[jira] [Created] (OFBIZ-6516) Facilitate the use of Icons in Ofbiz by adding descriptive style to the widget-style attribute in forms

["Gavin Mabie (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Gavin Mabie created OFBIZ-6516:
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             Summary: Facilitate the use of Icons in Ofbiz by adding descriptive style to the widget-style attribute in forms
                 Key: OFBIZ-6516
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6516
             Project: OFBiz
          Issue Type: Sub-task
          Components: ALL APPLICATIONS
    Affects Versions: 14.12.01, 12.04.06, 13.07.03, Upcoming Branch
         Environment: Ofbiz Web UI
            Reporter: Gavin Mabie
            Priority: Minor


Icons can be used to great effect to enhance both the user experience and as well as the look-and-feel of an application.  In Ofbiz this is facilitated by using meaningful styles name in the widget-style attribute.  Examples are "buttontext create", buttontext delete/remove", "buttontext update".  That takes care of the basic CRUD actions.  The widget-style attribute is used by front-end designers (on the presentation layer) to create their own designs via macro libraries, stylesheets and javascript files.  It will be useful for designers if widget-styles are defined in a standard way in widget definitions (*forms.xml, *menu.xml etc).  To set this process in motion I propose the following:
1. All "buttontext" widget-style attributes should have a meaningful additional class which describes the action linked to the button, i.e create, update, delete, refresh - depending on the action.
2. Add missing descriptive classes like "copy, print, view, download, save" etc.



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