Can't Drop Bundle on Feature

["Irwin, Wayne" <Wa...@gwl.ca>]

I downloaded the source code for Apache Ace on Dec 9 and it built
successfully. I was able to run the dev server and attach a client at
localhost:8080/ace.

I added an artifact, feature and a distribution.  I cannot seem to drag
an artifact onto a feature.  The drag seems to operate as I would expect
and the drop on the feature seems to change color as expected, but the
bundle is not added to the feature.  I have tried this in both IE8 and
FireFox 8.  I went to the vaadin samples page https://vaadin.com/demo
and the drag-drop demos work fine there, so I don't think it is a
browser issue.

Also, the progress bar in the bottom left corner is doing a continual
grey barber pole effect and never seems to end or change.

When I open a Vaadin Debug Window (localhost:8080/ace?debug), it is
being continually updated every second with the recurring entry 
	Making UIDL Request with params:
afba626d-6e86-436e-ac3f-1a1072658972
	Server visit took XXXms
	JSON parsing took 0ms
	Processing time was XXms for 59 characters of JSON
	Referenced paintables: 29

Thanks
Wayne Irwin

Re: Can't Drop Bundle on Feature

[Marcel Offermans <ma...@luminis.nl>]

Hello Wayne,

On Dec 13, 2011, at 20:12 PM, Irwin, Wayne wrote:

> I downloaded the source code for Apache Ace on Dec 9 and it built
> successfully. I was able to run the dev server and attach a client at
> localhost:8080/ace.
> 
> I added an artifact, feature and a distribution.  I cannot seem to drag
> an artifact onto a feature.  The drag seems to operate as I would expect
> and the drop on the feature seems to change color as expected, but the
> bundle is not added to the feature.  I have tried this in both IE8 and
> FireFox 8.  I went to the vaadin samples page https://vaadin.com/demo
> and the drag-drop demos work fine there, so I don't think it is a
> browser issue.

Let me double check some things:

1) You linked artifact to feature to distribution to target, and then hit "store" to make sure the new configuration became active?

2) When linking, first *select* the source item(s) by single clicking on them, and then pick them up and drag them to a neighboring column and let go. You might need to select something else to "refresh" the associations afterwards.

The UI is definitely an aspects that could use some extra love and attention at the moment, so if you have experience with Vaadin and are willing to help, that would be very much appreciated.

> Also, the progress bar in the bottom left corner is doing a continual
> grey barber pole effect and never seems to end or change.

It is there to fix an issue. Let me explain. In our client bundles, that form the client side business logic, there are certain "models" that have asynchronous behaviour in the sense that for example if you add an item, the update of the model will happen on another thread. Vaadin does not recognize such updates: you need to refresh it. Putting that progress bar on the UI is a "hack" to ensure Vaadin always refreshes the UI, as the progress bar forces it. Maybe by now, there is a better way to "push" such updates, when I started with the UI there was not.

> When I open a Vaadin Debug Window (localhost:8080/ace?debug), it is
> being continually updated every second with the recurring entry 
> 	Making UIDL Request with params:
> afba626d-6e86-436e-ac3f-1a1072658972
> 	Server visit took XXXms
> 	JSON parsing took 0ms
> 	Processing time was XXms for 59 characters of JSON
> 	Referenced paintables: 29

That is probably related to that progress gadget.

Again, it would be nice if we could do that in a more elegant way.

Greetings, Marcel