WebVoyage 7 (Tomcat) Toggle Record Display Fields
I had a librarian tell me that while giving a presentation on Tomcat WebVoyage to students, one of the record displays had an extremely long Contents: field through which she had to scroll, all the while embarrassed by students' laughter. I know, I know, I didn't quite get the joke either.
Anyway, to combat the fear and shame felt by our librarians, I wrote a bit of code that will toggle the contents of a field in a record display. If you'd like to see this amazing technology in action, try clicking the word Contents: at this record on TCC's site.
Step 1
Add the following to a cascading style sheet that is loaded with holdingsInfo. (ui/skin/css/displayCommon.css, for example)
I actually have a stylesheet that loads last and has all the stylesheet changes I make as suggested by the brilliant Michael Doran on his website.
Step 2
Add the following to a JavaScript file that is loaded with holdingsInfo, like ui/skin/jscripts/highLight.js. Again, I have a separate JavaScript file for all the scripts I write (spellchecker, timeout warning, etc.) that is loaded with each page:
Step 3
The last, crucial step is to call this script somehow.
- Backup /m1/voyager/xxxdb/tomcat/vwebv/context/vwebv/ui/skin/xsl/contentLayout/display/display.xsl in case something goes horribly wrong.
- Open /m1/voyager/xxxdb/tomcat/vwebv/context/vwebv/ui/skin/xsl/contentLayout/display/display.xsl and find <xsl:when test="string-length($displayData)"> (There should only be one)
- Add the following (additions are boldface)
<xsl:when test="string-length($displayData)">
<div class="fieldLabel">
<span class="fieldLabelSpan">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="string-length(@label)">
<a>
<xsl:attribute name="onclick">tcc_toggle('<xsl:value-of select="@label"/>');</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name='title'>Hide or Show <xsl:value-of select="@label"/></xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="@label"/>
</a>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</span>
</div>
<div class="fieldData" >
<xsl:attribute name="id">
<xsl:value-of select="@label"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:copy-of select="$displayData"/>
</div>
</xsl:when>
That's all there is to it! Enjoy!


1 Comment
comments.show.hideMar 30, 2009
Jason Zou
If a couple of labels are using the same text, for example, multiple locations with the same label "status", this script does not work well. Anyway, this is just a minor issue.
Good work!