[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss Portal] - Default window state

A popular feature request concerns having a default window state (maximized, minimized or a custom one) Here are few proposals, all of them have advantages and drawbacks: Proposal 1 | <page> | <page-name>test</page-name> | <window> | <window-name>TestPortletWindow</window-name> | <instance-ref>TestPortletInstance</instance-ref> | <region>center</region> | <height>0</height> | <properties> | <property> | <name>navigation.initialState</name> | <value>maximized</value> (or minimized, or a custom one) | </property> | </properties> | </window> | </page> | Proposal 2 | <page> | <page-name>test</page-name> | <window> | <window-name>TestPortletWindow</window-name> | <instance-ref>TestPortletInstance</instance-ref> | <region>center</region> | <height>0</height> | <initial-state>maximized</initial-state> | | </window> | </page> | Those 2 solutions are error-prone since you can define 2 windows as maximized (while a unique one can be). Bringing a random behavior. Proposal 3 | <page> | <page-name>test</page-name> | <maximized-window>TestPortletWindow</maximized-window> | <window> | <window-name>TestPortletWindow</window-name> | <instance-ref>TestPortletInstance</instance-ref> | <region>center</region> | <height>0</height> | </window> | <window> | <window-name>TestPortletWindow2</window-name> | <instance-ref>TestPortletInstance2</instance-ref> | <region>center</region> | <height>0</height> | // Any of proposal 1 or 2 to define other modes like minimized or a custom one | </window> | </page> | The advantage is that you can only define 1 window as maximized per page. It is mostly a hack just for maximized, it wouldn't help for a custom mode that has the unique constraint. Proposal 4 | <page> | <page-name>test</page-name> | <initial-navigational-state> | <state name="maximized"> | <window-ref>TestPortletWindow</window-ref> | </state> | <state name="minimized"> | <window-ref>TestPortletWindow2</window-ref> | <window-ref>TestPortletWindow3</window-ref> | </state> | <state name="myCustomState"> | <window-ref>TestPortletWindow4</window-ref> | </state> | </initial-navigational-state> | <window> | <window-name>TestPortletWindow</window-name> | <instance-ref>TestPortletInstance</instance-ref> | <region>center</region> | <height>0</height> | </window> | ... | </page> | Here the advantage is to see the navigational state of a page in a concise way, it's easy to figure out if you have 2 windows in the same state, but error-prone to typos, and in that case you can define a window with 2 initial states (illegal). I'm satisfied with none of those proposal, if you have better ideas or comments, please share :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4096510#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...