ARK2/View
View
ARK2 provides a table driven configuration of Views on Data Schemas and Items, such as Pages, Forms and Tables. View Elements can be nested to build up complex layouts.
View Elements
View elements are either Basic Elements, or Compound Elements made up of other Basic and/or Compound Elements.
Basic Elements
- Widget - An object embedded in a page, e.g. a form element, text element, button, etc
- Field - A widget that is linked to a specific Attribute in a Schema and inherits its behaviour from that Attribute, e.g. an Actor's name is a text form field with defined size constraints
- Nav - A widget that is used for site navigation, e.g. a clickable link with or without an icon
Compound Elements
- Page - A layout of other elements in a page, with standard elements such as header, sidebar, footer, and content
- Grid - A layout of other elements in rows and columns, both basic and compound
- Form - An HTML5 Form
- Table - An HTML5 Table
- Tree - Currently not implemented, a layout of other elements in a hierarchical tree, e.g. a navigation menu
View Tables / Classes
ark_view_cell - ARK\View\Cell ark_view_element - ARK\View\Element ark_view_field - ARK\View\Field ark_view_form - ARK\View\Form ark_view_group - ARK\View\Grid ark_view_nav - ARK\View\Nav ark_view_page - ARK\View\Page ark_view_table - ARK\View\Table ark_view_tree - ARK\View\Tree ark_view_type - ARK\View\Type ark_view_widget - ARK\View\Widget
Tables
Tables are a Compound Element defined by the ARK\View\Table class, and can only embed ARK\View\Field or ARK\View\Widget Basic Elements. They cannot embed other Compound Elements. When a Table embeds Field Elements, then all Fields must belong to a single Schema, i.e. a Table embeds a Schema, with each row embedding an Item that is an instance of that Schema.
The Table Element is defined in the ark_view_table table, which is mapped by Doctrine to the ARK\View\Table class. The definition seeks to abstract the HTML5 Table definition and the currently chosen JavaScript Table widget in a generic way to avoid implementation specifics. The Twig or JavaScript frontends are expected to translate this generic definition into the specific implementation being used.
| Database Field | Class Method | Datatype | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| element | id() | string | The unique ID of the Table element |
| name | name() | string | |
| type() | ARK\View\Type | ||
| mode | mode() | boolean | |
| caption | showCaption() | boolean | Whether to show the HTML5 table caption element |
| header | showHeader() | boolean | Whether to show the HTML5 table header element |
| footer | showFooter() | boolean | Whether to show the HTML5 table footer element |
| sortable | isSortable() | boolean | Whether the table rows can be sorted |
| searchable | isSearchable() | boolean | Whether the table data is searchable |
| list | enableListView() | boolean | Whether the table list view is enabled |
| detail | enableDetailView() | boolean | Whether the table detail view is enabled |
| expand | enableExpandListView() | boolean | Whether the table expand view is enabled (only if list and detail views are enabled) |
| card | enableCardView() | boolean | Whether the table card view is enabled |
| thumb | enableThumbnailView() | boolean | Whether the table thumbnail view is enabled |
| view | defaultView() | string | Which table view is the default view, choice of list, card, or thumb |
| image | image() | string | The data field to use for images, i.e. thumbnails |
| export | canExportData() | boolean | Whether the table data can be exported |
| columns | canChooseColumns() | boolean | Whether the table columns displayed can be selected |
| pagination | pagination(), pageSize() | boolean, integer | The number of rows per page, defaults to 10 |
| selection | selection() | string | Whether data rows can be selected |
| keyword | keyword() | string, ARK\Translation\Keyword | The translation keyword used for the table |
| classes | classes() | string | Any extra CSS classes to add to the table |
| template | template() | string | The TWIG template to use instead of the default table template |
| url | dataUrl() | string | The server-side pagination URL |
