Alexey Rusakov on Sitecore development - Hacking the Sitecore Client

Thursday, January 12, 2006

I'm not sure whether it's a great example of Sitecore extensibilty or of things you shouldn't do, but I though I'd share it anyway :)

This little snippet adds shortcut to all content sections (and a little unsupported yet indispensable dbbrowser) to the Sitecore task bar. What is good about is, is that its very easy to install: download and unpack to your /sitecore/shell/override, its just two xml layouts with embedded code. The dark side is that you have to put them in override folder to replace the standard Sitecore start bar. So if the start bar changes in future builds - yours won't.

Fortunatelly, uninstalling is just as easy: remove the Startbar.xml and StartbarSections.xml files and thats it. Standard disclaimers apply: if your PC turns into evil alien monster and starts dissecting humans - you have been warned. Although it might be a good idea to keep your production server clean, I (humbly) find this control to be very useful in development environment.

Once again - download link (3kb).

Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:07:46 AM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)

Comments [5]
Sitecore | Open Source | Sheer UI

Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:43:51 PM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)

I cannot download this sample :(. When I've clicked the download link, I was redirected to the Page not found page.

Ivan

Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:07:25 PM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)

You're right, thanks - it probably got lost during the move.

I've uploaded it back.

Alexey Rusakov

Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:57:30 PM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)

Ouch ... this turns my SiteCore 5.3 installation into an evil alien monster and starts dissecting humans. I assume it was written for a previous version?

Sander Falise

Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:10:07 PM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)

Yes! I tamed the monster! Replace Startbar.xml with the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<control xmlns:def="Definition" xmlns="http://schemas.sitecore.net/Visual-Studio-Intellisense" xmlns:shell="http://www.sitecore.net/shell">
<Startbar>
<Script Src="/sitecore/shell/applications/Startbar/Clock.js"/>

<shell:StartMenu />

<Border ID="Startbar" Height="29" Width="100%">
<GridPanel Columns="4" Width="100%" Height="29" Style="background:url(/sitecore/shell/themes/standard/Images/Startbar/StartbarBackground.png) repeat-x;">

<ImageButton ID="StartButton" Src="Images/Startbar/StartButton.png" Width="79" Height="29" Click='javascript:scForm.showPopup(null, "StartButton", "StartMenu", "above")' Alt='Click here to begin.'/>

<Space Width="8"/>

<Scroller ID="StartbarScroller" Height="27" Width="100%" Border="none" ContextMenu="StartbarMenu.Show" GridPanel.Width="100%" GridPanel.VAlign="bottom">
<table id="StartbarApplications" style="color:white; font:8pt tahoma" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" Height="27">
<tr></tr>
</table>
</Scroller>

<table id="StartbarTray" style="color:white; font:8pt tahoma" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="27" GridPanel.Width="200">
<tr>
<td style="white-space: nowrap">
<StartbarSections ID="StartbarSections"/>
</td>
<td>
<SubmittableEdit ID="SearchBox" Background="transparent" Foreground="#cccccc" Submit="Search" Border="1px solid #666666" Width="80"/>
</td>
<td>
<Border ID="DatabaseName" Class="scDatabaseName" onmove="javascript:this.style.left=(scForm.browser.getControl('Startbar').offsetWidth-this.offsetWidth-4)+'px'"></Border>
</td>
<td ID="Tray" style="white-space:nowrap"></td>
<td ID="Clock" style="white-space:nowrap"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</GridPanel>
</Border>

<DataContextMenu ID="StartbarMenu" DataSource="/sitecore/content/Applications/System/Window manager/Startbar context menu" RenderAs="WebControl"/>
<DataContextMenu ID="StartButtonMenu" DataSource="/sitecore/content/Applications/System/Window manager/Startbutton context menu" RenderAs="WebControl" />
<DataContextMenu ID="ApplicationMenu" DataSource="/sitecore/content/Applications/System/Window manager/Application tab context menu" RenderAs="WebControl" />

</Startbar>
</control>

Sander Falise

Monday, April 23, 2007 9:57:02 PM (FLE Standard Time, UTC+02:00)

Thanks Sander,

It indeed was made for Sitecore 5.1/5.2. Thanks for posting the updated version. You might also want to look at new tray options in Sitecore 5.3 - tray icons are configurable using the core database, so it should be possible to achieve pretty much the same without changing Sitecore files.

Alexey Rusakov

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