Advice: Show/Hide in repeat

> Hi List (that still needs a good moniker),
>
> I am building a page by processing a atom-pub file.  Each entry has a summary and content nodes.  I want to make the summary visible and the content hidden until the user presses link, e.g., Read more...
>
> The sections come from repeating through the atom:entry elements and directly outputing the html in the summary and content nodes.
>
> It's now clear how I can create a control in this repeat that can change the visibility of the section.  The caret/title links in a Form Runner section would be ideal, but I can't see how to build that "on the fly."
>
> I am thinking ... insert an element into an instance that holds the visibility .. but how do I reference a div that is created and given an id by xforms?
>
> Thanks for you thoughts, or pointing me to the missing "XForms Cookbook" (it would be nice).
>
> Cheers,
> Louis (Hank) Ratzesberger
>
> The repeat code:
>
>
> <xf:repeat nodeset="xxforms:sort(instance('feed')/atom:entry, atom:published, 'text', 'descending')">
>
>  <h3> <xf:output ref="atom:title"/> </h3>
>
>  <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl', 'data', atom:summary/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>    mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>
> <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl', 'data', atom:content/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>   mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>
> </xf:repeat>
>
>
> --
> Hank Ratzesberger
> [hidden email]
>
>

> Hi List (that still needs a good moniker),
>
> I am building a page by processing a atom-pub file.  Each entry has a summary and content nodes.  I want to make the summary visible and the content hidden until the user presses link, e.g., Read more...
>
> The sections come from repeating through the atom:entry elements and directly outputing the html in the summary and content nodes.
>
> It's now clear how I can create a control in this repeat that can change the visibility of the section.  The caret/title links in a Form Runner section would be ideal, but I can't see how to build that "on the fly."
>
> I am thinking ... insert an element into an instance that holds the visibility .. but how do I reference a div that is created and given an id by xforms?
>
> Thanks for you thoughts, or pointing me to the missing "XForms Cookbook" (it would be nice).
>
> Cheers,
> Louis (Hank) Ratzesberger
>
> The repeat code:
>
>
> <xf:repeat nodeset="xxforms:sort(instance('feed')/atom:entry, atom:published, 'text', 'descending')">
>
>  <h3> <xf:output ref="atom:title"/> </h3>
>
>  <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl', 'data', atom:summary/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>    mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>
> <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl', 'data', atom:content/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>   mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>
> </xf:repeat>
>
>
> --
> Hank Ratzesberger
> [hidden email]
>
>

> Hank,
>
> Would an xforms:switch work in this case? The benefit of the
> xforms:switch is that you won't need create an additional place in
> your instances to store, for each iteration of the repeat, whether you
> want to show the detail on addition to the summary.
>
> Alex
>
> On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, Louis Ratzesberger <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi List (that still needs a good moniker),
>>
>> I am building a page by processing a atom-pub file.  Each entry has  
>> a summary and content nodes.  I want to make the summary visible  
>> and the content hidden until the user presses link, e.g., Read  
>> more...
>>
>> The sections come from repeating through the atom:entry elements  
>> and directly outputing the html in the summary and content nodes.
>>
>> It's now clear how I can create a control in this repeat that can  
>> change the visibility of the section.  The caret/title links in a  
>> Form Runner section would be ideal, but I can't see how to build  
>> that "on the fly."
>>
>> I am thinking ... insert an element into an instance that holds the  
>> visibility .. but how do I reference a div that is created and  
>> given an id by xforms?
>>
>> Thanks for you thoughts, or pointing me to the missing "XForms  
>> Cookbook" (it would be nice).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Louis (Hank) Ratzesberger
>>
>> The repeat code:
>>
>>
>> <xf:repeat nodeset="xxforms:sort(instance('feed')/atom:entry,  
>> atom:published, 'text', 'descending')">
>>
>>  <h3> <xf:output ref="atom:title"/> </h3>
>>
>>  <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl',  
>> 'data', atom:summary/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>>    mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>>
>> <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl',  
>> 'data', atom:content/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>>   mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>>
>> </xf:repeat>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hank Ratzesberger
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>
> --
> Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise -
> http://www.orbeon.com/
> My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet
>

> Hi Alex,
>
> Can I create the switch within a repeat loop?  And how would I know the id of the case, concatenate a name with position() ? Also, I would not be switching between cases, only making a section visible or not.
>
> If it looked just like Form Runner sections, that would be great.  I just need to understand how that can be done withing a repeat loop at run time, with the content being created from an output element.
>
> I'll let you know if I figure something out.
>
> Best,
> Hank
>
> Quoting Alessandro Vernet <[hidden email]>:
>
>
> Hank,
>
> Would an xforms:switch work in this case? The benefit of the
> xforms:switch is that you won't need create an additional place in
> your instances to store, for each iteration of the repeat, whether you
> want to show the detail on addition to the summary.
>
> Alex
>
> On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, Louis Ratzesberger <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi List (that still needs a good moniker),
>
> I am building a page by processing a atom-pub file.  Each entry has a summary and content nodes.  I want to make the summary visible and the content hidden until the user presses link, e.g., Read more...
>
> The sections come from repeating through the atom:entry elements and directly outputing the html in the summary and content nodes.
>
> It's now clear how I can create a control in this repeat that can change the visibility of the section.  The caret/title links in a Form Runner section would be ideal, but I can't see how to build that "on the fly."
>
> I am thinking ... insert an element into an instance that holds the visibility .. but how do I reference a div that is created and given an id by xforms?
>
> Thanks for you thoughts, or pointing me to the missing "XForms Cookbook" (it would be nice).
>
> Cheers,
> Louis (Hank) Ratzesberger
>
> The repeat code:
>
>
> <xf:repeat nodeset="xxforms:sort(instance('feed')/atom:entry, atom:published, 'text', 'descending')">
>
>  <h3> <xf:output ref="atom:title"/> </h3>
>
>  <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl', 'data', atom:summary/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>    mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>
> <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl', 'data', atom:content/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>   mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>
> </xf:repeat>
>
>
> --
> Hank Ratzesberger
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
>
> --
> Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise -
> http://www.orbeon.com/
> My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Hank Ratzesberger
> [hidden email]
>
>

> Hi Hank,
>
> Yes, you can use a switch inside a repeat. When you do a toggle, it
> will toggle the switch in the repeat iteration which is the "current"
> iteration (i.e. the iteration from which you are doing the toggle).
> And if you only what to show/hide a section, create two cases: one
> <xforms:case id="detail">Some interesting content here</xforms:case>
> and one <xforms:case id="nothing-to-see-here"/>. To hide the detail,
> switch to the 'nothing-to-see-here' case. Does this make sense?
>
> Alex
>
> On Thursday, August 5, 2010, Louis Ratzesberger <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Can I create the switch within a repeat loop?  And how would I know  
>> the id of the case, concatenate a name with position() ? Also, I  
>> would not be switching between cases, only making a section visible  
>> or not.
>>
>> If it looked just like Form Runner sections, that would be great.  
>>  I just need to understand how that can be done withing a repeat  
>> loop at run time, with the content being created from an output  
>> element.
>>
>> I'll let you know if I figure something out.
>>
>> Best,
>> Hank
>>
>> Quoting Alessandro Vernet <[hidden email]>:
>>
>>
>> Hank,
>>
>> Would an xforms:switch work in this case? The benefit of the
>> xforms:switch is that you won't need create an additional place in
>> your instances to store, for each iteration of the repeat, whether you
>> want to show the detail on addition to the summary.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 4, 2010, Louis Ratzesberger  
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi List (that still needs a good moniker),
>>
>> I am building a page by processing a atom-pub file.  Each entry has  
>> a summary and content nodes.  I want to make the summary visible  
>> and the content hidden until the user presses link, e.g., Read  
>> more...
>>
>> The sections come from repeating through the atom:entry elements  
>> and directly outputing the html in the summary and content nodes.
>>
>> It's now clear how I can create a control in this repeat that can  
>> change the visibility of the section.  The caret/title links in a  
>> Form Runner section would be ideal, but I can't see how to build  
>> that "on the fly."
>>
>> I am thinking ... insert an element into an instance that holds the  
>> visibility .. but how do I reference a div that is created and  
>> given an id by xforms?
>>
>> Thanks for you thoughts, or pointing me to the missing "XForms  
>> Cookbook" (it would be nice).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Louis (Hank) Ratzesberger
>>
>> The repeat code:
>>
>>
>> <xf:repeat nodeset="xxforms:sort(instance('feed')/atom:entry,  
>> atom:published, 'text', 'descending')">
>>
>>  <h3> <xf:output ref="atom:title"/> </h3>
>>
>>  <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl',  
>> 'data', atom:summary/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>>    mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>>
>> <xf:output class="wiki-item"
>>    value="xxforms:serialize(xxforms:call-xpl('oxf:/wiki.xpl',  
>> 'data', atom:content/html:div, 'data'),'html')"
>>   mediatype="text/html"  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/>
>>
>> </xf:repeat>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hank Ratzesberger
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise -
>> http://www.orbeon.com/
>> My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hank Ratzesberger
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>
> --
> Orbeon Forms - Web forms, open-source, for the Enterprise -
> http://www.orbeon.com/
> My Twitter: http://twitter.com/avernet
>