Frontend TaxonField Control Markup

Posted by Community Admin on 04-Aug-2018 04:46

Frontend TaxonField Control Markup

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Posted by Community Admin on 03-Jul-2011 00:00

When editing Widget templates the generated code for Tags\Cats are the 2 TaxonField controls is something like this

<sitefinity:HierarchicalTaxonField ID="HierarchicalFieldControl" runat="server" TaxonomyId="E5CD6D69-1543-427b-AD62-688A99F5E7D4" DisplayMode="Read" WebServiceUrl="~/Sitefinity/Services/Taxonomies/HierarchicalTaxon.svc" Expanded="false" TaxonomyMetafieldName="Category" HideWhenNoTaxaFound="False" NoTaxaExistsMessage="None" CssClass="cme-event-single-categories" ExpandText="ClickToAddCategories" BindOnServer="true" />
So the idea being to show me the categories or tags (FlatTaxonField)

However DisplayMode="Read" should be smart enough to not render the "add\select" controls if this is a read only view.  So that needs to be fixed or another property needs to be added to remove this stuff.

Reason I say this is that in my Front-End Event Template I just want to show a simple UL\LI with the tags, but it's generating all this extra stuff which SHOULDN'T be there...hiding it with display:none doesn't cut it :)  I know it needs to be there for backend controls, or perhaps some custom UserControls...but markup is already heavy enough I just need to show 4 LIs.

<a style="" href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$expandButton_read','')" class="sfOptionalExpander" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_expandButton_read" onclick="return false;"></a>

<div style="" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_expandTarget_read">
         
                     
                 
                <ul class="sfCategoriesList" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_selectedTaxaList_read">
                </ul>
                <ul class="sys-template" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_selectedTaxaBinder_read_ctl00_clientTemplate">
            <li class="sys-container">
                            <span>Title</span>
                            <a class="sf_binderCommand_remove sfRemoveBtn sfDisplayNoneImportant" href="javascript:void(0);">[x]</a>
                        </li>
        </ul>
                     
                 
                 
                <div class="sfHintWrapper sfDisplayNoneImportant">
                    <label class="sfInputHintVisible" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_taxaInputHint_read" for="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_taxaInput_read"></label>
                    <input type="text" class="sfTxt valid" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_taxaInput_read" name="ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$taxaInput_read">
                    <a href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$addTaxaButton_read','')" class="sfLinkBtn sfChange" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_addTaxaButton_read" onclick="return false;">
                        <strong class="sfLinkBtnIn">Add</strong>
                    </a>
                </div>
                 
                   
                     
                <div class="sfSelectExistingExpander sfDisplayNoneImportant" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_selectFromExistingPanel_read">
                    or,
                    <a href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$selectFromExistingButton_read','')" class="sfColExpLink" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_selectFromExistingButton_read" onclick="return false;">Select from existing</a>
                </div>
                     
                <div class="sfBlockLoading sfDisplayNoneImportant" style="display:none;" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_openingExistingLoader_read">
                    Opening existing...
                    <img alt="" src="/WebResource.axd?d=v44UedyWLB0_NpDbFSrq3k7KDcCzI1UUkBBYaxeDuGHc2M-p2JKVif84Xo0UfQXiemhB8kzfO_9wuuCG1JnruqOTDuVd3Wkuc80YDy0fOM6nah-Oup_mlR5TI7qxMUL0YlsvvmyjE32Qv4zYpmjz92A8LdMYcBn2d-KM2WX53fslUf8_22KoENd74TV_4A6O1zS3HT9l3Zj1sBzIhFgm25771jUIIHwd722dWCX_6GU1&t=634447972620000000" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_lodingExisting_read">
                </div>
                     
                     
                 
                <div style="display:none;" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_existingTaxaPanel_read">
                    <a href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$closeExistingButton_read','')" class="sfColExpLink" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_closeExistingButton_read" onclick="return false;">Close existing</a>
                    <div class="sfExistingTagsWrapper">
                        <p style="display:;" class="sfShownTagsTitle" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_existingTaxaTitle_read">Most popular tags</p>
 
                        <div class="sfExistingTagsListWrapper sfClearfix">
                            <em>Click to select:</em>
                             
                            <ul class="sfExistingTagsList" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_existingTaxaList_read">
                            </ul>
                        </div>
                         
                        <a href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$showAllTaxaButton_read','')" class="sfShownSwitcher" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_showAllTaxaButton_read" onclick="return false;"><span id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_showAllLabel_read">Show all</span><span id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_taxaTotalCount_read">53</span><span id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_taxonomyTitle_read">Tags</span></a>
                         
                         
                        <a style="display:none;" href="javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ContentBody$C005$eventsFrontendEdit$ctl00$ctl00$SingleItemContainer$ctrl0$FlatFieldControl$ctl00$ctl00$showOnlyMostPopularTaxa_read','')" class="sfShownSwitcher" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_showOnlyMostPopularTaxa_read" onclick="return false;">Show only most popular</a>
                         
                        <div class="sfBlockLoading" style="display:none;" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_openingAllLoader_read">
                            Opening all...
                            <img alt="" src="/WebResource.axd?d=v44UedyWLB0_NpDbFSrq3k7KDcCzI1UUkBBYaxeDuGHc2M-p2JKVif84Xo0UfQXiemhB8kzfO_9wuuCG1JnruqOTDuVd3Wkuc80YDy0fOM6nah-Oup_mlR5TI7qxMUL0YlsvvmyjE32Qv4zYpmjz92A8LdMYcBn2d-KM2WX53fslUf8_22KoENd74TV_4A6O1zS3HT9l3Zj1sBzIhFgm25771jUIIHwd722dWCX_6GU1&t=634447972620000000" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_lodingAll_read">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                         
                    <ul class="sys-template" id="ctl00_ContentBody_C005_eventsFrontendEdit_ctl00_ctl00_SingleItemContainer_ctrl0_FlatFieldControl_ctl00_ctl00_existingTaxaBinder_read_ctl00_clientTemplate">
            <li class="sys-container">
                                <a class="sf_binderCommand_select" href="#">Title</a> <span>(ItemsCount)</span>
                            </li>
        </ul>
                </div>
                 
                         
                     
             
    </div>

Like if it's a ReadOnly View, all this extra stuff is pointless and just generating gobs of unnecessary markup.

Can you please put in a PITS to clean this up?

Posted by Community Admin on 06-Jul-2011 00:00

Hi Steve,

Now what you report is really strange, as you correctly pointed out, setting the DisplayMode="Read" should do exactly this - hide the editing functionality and display the categories/tags associated with the item as list items. Please find attached a screenshot demonstrating how the default functionality works. I know it might sound strange, but can you, please, make sure that the DisplayMode property is not set to Write by any chance?

Best wishes,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 06-Jul-2011 00:00

Ok so take that screenshot...and look just below where you circled...there's a whole mess of display:none controls which shouldn't be there becasue we are in Read Mode...however they are still getting rendered and sent to the client.

Posted by Community Admin on 12-Jul-2011 00:00

Hi Steve,

Actually that's the current implementation that we have - we chose to have the HTML loaded in both Read and Write conditional templates and when in Read to hide it with display:none. However, I respect your feedback on this issue so I'm going to log it in our system for internal discussion. Thanks a lot for your kind assistance in providing us with detailed information about this issue. Your Telerik points have been updated accordingly.

Regards,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team

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