messages are a bit nicer - need fancier colors though

diff --git a/plugins/messages/messages.css b/plugins/messages/messages.css
index bde7799..c886ce0 100644 (file)
--- a/plugins/messages/messages.css
+++ b/plugins/messages/messages.css
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-.messages {
-    background-color: #f4f8f4;
+/* http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp */
+/* someone please feel free to pick a better set of colors */
+ul.messages {
+    background-color: #d0f0d0;
+    list-style-type: none;
 }
-// http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp
-li.fatal { background-color: Chocolate;}
+li.fatal { background-color: CornflowerBlue;}
 li.error { background-color: Coral; }
-li.warning { background-color: BurlyWood; }
+li.warning { background-color: Gold; }
 li.info { background-color: LightGreen; }
 li.debug { background-color: Azure; } 
+
+span.messages-date { 
+    font-size: 75%;
+    padding: 0px 1em 0px 2em;
+}
+
+span.messages-level {
+    float: left;
+    width: 40px;
+    font-size: 90%;
+}

diff --git a/plugins/messages/messages.js b/plugins/messages/messages.js
index d4265a3..18568be 100644 (file)
--- a/plugins/messages/messages.js
+++ b/plugins/messages/messages.js
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
        var domid=e.data.plugindiv.data('Messages').plugin_uuid;
        var html="";
        html += "<li class='" + level + "'>";
-       html += "[" + level + "]";
-       html += " " + new Date() + " ";
+       html += "<span class='messages-date'>" + new Date() + "</span>";
+       html += "<span class='messages-level'>[" + level + "]</span>";
 //     html += "[" + domid + "]";
        html += " " + message + "</li>";
        $("ul#"+domid+".messages").append(html);
@@ -84,13 +84,22 @@
 
 // temporary
 
-var tests=true;
-if (tests) // arm this with a timeout rather
-    window.setInterval(
-       function () { 
-           $.publish("messages:fatal","a fatal message");
-           $.publish("messages:error","an error message");
-           $.publish("messages:warning","a warning message");
-           $.publish("messages:info","an info message");
-           $.publish("messages:debug","a debug message");
-       }, 5000);
+var messages_test = {
+    // set this to 0 to disable
+    counter : 3,
+    period : 3000,
+    sample : function () { 
+       $.publish("messages:fatal","a fatal message (" + messages_test.counter + " runs to go)");
+       $.publish("messages:error","an error message");
+       $.publish("messages:warning","a warning message");
+       $.publish("messages:info","an info message");
+       $.publish("messages:debug","a debug message");
+       messages_test.counter -= 1;
+       if (messages_test.counter == 0)
+           window.clearInterval (messages_test.interval_id);
+    },
+    run: function () {
+       messages_test.interval_id=window.setInterval(messages_test.sample , 5000);
+    }
+}
+messages_test.run()

diff --git a/trash/sliceview.py b/trash/sliceview.py
index b7fe2c9..7796a14 100644 (file)
--- a/trash/sliceview.py
+++ b/trash/sliceview.py
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ def slice_view (request, slicename=tmp_default_slice):
         title="Slice view for %s"%slicename,
         domid='thestack',
         togglable=False,
-        sons=[Tabs (
+        sons=[
+            Messages (
+                page=page,
+                title="Runtime messages",
+                domid="msgs-pre",
+                toggled=False,
+                ),
+            Tabs (
                 page=page,
                 title="2 tabs : w/ and w/o checkboxes",
                 domid='thetabs',
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ def slice_view (request, slicename=tmp_default_slice):
                         query=main_query,
                         ),
                     ]),
-              Hazelnut ( 
+            Hazelnut ( 
                 page=page,
                 title='not in tabs',
                 domid='standalone',
@@ -102,24 +109,24 @@ def slice_view (request, slicename=tmp_default_slice):
                 ),
               # you don't *have to* set a domid, but if you plan on using toggled=persistent then it's required
               # because domid is the key for storing toggle status in the browser
-              QueryCode (
+            QueryCode (
                 page=page,
                 title='xmlrpc code (toggled=False)',
                 query=main_query,
 #                domid='xmlrpc',
                 toggled=False,
                 ),
-              QuickFilter (
+            QuickFilter (
                 page=page,
                 title="QuickFilter - requires metadata (toggled=False)",
                 criterias=quickfilter_criterias,
                 domid='filters',
                 toggled=False,
                 ),
-              Messages (
+            Messages (
                 page=page,
-                title="Runtime messages",
-                domid="msgs",
+                title="Runtime messages (again)",
+                domid="msgs-post",
                 )
               ])