because we cannot disable this annoying bar at all would be nice at least to reduce banner size and position to avoid hiding functions bellow. My suggestions is this:
I wonder if instead of changing the shape the bar could be configured such that moving the mouse over it would make it instantly disappear. This would keep it from blocking access to the stuff underneath without having to play games with it's size and shape. I wouldn't be opposed to using longer display times if I didn't have to click the "x" to get rid of it quickly.
The bar should be at the bottom of the page or somewhere where you can dismiss easily. The only nice feature of this is if you are creating an object, it has the link to the newly created object - but outside of that it is super annoying as stated by PeterP!!
When the bar is showed the following work must not be affected. So no navigation or recent menu needs to be accessed right away.
From my side it also could be a popup (not a new page, just an overlay) in the page which the user can place where he want it to have. This info will disappear as soon he navigates away.
It would be nice if it could be set up as a preference to turn on or off...even better as a user preference. But, if that really is not within PTC's plans, then I agree it needs to be moved, resized, or anything else as long as it doesn't hide functional areas of the screen.
I wait patiently for it to go away, then, when it is no longer visible, I move the mouse to get at what it was blocking, and it reappears because, mathematically, it wasn't completely gone. Very annoying! I'm going to look into shortening the fade time, as suggested. Thanks!
Like the fade timing, the position of the message box can be customized in Windchill. Please refer below :
Confirmation Message Yellow Bar Here is a piece of *sample* code for your reference which can be updated in the Windchill\codebase\netmarkets\javascript\util\jsfrags\messaging\messaging.jsfrag file. (Tested on Windchill 11.1 and FireFox browser)
Note:
Modify the X and Y values for the position of the box.
Modify the "msgWindow.height" and "msgWindow.width" to change the box width. Highlighted values are correspond to the box position in above screenshot.
PTC.messaging.msgWindow = new Ext.Window( { cls: 'inlineWindow', id: 'inlineWindow', x:700, y:0, draggable: false, resizable: true, //comes in very handy title: 'Mayurs Windchill', shadow: false, header: false, closable: true, bodyStyle:"padding:0px 0px 6px 0px;background:#dafcbd;", //changed the yellow background color initCenter : false,
focus: Ext.emptyFn // no need to allow this to get focus, 2099943 }); var msgWindow = PTC.messaging.msgWindow; msgWindow.height=110; msgWindow.width= 410;
This is just an example which works when browser is 100% maximized. However, you can add additional generic javascript code to get the browser and screen sizes and then have the box position updated relatively.
Hi Ben, I was able to get it to work in 10.2 server as well. Below is the code for showInlineMessage() function from Windchill\codebase\netmarkets\javascript\util\jsfrags\messaging\messaging.jsfrag file in 10.2 server :
PTC.messaging.msgWindow = new Ext.Window( {
cls: 'inlineWindow',
id: 'inlineWindow',
x:700,
y:0,
height:110,
width: 410,
draggable: false,
resizable: true,
title: 'Windchill 10.2 M030',
shadow: false,
header: false,
closable: true,
bodyStyle:"padding:0px 0px 6px 0px;background:#dafcbd;",
focus: Ext.emptyFn // no need to allow this to get focus, 2099943
});
The general steps remain the same:
1. Edit the messaging.jsfragfile
2. Run the 'ant -f bin\jsfrag_combine.xml' command
Works like a charm on WCH 10.2. Well done Mayur!
Think PTC should implement message layout as an option and let users pick from "banner" (default) or "window" (shrinked).
PTC.messaging.msgWindow = new Ext.Window( {
cls: 'inlineWindow',
//x:0, // left offset - disabled. margin will set this value.
y:0, // top offset
draggable: false,
resizable: true, // TCA: make this windows resisable
title: 'Windchill 11.0 - Custom messaging.jsfrag', // TCA: set the title. can be empty
shadow: false,
header: false,
closable: true, // TCA: add button to right side of title
bodyStyle:"padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; background:#dafcbd; margin: 0 auto; ", // TCA: set backgound color and margin auto center
focus: Ext.emptyFn // no need to allow this to get focus, 2099943
});
var msgWindow = PTC.messaging.msgWindow;
msgWindow.height=120; // TCA: set height size
msgWindow.width=500; // TCA: set witdh size
/*
TCA: this button is redundant and ugly (semi-hidden). It is now disable
var closeButton = new Ext.BoxComponent({
autoEl: {
tag: 'div',
//cls: 'x-tool x-tool-close',
html: ' '
}
});
msgWindow.add(closeButton);
*/
@damir , The ant script is executed from windchill shell. This does not work for you.
Since I cannot edit my previous post, my updated and more correct code (messaging.jsfrag) is
PTC.messaging.msgWindow = new Ext.Window( {
cls: 'inlineWindow',
//x:0, // left offset - disabled. margin will set this value.
y:0, // top offset
draggable: false,
resizable: true, // TCA: make this windows resisable
title: 'Windchill 11.0 - Custom messaging.jsfrag', // TCA: set the title. can be empty
shadow: false,
header: false,
closable: false, // TCA: add button to right side of title
bodyStyle:"padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; background:#dafcbd; margin: 0 auto; ", // TCA: set backgound color and margin auto center
focus: Ext.emptyFn // no need to allow this to get focus, 2099943
});
var msgWindow = PTC.messaging.msgWindow;
msgWindow.height=120; // TCA: set height size
msgWindow.width=500; // TCA: set witdh size
I don't post too often, but this time I would like to offer a Keep-It-Simple alternative. (We are using Windchill 12.0)
The alterations of JavaScript are nice (and I do like them), but a "poor man's" version of altering this is to simply adjust the Style Sheet slightly. No Windchill JavaScript fragment combining (the ant script), compiling (a different ant script) or restart is necessary for this kind of adjustment (browser hard page reload is necessary if tweaking).
Using the proper "Customizing Windchill" methods (you know, the SiteMod thing), set up an alteration to the file:
The beauty of this method is that it Style Sheet settings are used as last read overrides any previously read settings. So when adding to the bottom of the Style Sheet file, you can group your adjustments and making it much easier to deal with when upgrading Windchill to newer versions.
The downside is that the JavaScript is altering the position of the message on the fly, so you cannot alter the left to right position with this method (the JavaScript changes it after this file is read). To compensate for this, I have added the "margin-left" setting. This setting pushes it rightward, but is totally optional and does not actually make the underlying items exposed by moving the message right available until the message disappears. Try it with and without the "margin-left" value to see if you like it one way versus the other.
Add the following to the end of the file:
/** Starting our company's alterations to this file. */ .inlineWindow { width: 350px; margin-left: 150px; }
If you like the resize options offered above, they can also be achieved with the Style Sheet. Expanding on my earlier post, add more settings to achieve these desired results.
Options delivered by adding these lines:
/** Starting our company's alterations to this file. */
We are also adjusting the theme, with our own file too, but I did not want to get into that as my post was directed towards a "simple" alternative. Not that adding a customized theme is extremely difficult...
You can see we actually alter our dev environments colors for obvious eye candy that it is not Production you are looking at.
