Item12524: hard-coded form and attachment tables at the bottom of a compare-page

This extension tinkers with the skin path and forces a %META{"form"}% and %META{"attachments"}% to be displayed at the bottom of a compare page. This cannot be removed, not even by nulling related TMPL-DEFs in formtables.xxx.tmpl.

-- MichaelDaum - 03 Jun 2013

Postponed until 1.2.x as per decision at the IRC release meeting.

-- JanKrueger - 14 Oct 2013

I do have a solution for this, however I'm not entirely happy with it. It is a rewrite that introduces a COMPARE macro allowing better flexibility.

Pros:

• You can remove attachments and form ^^
• You can compare anything you can put into a TMPL:DEF
• Macros and macro parameters, no more %REPEAT%
• If you're crazy enough you can mix side-by-side and interweave
• You can place the comparisons anywhere in your view template

Drawbacks:

• It requires a %TMPL:DEF{"compareelements"}%topic, form, attachments%TMPL:END% where you specify which elements you want to compare
• It breaks backwards compatibility if you have customized templates/comparesidebyside.tmpl or templates/compareinterweave.tmpl
• It seems too big a rewrite for a minor release

-- StephanOsthold - 17 Mar 2014

As this is now one of the main release blockers prior to a 1.2 alpha/beta, I think we should defer this. It is a rather extensive change. Michael, this was originally your task, please comment on whether this should block 1.2. Major / extensive changes late in the release process seem ill advised. Thanks.

-- GeorgeClark - 18 Dec 2014

Let's defer.

-- MichaelDaum - 18 Dec 2014

I am using DiffPlugin today

-- MichaelDaum - 12 Jul 2022

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