Questions related to search-container-condensed-hook

[cmaggiulli]

👋 Problem Statement

As part of the upgrade from Liferay 6.1 to 6.2 the liferay-ui Taglib was affected by a concurrent major version upgrade of AlloyUI. In other words, although Liferay core was listed as a minor version upgrade, the front end library used by Liferay UI's JSP Tablib underwent a major version upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0. Most notably all Liferay UI Scriptlet's were now styled using Twitter Bootstrap.

This caused a variety of functional and usability issues with

• A.Plugin.DialogIframe ( AUI Dialog )
• aui-modal ( AUI Modal )
• liferay-ui:search-container ( Search Container )

The code in this repository attempts to rectify formatting issues with data-intensive implementations of <liferay-ui:search-container>. Total page real estate used by this Scriptlet substantially increased causing formatting and functional issues. This Hook applies the table-condensed class to the underline table used by the <liferay-ui:search-container> Scriplet and shrinks its size to more closely resemble Liferay 6.1

👋 About This Repository!

This repository contains a lightweight Hook for the Search Container JSP Scriptlet provided by the liferay-ui Taglib. The code follows all Liferay extensibility best practices and standardizations including

• Ant builds that follow Liferay build automation standards, and
• Liferay Util Buffer for extending Scriptlet's in an upgrade-safe manner
• Minimum viable configuration files needed for proper functioning

This code was tested against Liferay 6.2 GA1 through GA6 for both EE and CE platforms and has been running in a high availability production environment without issue for many years

👋 Why Enable Discussions?

Over the years I have received many emails related to this code, and while Liferay 6.2 is EOL I know some are still using this in production. While I mainly work with Jenkins and Django DRF in my current role I will gladly assist with any questions related to this Hook!