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PreferencesPlugin 

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Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form

Introduction

Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a TWikiForms. However, the edit fields are inlined in the text, similar to how tables are edited in EditTablePlugin.

Insert the %EDITPREFERENCES% variable (see below) anywhere in your topic. It will be replaced by a button that allows editing each preference in its predefined input format (or a text box, when no format is defined for this preference).

In edit mode, the edit button is replaced by Save and Cancel buttons, with their obvious meanings.

Syntax Rules

  • %EDITPREFERENCES{ "topic" editbutton="..." }%
    • topic references a TWikiForm defining the format of the edit fields for preferences. It may be prefixed by a web.
    • Optional editbutton parameter: Custom edit button label. Default: Edit Preferences.
    • If a preference setting is not mentioned in the form referenced by topic, a text input box of the specified length is provided.
    • Otherwise, the input can be through textareas, select, radio, checkbox, date, or text, as provided by TWikiForms.
  • %EDITPREFERENCES%
    • Edit existing preferences in the topic using a simple text field.

Examples

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  • %EDITPREFERENCES{ "%SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiPreferencesForm" editbutton="Edit Group Settings" }%
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Plugin Settings

  • One line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
    • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
 

Plugin Installation Instructions

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  • For an automated installation, run the configure script and follow "Find More Extensions" in the in the Extensions section.

  • Or, follow these manual installation steps:
    • Download the ZIP file from the extension home on twiki.org (see below).
    • Unzip PreferencesPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory.
    • Set the ownership of the extracted directories and files to the webserver user.
    • Install the dependencies (if any).

  • Plugin configuration and testing:
    • Run the configure script and enable the plugin in the Plugins section.
    • Configure additional plugin settings in the Extensions section if needed.
    • Test if the installation was successful using the examples provided.

  • If the installation was successful, an edit button should appear below:
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Plugin Info

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  • One line description, shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
    • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form

 
Plugin Author: TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert
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Copyright: © 2005 TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert,
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Copyright: © 2005 TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert,
© 2005-2013 TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor
 
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
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Plugin Version: 2012-11-15
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Plugin Version: 2013-01-28
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2013-01-28: TWikibug:Item7091: Use TWISTY in installation instructions and change history
 
2012-11-15: TWikibug:Item7029: Redirect to master site when current site mode is slave. -- TWiki:Main.YaojunFei
2012-11-15: TWikibug:Item7028: Disable submit button when current site is mode read-only or slave. -- TWiki:Main.YaojunFei
2012-10-25: TWikibug:Item7009: "Edit Preferences" button is to fail if the user does not have change permission -- TWiki:Main.HideyoImazu
2012-10-24: TWikibug:Item7008: Radio buttons were not displayed inline on webkit browsers -- TWiki:Main.HideyoImazu
2012-10-12: TWikibug:Item6969: Various edge cases were not handled properly. All of those problems were fixed and the unit test enhanced accordingly. -- TWiki:Main.HideyoImazu
2012-10-05: TWikibug:Item6957: radio buttons, checkboxes, and labels are now displayed on the same line as Set VAR =. All unit tests were failing due to test code problems. All of them were fixed. -- TWiki:Main.HideyoImazu
2012-09-16: TWikibug:Item6934: Option for auto-hidden or fixed top menu-bar with FIXEDTOPMENU preferences setting -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2012-04-12: TWikibug:Item6711: Fix for broken checkbox and select+multi input types -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-08-20: TWikibug:Item6711: Fix topic meta timestamp (needed for proper build) -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-07-27: TWikibug:Item6777: Scroll to preferences section on edit; adding EDITMETHOD; changing LINKTOOLTIPINFO to select -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-07-08: TWikibug:Item6725: Change global package variables from "use vars" to "our" -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-06-10: TWikibug:Item6748: New editbutton parameter -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-02-09: TWikibug:Item6593: Larger size for URL fields -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2011-02-01: TWikibug:Item6615: Adding type 'color' to WEBBGCOLOR because TWiki:Plugins.ColorPickerPlugin is part of the core distribution since TWiki-5.1 -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
2010-05-15: TWikibug:Item6433: Doc improvements; replacing TWIKIWEB with SYSTEMWEB -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
17 Apr 2009: Save of preferences can only be done with http POST method, not GET -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
05 Nov 2007: Kenneth Lavrsen fixed problem when settings are hidden in html comments. These settings are now ignored.
23 Jun 2007: Crawford Currie added testcases, recoded to work without a form definition, fixed for TWiki 4.2
08 Feb 2007: Arthur Clemens added access keys for Save and Cancel, bold style for editable preference names, and a descriptive Save button label.
15 Apr 2006: Adding css classes to buttons. Removed debug print statement causing 500s on SunOne. Prevent extra space in settings on saves. Switched to earlier handler. Converted all SCRIPTURL to SCRIPTURLPATH, and added support. The only SCRIPTURLs should be the one in the BASE tag and those in mail notification templates. Because the forms package was throwing an exception when it failed to create a form, the edit preferences plugin was aborting the whole of the session whenever the form specified in EDITPREFERENCES didn't exist. Changed it so that the Form constructor does not throw, but returns undef on a non-existant form, and changed preferences plugin to be tolerant of missing forms (ie defaults all fields to text if the form is missing, of is a Set exists which is not in the form).
26 May 2005: Crawford Currie recoded to use code from Form.pm to render form fields.
08 May 2005: Add plugin preference to define default input length
07 May 2005: Initial version
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TWiki Dependency: $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.026
CPAN Dependencies: none
Other Dependencies: none
Perl Version: 5.005
TWiki:Plugins/Benchmark: GoodStyle nn%, FormattedSearch nn%, PreferencesPlugin nn%
Plugin Home: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PreferencesPlugin
Feedback: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PreferencesPluginDev
Appraisal: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/PreferencesPluginAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPreferencesForm, TWikiPreferences, TWikiForms, TWikiPlugins

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