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Truncating DataTable content
I thought it would be a cool idea to truncate the data in my table, so
the data isn't spread over several lines in the table row. It should
then be possible to read the complete content in a tooltip. After
digging into the code of the AjaxFallbackDefaultDataTable I found that
to do this I would have to alter/copy the entire structure, as it seemed
the code I need to alter is inside AbstractDataGridView.
This seems like an aweful lot of work for such a relatively small
feature. So my question is, has anybody ever tried this before? And even
if not, do you have a better idea how to tackle this?
So I want the content of a single field to go from this:
Struts: the
complete
reference
to
Struts: the... (with a tooltip listing the whole title)
Regards,
Linda
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Re: Truncating DataTable content
Posted by Linda van der Pal <lv...@heritageagenturen.nl>.
Just in case anybody is interested in the solution.
I've extended ChoiceFilteredPropertyColumn (as that was the type of
column I was using for my AjaxFallbackDefaultDataTable) and have
overridden populateItem (which was originally implemented in
PropertyColumn). In that method I both truncate the table data and add
the PrototipBehavior that shows the tooltip.
Regards,
Linda
Iain Reddick wrote:
> Like this (for a basic html tooltip):
>
> cellItem.add( new SimpleAttributeModifier("title", maximalStringModel) );
>
> Or use one of the js-library wrappers from Wicket Stuff for something
> slicker?
>
> Linda van der Pal wrote:
>> Thanks for the ideas, but the truncating itself is not the main
>> problem. (I could easily truncate the data in the
>> SortableDataProvider.) The main problem that requires met to dive
>> deeply into the code is my requirement to also show the full data in
>> a tooltip.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Linda
>>
>> Iain Reddick wrote:
>>> Create some kind of generic StringTruncatingModel that does the
>>> "..." truncation on getObject().
>>>
>>> In DataTable.populateItem(), wrap the row model in a
>>> StringTruncatingModel, before passing to the Label being used to
>>> show the string?
>>>
>>> Linda van der Pal wrote:
>>>> I thought it would be a cool idea to truncate the data in my table,
>>>> so the data isn't spread over several lines in the table row. It
>>>> should then be possible to read the complete content in a tooltip.
>>>> After digging into the code of the AjaxFallbackDefaultDataTable I
>>>> found that to do this I would have to alter/copy the entire
>>>> structure, as it seemed the code I need to alter is inside
>>>> AbstractDataGridView.
>>>>
>>>> This seems like an aweful lot of work for such a relatively small
>>>> feature. So my question is, has anybody ever tried this before? And
>>>> even if not, do you have a better idea how to tackle this?
>>>>
>>>> So I want the content of a single field to go from this:
>>>>
>>>> Struts: the
>>>> complete
>>>> reference
>>>>
>>>> to
>>>>
>>>> Struts: the... (with a tooltip listing the whole title)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Linda
>>>>
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Re: Truncating DataTable content
Posted by Iain Reddick <ia...@beatsystems.com>.
Like this (for a basic html tooltip):
cellItem.add( new SimpleAttributeModifier("title", maximalStringModel) );
Or use one of the js-library wrappers from Wicket Stuff for something
slicker?
Linda van der Pal wrote:
> Thanks for the ideas, but the truncating itself is not the main
> problem. (I could easily truncate the data in the
> SortableDataProvider.) The main problem that requires met to dive
> deeply into the code is my requirement to also show the full data in a
> tooltip.
>
> Regards,
> Linda
>
> Iain Reddick wrote:
>> Create some kind of generic StringTruncatingModel that does the "..."
>> truncation on getObject().
>>
>> In DataTable.populateItem(), wrap the row model in a
>> StringTruncatingModel, before passing to the Label being used to show
>> the string?
>>
>> Linda van der Pal wrote:
>>> I thought it would be a cool idea to truncate the data in my table,
>>> so the data isn't spread over several lines in the table row. It
>>> should then be possible to read the complete content in a tooltip.
>>> After digging into the code of the AjaxFallbackDefaultDataTable I
>>> found that to do this I would have to alter/copy the entire
>>> structure, as it seemed the code I need to alter is inside
>>> AbstractDataGridView.
>>>
>>> This seems like an aweful lot of work for such a relatively small
>>> feature. So my question is, has anybody ever tried this before? And
>>> even if not, do you have a better idea how to tackle this?
>>>
>>> So I want the content of a single field to go from this:
>>>
>>> Struts: the
>>> complete
>>> reference
>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>> Struts: the... (with a tooltip listing the whole title)
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Linda
>>>
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Re: Truncating DataTable content
Posted by Linda van der Pal <lv...@heritageagenturen.nl>.
Thanks for the ideas, but the truncating itself is not the main problem.
(I could easily truncate the data in the SortableDataProvider.) The main
problem that requires met to dive deeply into the code is my requirement
to also show the full data in a tooltip.
Regards,
Linda
Iain Reddick wrote:
> Create some kind of generic StringTruncatingModel that does the "..."
> truncation on getObject().
>
> In DataTable.populateItem(), wrap the row model in a
> StringTruncatingModel, before passing to the Label being used to show
> the string?
>
> Linda van der Pal wrote:
>> I thought it would be a cool idea to truncate the data in my table,
>> so the data isn't spread over several lines in the table row. It
>> should then be possible to read the complete content in a tooltip.
>> After digging into the code of the AjaxFallbackDefaultDataTable I
>> found that to do this I would have to alter/copy the entire
>> structure, as it seemed the code I need to alter is inside
>> AbstractDataGridView.
>>
>> This seems like an aweful lot of work for such a relatively small
>> feature. So my question is, has anybody ever tried this before? And
>> even if not, do you have a better idea how to tackle this?
>>
>> So I want the content of a single field to go from this:
>>
>> Struts: the
>> complete
>> reference
>>
>> to
>>
>> Struts: the... (with a tooltip listing the whole title)
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Linda
>>
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Re: Truncating DataTable content
Posted by Iain Reddick <ia...@beatsystems.com>.
Create some kind of generic StringTruncatingModel that does the "..."
truncation on getObject().
In DataTable.populateItem(), wrap the row model in a
StringTruncatingModel, before passing to the Label being used to show
the string?
Linda van der Pal wrote:
> I thought it would be a cool idea to truncate the data in my table, so
> the data isn't spread over several lines in the table row. It should
> then be possible to read the complete content in a tooltip. After
> digging into the code of the AjaxFallbackDefaultDataTable I found that
> to do this I would have to alter/copy the entire structure, as it
> seemed the code I need to alter is inside AbstractDataGridView.
>
> This seems like an aweful lot of work for such a relatively small
> feature. So my question is, has anybody ever tried this before? And
> even if not, do you have a better idea how to tackle this?
>
> So I want the content of a single field to go from this:
>
> Struts: the
> complete
> reference
>
> to
>
> Struts: the... (with a tooltip listing the whole title)
>
>
> Regards,
> Linda
>
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