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Document List Layout
The main area of the application is composed of several individual ADF components:
- (1) Breadcrumb
- (2) Toolbar
- (3) Document List
- (4) Pagination
The application has six different Document List views which share commonalities between each view and subtle differences depending on the content being loaded which are explained below.
Personal Files
Personal Files retrieves all content from the logged in user's home area (/User Homes/<username>/) in the repository;
if the user is ‘admin’ who does not have a home folder then the repository root folder is shown.
Personal Files is the Files component, using the Nodes API.
File Libraries
File Libraries retrieves all the sites that the user is a member of including what type of site it is: public, moderated or private. File Libraries is the Libraries component, using the Sites API.
When a user opens one of their sites then the content for the site's document library is shown.
To display the files and folders from a site (/Sites/<siteid>/Document Library/) the Files component,
using the Nodes API is used.
Shared Files
The Shared Files view aggregates all files that have been shared using the QuickShare feature in the content repository. The Shared Files component uses the shared-links API and includes extra columns to display where the file is located in the content repository and who created the shared link.
A feature for creating and removing Shared Links will be added in the future.
Recent Files
The Recent Files view shows all the files that have been created or modified within the last 30 days by the current user. The Recent Files component uses the Search API to query SOLR for changes made by the user and includes an extra column to display where the file is located in the content repository.
Favorites
The Favorites view shows all files and folders from the content repository that have been marked as a favorite by the current user. The Favorites component uses the favorites API to retrieve all the favorite nodes for the user and includes an extra column to display where the file is located in the content repository.
Trash
The Trash view shows all the items that a user has deleted, admin will see items deleted by all users. The actions available in this view are Restore and Permanently Delete. The Trashcan component uses the trashcan API to retrieve the deleted items and perform the actions requested by the user and includes an extra column to display where the item was located in the content repository before it was deleted.
Actions and the Actions Toolbar
All the views incorporate the toolbar component from the Alfresco Application Development Framework; apart from the Trash view they all display the following actions when the current user has the necessary permissions, actions are automatically hidden when the user does not have permission.
| Action | File | Folder |
|---|---|---|
| View | Opens the selected file using the Preview component, where the file cannot be displayed natively in a browser a PDF rendition is obtained from the repository. | Not applicable |
| Download | Downloads single files to the user's computer, when multiple files are selected they are compressed into a ZIP and then downloaded. | Folders are automatically compressed into a ZIP and then downloaded to the user's computer. |
| Edit | Not applicable | The folder name and description can be edited in a dialog. |
| Favorite | Toggle the favorite mark on or off for files and folders, when multiple items are selected and one or more are not favorites then the mark will be toggled on. | |
| Copy | Files and folders can be copied to another location in the content repository using the content-node-selector component; once the copy action has completed the user is notified and can undo the action (which permanently deletes the created copies). | |
| Move | Files and folders can be moved to another location in the content repository using the content-node-selector component; once the move action has completed the user is notified and can undo the action (which moves the items back to the original location). | |
| Delete | Files and folders can be deleted from their location in the content repository; once the delete action has completed the user is notified and can undo the action (which restores the items from the trash). | |
| Manage Versions | Versions of files can be viewed, uploaded, restored, downloaded and deleted by using the version manager dialog; once each action has completed the list of versions is updated according to the change. | Not applicable |
Besides the actions available in the toolbar users can single click an item to select it, or double click on a file to view it, and a folder to open it.