[kupu-dev] Object notation change in kupubasetools.js

Duncan Booth duncan.booth at suttoncourtenay.org.uk
Mon Jun 9 09:40:34 CEST 2008


Guido Wesdorp <johnny at johnnydebris.net> wrote:

> The idea behind Widgeteer is that you create a form with simple, 
> standard form fields, Widgeteer replaces them with complex widgets on 
> the client, using JavaScript. It takes care of graceful fallback (no JS 
> means you just get the simple form field), preserving data between page 
> reloads and navigation (by serializing to the simple form field on 
> unload, and unserializing on load, so the behaviour is the same as for 
> simple form fields) and ease of integration.

The problem with widgeteer last time I looked at it was that it tried to 
put everything inside an iframe which is a problem if you have a small edit 
area as the drawers especially are likely to need to go outside that area. 
Have you done anything to address this?



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