[Seaside] Suggested extension for WASelectTag

[Tim Mackinnon]

Joachim - if you can’t run on your Mac that sounds like you need to either put Pharo in the applications directory (it needs a proper cert to live elsewhere and that hasn’t been done yet) OR run it from the terminal and use the zeroconf setup (which actually I find runs better).

Tim

> On 3 Jul 2017, at 18:07, jtuchel at objektfabrik.de wrote:
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> Philippe,
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> Am 03.07.17 um 18:23 schrieb Philippe Marschall:
>> On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 7:24 AM, jtuchel at objektfabrik.de
>> <jtuchel at objektfabrik.de> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> Was this available already and did I overlook it?
>> Not that I know of.
> glad to hear that. Wouldn't be the first time, however ;-)
> 
>>> Does this sound reasonable? Worth adding to Seaside?
>> I have some issues with the API:
>> - Config is an abbreviation, we don't usually use abbreviations
>> - we don't usually use the Block suffix for methods that accept
>> blocks, e.g.. #callback: not #callbackBlock:, see also #titles:
>> (WAIframeTag >> #rootBlock is a bad example)
> Yeah, I can live with that. I just couldn't come up with a good name ;-)
> 
>> I don't really have a good proposal, maybe #optionRenderer: but the
>> renderer wouldn't render the whole option, only customize it.
> Well, the name is good as it describes what the block does. Renderer, however, is already a name with a meaning in Seaside and it is not a Block.
> 
> 
>> As Paul has noted if you want full control you may be better off
>> rendering the the options yourself as done in
>> WAInputElementContainer>>#renderSingleSelectionCustomOn [1]
> I already mentioned it in an answer to Johan: I was missing #dispatchCallback, and so couldn't make this work.
> However, if we have #labels: et al in WASelectTag, why not have a respective API for manipulation options individually.
> Nevertheless, I will most likely remove my extension from my local image and try the iteration thing now that I know how to get things going with dispatchCallback.
>> 
>>  [1] https://github.com/SeasideSt/Seaside/blob/master/repository/Seaside-Tests-Functional.package/WAInputElementContainer.class/instance/renderSingleSelectionCustomOn..st
> 
> Thanks for the link. I cannot run Pharo 5/6 on my Mac since I upgraded to Sierra and the method is not available in VAST ;-)
> 
> Best,
> 
> Joachim
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>> Cheers
>> Philippe
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