the main function must return the initialization of the module */
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ var ext_flight_preview = function (somelibrary) {
init: init,
};
//pass the dependencies as arguments here as well
-}(somelibrary);
+}(libA, libB);
// this will be replaced by require.js in the future.
$(document).ready(function() {
@@ -52,21 +50,19 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
}
});
```
-## Update xml
-Add a section to `src/core/xsl/main.xsl` to include your new file.
-```xsl
-<xsl:element name="script">
- <xsl:attribute name="src">
- <xsl:value-of select="concat($basepath,'webinterface/${BUILD_NUMBER}/js/ext_sss_markdown.js')"/>
- </xsl:attribute>
-</xsl:element>
-```
+## Place Module in Load Order
+Add the name of your module file to `build.properties.d/00_default.properties`, where the order is defined in which modules are loaded.
## Add to index.html in test
If you have unittests (and you should), you need to add a line in :
`test/core/index.html`.
+## Dependency order
+Add the module to `build.properties.d/00_default.properties` at the right
+location in the list of modules. The list defines the order in which modules are
+loaded
+
## Update the changelog
-## Create a merge request
\ No newline at end of file
+## Create a merge request
diff --git a/test/core/js/modules/form_panel.js.js b/test/core/js/modules/form_panel.js.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bc8343d4a65233e025039e7476861fb998c2abbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/js/modules/form_panel.js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * ** header v3.0
+ * This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 IndiScale GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * ** end header
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+QUnit.module("form_panel.js", {
+ before: function (assert) {
+
+ },
+ after: function (assert) {
+ }
+});
+
+QUnit.test("availability", function (assert) {
+ assert.ok(form_panel.init, "init available");
+ assert.ok(form_panel.create_show_form_callback , "version available");
+});
+
+QUnit.test("create_show_form_callback ", function (assert) {
+ const title = "Upload CSV File"; // title of the form and text in the toolbox
+ const panel_id = "csv_upload_form_panel";
+ const server_side_script = "csv_script.py";
+ const tool_box = "Tools"; // Name of the drop-down menu where the button is added in the navbar
+ const help_text = "something";
+ const accepted_files_formats = [ ".csv", "text/tsv", ] // Mime types and file endings.
+
+ const csv_form_config = {
+ script: server_side_script,
+ fields: [{
+ type: "file",
+ name: "csv_file",
+ label: "CSV File", // label of the file selector in the form
+ required: true,
+ cached: false,
+ accept: accepted_files_formats.join(","),
+ help: help_text,
+ }, ],
+ };
+ cb = form_panel.create_show_form_callback( panel_id, title, csv_form_config);
+ assert.equal(typeof cb, "function", "function created");
+ cb()
+});
+
+