[TILES-218] [tiles] Change of scope for tiles

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.4
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: tiles-core

Environment

Operating System: All
Platform: PC

• Bugzilla Id: 21820
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Chris Erskine
• Created: 23/Jul/03 12:29
• Updated: 03/Sep/08 07:04
• Resolved: 27/Feb/08 20:31

Description

I would like to see a parameter added to the tiles definitions which would
allow the scope to be changed. Currently, the scope of a tile definition is
only for the current tile where as I would like to make it include all sub-
tiles.

I have a layout which includes a top banner, a left menu and the content well.
With the current scope, I have to create a tile definition for each tile if I
want to use tile parameters within the sub-tiles. If I have 1 content tile
which is used from 5 different pages, each requiring different navigation and
top banners, I have to define the 5 master definitions, then 5 definitions each
for the left menu, the banner and then the content. This is a total of 20
definitions that will have to be defined.

On the other hand, if I could change the tile scope to include sub-tiles, I
could then have just the 5 master definitions.

If there are sub-tiles on a sub-tile which also requires different values, the
definitions could get carried away very quickly.

Issue Links

• incorporates: TILES-208 Add support to cascaded attributes