SID-00149: Edit tmplate addition breaks topic parent changing

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	indigoperl 5.86
Category:	CategoryTemplates	Server OS:	Windows 2003	Last update:	17 years ago

Hello,

Since we are now using the TinyMCE editor, I made a way for users to create links to Wiki pages without having to type the page name (our users were used to the Kupu editor, which has this feature built in).

I wrote a little javascript, and an html form to accomplish this. I looked at the edit template, and saw that the place the access keys are, would be the perfect place to put the Wikilink feature, since none of our users use the access keys.

So, I made a new edit template, edit.test.tmpl (attached).

The new feature works fine. However, one side effect I have noticed is that I cannot change any of the topic parents when using this new template.

I tried changing the names of the html form fields, thinking they were conflicting with others on the page, but no luck.

Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks! Kathy

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 02 Mar 2009

Discussion and Answer

OK, I figured out my problem -- it was the fact that my new form was being placed inside another existing form, and breaking it.

I ended up making it work by making it like the Access Keys Help pop up window; I made a separate topic containing the link building form & script, and included that in my edit.pattern.tmpl at the top, instead of the Edit Help twisty, that our users really don't use.

In case someone else is interested, here's what I did in edit.pattern.tmpl:

I added the template definition line:

%TMPL:DEF{"crystal_link"}%%ICON{info}% <a class="twikiPopUp" target="CrystalLinkBuilder" href="%SCRIPTURL{"view"}%/%BASEWEB%/CrystalLinkBuilder">%MAKETEXT{"Build a link to a Wiki page"}%</a>%TMPL:END%

Then I modified the line:

%TMPL:DEF{"toolbar"}%<div class="patternTop">%TWISTYBUTTON{id="edithelp" mode="div" remember="on" link="%MAKETEXT{"Edit help"}%" showimgleft="%ICONURLPATH{toggleopen}%"
hideimgleft="%ICONURLPATH{toggleclose}%"}%</div><!--//patternTop-->%TMPL:END%

to be instead:

%TMPL:DEF{"toolbar"}%<div class="patternTop">%TMPL:P{"crystal_link"}%</div><!--//patternTop-->%TMPL:END%

-- KathyDeLaCruz - 04 Mar 2009

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