From r.koch at ovido.at Mon Nov 11 11:12:31 2013
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Subject: Re: [Users] Fwd: oVirt UI plugins feature announcements
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:12:24 +0100
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On Mon, 2013-11-11 at 06:36 -0500, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ren=C3=A9 Koch (ovido)" <r.koch(a)ovido.at>
> > To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs(a)redhat.com>
> > Cc: "users" <users(a)ovirt.org>
> > Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 10:32:24 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Users] Fwd: oVirt UI plugins feature announcements
> > =

> > On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 17:24 -0500, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
> > > Hi guys, sharing some updates on oVirt UI plugins feature, see below =
for
> > > details.
> > > =

> > > Let me know if you have any questions.
> > > =

> > > Vojtech
> > > =

> > > =

> > > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > > From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs(a)redhat.com>
> > > To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org>
> > > Cc: "Einav Cohen" <ecohen(a)redhat.com>, "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redha=
t.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 11:21:21 PM
> > > Subject: oVirt UI plugins feature announcements
> > > =

> > > Hello everyone,
> > > =

> > > I'd like to share some important updates on oVirt UI plugins feature.
> > > =

> > > First of all, UI plugins wiki [1] is finally complete. API reference
> > > (application events, API functions, API options, entity types) now
> > > includes all the details and snippets of example code. I've also added
> > > section "Why load plugins via iframe element?" explaining reasons beh=
ind
> > > this design decision.
> > > =

> > > [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Features/UIPlugins
> > =

> > =

> > Great! Thanks a lot for the documentation - this makes life much easier!
> > =

> > =

> > > =

> > > You might have noticed the changes in oVirt Engine URI layout [2], th=
ese
> > > are already reflected in UI plugins wiki. For existing plugins, this =
means
> > > changing URLs like this:
> > > =

> > >   /webadmin/webadmin/plugin/ExamplePlugin/start.html
> > > =

> > > to this:
> > > =

> > >   /ovirt-engine/webadmin/plugin/ExamplePlugin/start.html
> > > =

> > > [2] http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/20473/
> > =

> > =

> > Which version of oVirt uses the new URI - I assume 3.4? (and do you know
> > if the URI will be changed in RHEV as well)?
> =

> Correct, new URI layout takes effect in oVirt 3.4, not sure about RHEV bu=
t I think "ovirt-engine" in URI might change there.


Ok, thanks for the information!

> =

> > =

> > I think it's important to mention this change in oVirt upgrade/release
> > notes to let users know that they have to change the UI plugin URI. When
> > packaging an UI plugin it's not a problem to check the oVirt version in
> > a %post section and run a sed command over the JSON file...
> =

> I assume the URI layout change BZ [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/961677] wi=
ll have some release notes attached.
> =

> For UI plugins, I was talking with Alon about this, we could promote the =
use of relative URIs to make UI plugins unaware of absolute URI layout.
> =

> For example, in plugin descriptor:
> =

>   "url": "plugin/ExamplePlugin/start.html" // relative to WebAdmin base c=
ontext path, i.e. /ovirt-engine/webadmin
> =

> would result in:
> =

>   <iframe src=3D"plugin/ExamplePlugin/start.html">
> =

> custom content could be added like this:
> =

>   api.addMainTab('Example Tab', 'example-tab', 'plugin/ExamplePlugin/tab.=
html');
> =

> and any content within the iframe (either start.html or tab.html) could u=
se:
> =

>   <script src=3D"dir-relative-to-plugin-resources/custom-script.js">
>   <link href=3D"dir-relative-to-plugin-resources/custom-stylesheet.css">
> =

> I'll verify this and update the UI plugins wiki accordingly. Should have =
thought about relative URIs in the first place :)


Thanks for the hint of relative URIs!

> =

> > =

> > =

> > I also have a question (not related to this topic) too:
> > In webadmin I select e.g. a vm and click on Disks webadmin displays disk
> > details for this vm. When selecting another vm I can see the disk infos
> > for this vm (webadmin keeps me in Disks subtab which is what I would
> > expect).
> > When I click on Monitoring Details (which is a subtab created by my
> > monitoring UI plugin) and I select another vm webadmin doesn't show me
> > the content of the ui plugin subtab (Monitoring Details) but instead the
> > Disks subtab (always the last clicked non-ui-plugin subtab).
> > Didn't test in in oVirt 3.3 yet, only in oVirt 3.2 and RHEV 3.2...
> > Is it possible to let subtabs created by ui pugins behave in the same
> > way as subtabs provided by webadmin?
> =

> Right, this is a known issue with dynamic sub tabs. I've created RFE BZ [=
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1028968] to track this issue.


Thanks a lot for creating the BZ.


> =

> Thanks for your feedback!
> =

> > =

> > =

> > Regards,
> > Ren=C3=A9
> > =

> > =

> > > =

> > > We're planning to merge patch "Improve UI Plugin vs. REST API integra=
tion"
> > > [http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/20404/] soon, please review the change
> > > outlined in commit message, let me know if you have any questions.
> > > =

> > > Last but not least, oVirt Space Shooter (a.k.a UI plugins crash cours=
e)
> > > wiki [3] has been updated to reflect changes mentioned above.
> > > =

> > > [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Tutorial/UIPlugins/CrashCourse
> > > =

> > > Regards,
> > > Vojtech
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Users mailing list
> > > Users(a)ovirt.org
> > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> > =

> > =



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