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[Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark

Thanks for the acknowledgement. We really appreciate it.

And we understand there is a lot of pressure for the upcoming release. I
think we should be good if you have a look at it early next week.

Regards
Vanya



On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Mark Polak <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Kaustav and Vanya,
>
> Unfortunately i have not yet. We have been very busy with getting 2.23
> out. I hope to be able to look at it soon.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>> Hope you are doing well.
>>
>> Have you had a chance to look at Kaustav's patch?
>>
>> Regards
>> Vanya
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Kaustav Chakraborty <
>> kaustavc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Mark,
>>>
>>> Hope you are doing well.
>>>
>>> In line to our previous discussion we have the desired functionality
>>> ready which was to build a fixed header functionality on DHIS2 data entry
>>> application. This functionality will help the user to understand exactly
>>> for which column they are entering the data.
>>>
>>> To build this functionality we have used an external jQuery library
>>> floatThead <http://mkoryak.github.io/floatThead/>.
>>>
>>> I have attached the patch file along with this mail. Please verify it
>>> and provide inputs, if any.
>>>
>>> We would like to get this merged in 2.21 and higher.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> *Kaustav Chakraborty*
>>> STEP Intern
>>> Email kaustavc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Telephone +91 91009 60526 <+91+91009+60526>
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>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Mark Polak <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes that sounds fine to me :)
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Kaustav Chakraborty <
>>>> kaustavc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for that. We also looked for a couple of libraries and found
>>>>> the same with floatThread.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess we are good to go with this approach.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> *Kaustav Chakraborty*
>>>>> STEP Intern
>>>>> Email kaustavc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Telephone +91 91009 60526 <+91+91009+60526>
>>>>> [image: ThoughtWorks]
>>>>> <http://www.thoughtworks.com/?utm_campaign=kaustav-chakraborty-signature&utm_medium=email&utm_source=thoughtworks-email-signature-generator>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Mark Polak <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We should have jQuery available on the page. So it is probably the
>>>>>> most straight forward way to use the floatThread thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The library seems pretty mature. I like that better than the
>>>>>> scrollable table body, as that adds an extra scrollbar.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Mark
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for the response.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The changes are for the section forms only.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for a good to go. :)
>>>>>>> But if you could also comment on the technical approach presented in
>>>>>>> the first email, it would be very useful.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Vanya
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Mark Polak <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey Kaustav and Vanya,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your projected changes are related to section forms (not custom
>>>>>>>> forms) is that correct?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For custom forms the users are able to "hack" the html
>>>>>>>> representation. Therefore they could accidentally break this feature, which
>>>>>>>> makes it seem not reliable.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So it is for section forms then (the default generated forms) then
>>>>>>>> we think this would be a welcome feature to go into trunk.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Mark Polak <mark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey Vanya,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your patience. I'm waiting for a reply from Lars on
>>>>>>>>> this. Will ask him to confirm again ;)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Vanya Seth <
>>>>>>>>> vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mark and Nicolay
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hope you both are doing well.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Have you had a chance to look into Kaustav's email?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We have started a new iteration and wanted to pick up this work
>>>>>>>>>> asap.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>>>> Vanya
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Kaustav Chakraborty <
>>>>>>>>>> kaustavc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mark
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hope you are doing well.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We want to make some enhancements to the Data entry app.  Which
>>>>>>>>>>> is to make the data entry table header ( category combo header ) stay
>>>>>>>>>>> constant even if we scroll down the page, so that the user knows which
>>>>>>>>>>> column they are entering the data in.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> These are a few questions,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *1. Would this be alright to add this to DHIS?*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *2. If you have any recommendations regarding the implementation
>>>>>>>>>>> of this feature? Like using some library or anything of that sort?*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> At our end we have explored a few things:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Assume, the table is structured as below,*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>     table
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>         thead
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>             tr
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>                 th
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>         tbody
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>             tr
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>                 td
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *1. Using a Library:*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There is a javascript library called floatThead
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/mkoryak/floatThead> that can be leveraged
>>>>>>>>>>> for this. It also works with multiple tables present in a single page. So
>>>>>>>>>>> while scrolling the table header remain fixed for each tables.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *2. Not using any library,*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>     We can have some fixed height given to a table body and put
>>>>>>>>>>> the y-axis scroll for the table. User has to come to the table element and
>>>>>>>>>>> scroll to get their data element to be seen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have attached the screenshots for better understanding.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We are waiting for your response.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Kaustav Chakraborty*
>>>>>>>>>>> STEP Intern
>>>>>>>>>>> Email kaustavc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>> Telephone +91 91009 60526 <+91+91009+60526>
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>
>
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> Regards,
>
>
> Mark Polak
> Software developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
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