New Column in Folder View (Left pane)

[Markh74]

Good day

I would like to add another column in the Folders table (left pane) not the Folder Contents table (Right pane)

Currently the only column is "name" and i can only sort by name.

I need a description column that displays the description of the folder.

See attached picture

[HelesicPetr · Accepted solution]

Hi @Markh74 

You can rewrite OOTB java class to add the description. After restart you can see the Description in the Folder tree

I just added two rows to the code

var5 = this.getComponentConfigFactory().newColumnConfig("description", "Description", false);
var3.addComponent(var5);

class folder place

WindchillFolder\codebase\com\ptc\windchill\enterprise\folder\mvc\builders

Windchill 12.0.2.3

package com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.folder.mvc.builders;

import com.ptc.core.components.descriptor.ComponentDescriptor;
import com.ptc.jca.mvc.components.JcaColumnConfig;
import com.ptc.jca.mvc.components.JcaComponentParams;
import com.ptc.jca.mvc.components.JcaTreeConfig;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.AbstractComponentConfigBuilder;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ColumnConfig;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentBuilder;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentConfig;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentParams;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ComponentResultProcessor;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ExpansionStateManager;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.FindInTableMode;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.TreeDataBuilderAsync;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.TreeNode;
import com.ptc.mvc.components.ds.DataSourceMode;
import com.ptc.mvc.util.ClientMessageSource;
import com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.folder.FolderBrowserUtilities;
import com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.folder.FolderPageContext;
import com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.folder.query.FolderQuery;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import wt.folder.Cabinet;
import wt.folder.Folder;
import wt.folder.SubFolder;
import wt.folder.SubFolderReference;
import wt.log4j.LogR;
import wt.util.WTException;

@ComponentBuilder({"folderbrowser_tree"})
@ExpansionStateManager(FolderTreeExpansionStateHandler.class)
public class FolderTreeBuilder extends AbstractComponentConfigBuilder implements TreeDataBuilderAsync {
	protected static final Logger log = LogR.getLoggerInternal(FolderTreeBuilder.class.getName());
	protected static final String TREE_EXPANSION_HANDLER = "treeExpansionHandler";
	protected final ClientMessageSource folderMsgs = this.getMessageSource("com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.folder.folderResource");
	protected final ClientMessageSource componentMsgs = this.getMessageSource("com.ptc.core.ui.componentRB");
	static final String EXPANSION_LEVEL = "one";
	static final String DISPLAY_LENGTH_IN_TABLES = "0";
	static final String SHOW_ICON = "showIcon";
	static final String COMPOSITE_PATH = "COMPOSITE_PATH";

	public FolderTreeBuilder() {
	}

	public ComponentConfig buildComponentConfig(ComponentParams var1) throws WTException {
		log.debug("buildComponentConfig(): invoked");
		JcaComponentParams var2 = (JcaComponentParams)var1;
		JcaTreeConfig var3 = (JcaTreeConfig)this.getComponentConfigFactory().newTreeConfig();
		boolean var4 = FolderBrowserUtilities.isFolderTreeDisplayEnabled(var2.getHelperBean().getNmCommandBean());
		if (!var4) {
			var3.setView("/folder/notree.jsp");
			return var3;
		} else {
			var3.setDataSourceMode(DataSourceMode.ASYNCHRONOUS);
			var3.setConfigurable(false);
			var3.setExpansionLevel("one");
			var3.setLabel(this.folderMsgs.getMessage("FOLDERS_LEFTPANE_TABLE_TITLE"));
			var3.setFindInTableMode(FindInTableMode.DISABLED);
			ColumnConfig var5 = this.getComponentConfigFactory().newColumnConfig("folderName", this.componentMsgs.getMessage("NAME"), false);
			JcaColumnConfig var6 = (JcaColumnConfig)var5;
			var6.setInfoPageLink(true);
			var6.setDisplayLengthInTables("0");
			var6.setNeed("name");
			var6.setDescriptorProperty("showIcon", Boolean.toString(true));
			var6.setDescriptorProperty("COMPOSITE_PATH", FolderBrowserUtilities.compositePathBeanMap(var2));
			var6.setSortable(true);
			var6.setAscending(true);
			var6.setDefaultSort(true);
			var6.setWidth(200);
			var3.addComponent(var5);
			var5 = this.getComponentConfigFactory().newColumnConfig("description", "Description", false);
			var3.addComponent(var5);
			var3.setView("/folder/folderTreeView.jsp");
			return var3;
		}
	}

	public void buildNodeData(Object var1, ComponentResultProcessor var2) throws Exception {
		log.debug("buildNodeData(): node = '" + var1 + "'");
		Folder var3 = null;
		String var4;
		if (var1 == null) {
			var4 = "Object is null!";
			log.error("buildNodeData(): " + var4);
			throw new WTException(var4);
		} else if (var2 == null) {
			var4 = "resultProcessor null!";
			log.error("buildNodeData(): " + var4);
			throw new WTException(var4);
		} else if (!var2.isOpen()) {
			var4 = "resultProcessor is not open!";
			log.error("buildNodeData(): " + var4);
			throw new WTException(var4);
		} else {
			var4 = var2.getConfig().getId();
			String var7;
			if (var4 == null) {
				var7 = "Unable to obtain folder content table tableId!";
				log.error("buildNodeData(): " + var7);
				throw new WTException(var7);
			} else if (!"folderbrowser_tree".equals(var4)) {
				var7 = "Improper folder content table tableId: " + var4;
				log.error("buildNodeData(): " + var7);
				throw new WTException(var7);
			} else if (var1 instanceof TreeNode && ((TreeNode)var1).name().equals("RootNode")) {
				FolderPageContext var8 = new FolderPageContext((JcaComponentParams)var2.getParams());
				Cabinet var6 = var8.getCabinet();
				var2.addElement(var6);
			} else {
				if (!(var1 instanceof SubFolder) && !(var1 instanceof Cabinet)) {
					if (!(var1 instanceof SubFolderReference)) {
						var7 = "node is not 'RootNode' or a Folder!  node = '" + var1 + "'";
						log.error("buildNodeData(): " + var7);
						throw new WTException(var7);
					}

					var3 = (Folder)((SubFolderReference)var1).getObject();
				} else {
					var3 = (Folder)var1;
				}

				FolderQuery var5 = FolderQuery.newFolderQuery(var3, var4, (ComponentDescriptor)null, var2);
				var5.retrieveFolderContents();
			}
		}
	}
}

Do not forget to backup original class file

 PetrH