Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of TracInterfaceCustomization


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    3333== Custom Navigation Entries
    34 The `[mainnav]` and `[metanav]` sections of trac.ini be used to customize the navigation items' text and link, or even disable them, but not for adding new ones.
    35 
    36 In the following example, we rename the link to the Wiki start "Home", and hide the "!Help/Guide". We also make the "View Tickets" entry link to a specific report:
     34The `[mainnav]` and `[metanav]` sections of trac.ini be used to customize the navigation entries, disable them and even add new ones.
     35
     36In the following example, we:
     37* rename the link to WikiStart to be //Home//
     38* hide the ''About'' entry
     39* make the //View Tickets// entry link to a specific report
     40* add a //Builds// entry that links to an external build system
     41* move the //Admin// entry to the meta navigation bar
    3742{{{#!ini
    3843[mainnav]
     
    4146
    4247[metanav]
    43 help = disabled
     48about = disabled
     49builds = enabled
     50builds.href = https://travis-ci.org/edgewall/trac
     51admin = enabled
    4452}}}
    4553
    4654See also TracNavigation for a more detailed explanation of the mainnav and metanav navigation.
    4755
    48 == Site Appearance #SiteAppearance
    49 
    50 Trac is using [https://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi] as the templating engine. Say you want to add a link to a custom stylesheet, and then your own header and footer. Save the following content as `site.html` inside your projects `templates/` directory (each Trac project can have their own `site.html`), eg `/path/to/env/templates/site.html`:
    51 
    52 {{{#!xml
    53 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
    54       xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/"
    55       py:strip="">
    56 
    57   <!--! Add site-specific style sheet -->
    58   <head py:match="head" py:attrs="select('@*')">
    59     ${select('*|comment()|text()')}
    60     <link rel="stylesheet" href="${href.chrome('site/style.css')}" />
    61   </head>
    62 
    63   <body py:match="body" py:attrs="select('@*')">
    64     <!--! Add site-specific header -->
     56== Site Appearance
     57
     58Trac is using [http://jinja.pocoo.org/ Jinja2] as the templating engine.
     59
     60We have put in place a number of "placeholder" in the form of "include" directives. These files don't need to exist, but if they do, their content will be processed by Jinja2 as well. As such, they can make use of other "include" directives, or any other feature of Jinja2 to generate dynamic content.
     61
     62There are three such placeholder templates:
     63 - `site_head.html`, which can be used to add content inside the generated `<head>` element
     64 - `site_header.html`, which can be used to **prepend** content inside the generated `<body>` element, before the standard content generated by Trac
     65 - `site_footer.html`, which can be used to **append** content inside the generated `<body>` element, after the standard content generated by Trac
     66
     67Say you want to add a link to a custom stylesheet, and then your own header and footer. Save the following content as `site_head.html`, `site_header.html` and `site_footer.html` inside your projects `templates/` directory (each Trac project can have their own "placeholder" files) e.g. `/path/to/env/templates/site_head.html`:
     68
     69`site_head.html`:
     70{{{#!xml
     71  <!-- site_head.html: Add site-specific style sheet -->
     72  <link rel="stylesheet" href="${href.chrome('site/style.css')}" />
     73  <!-- /site_head.html -->
     74}}}
     75
     76`site_header.html`:
     77{{{#!xml
     78    <!-- site_header.html: Add site-specific header -->
    6579    <div id="siteheader">
    66       <!--! Place your header content here... -->
     80      ## Place your header content here...
    6781    </div>
    68 
    69     ${select('*|text()')}
    70 
    71     <!--! Add site-specific footer -->
     82    <!-- /site_header.html -->
     83}}}
     84
     85`site_footer.html`:
     86{{{#!xml
     87    <!-- site_footer.html: Add site-specific footer -->
    7288    <div id="sitefooter">
    73       <!--! Place your footer content here... -->
     89      ## Place your footer content here...
    7490    </div>
    75   </body>
    76 </html>
    77 }}}
    78 
    79 Notice that XSLT bears some similarities with Genshi templates. However, there are some Trac specific features, for example the `${href.chrome('site/style.css')}` attribute references `style.css` in the environment's `htdocs/` directory. In a similar fashion `${chrome.htdocs_location}` is used to specify the common `htdocs/` directory belonging to a Trac installation. That latter location can however be overriden using the [TracIni#trac-htdocs_location-option "[trac] htdocs_location"] setting.
    80 
    81 `site.html` is one file to contain all your modifications. It usually works using the `py:match` directive (element or attribute), and it allows you to modify the page as it renders. The matches hook into specific sections. See [https://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/browse_thread/thread/70487fb2c406c937/ this thread] for a detailed explanation of the above example `site.html`.
    82 A `site.html` can contain any number of `py:match` sections. This is all Genshi, so the [https://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Documentation/xml-templates.html docs on the exact syntax] can be found there.
     91    <!-- /site_footer.html -->
     92}}}
     93
     94Notice that as Jinja2 is mostly content agnostic, you are free to open some `<div>` element in the `site_header.html` file and only close it in `site_footer.html` file.
     95Besides, as in any other Trac Jinja2 template, you can use some Trac specific features, for example the `${href.chrome('site/style.css')}` attribute references `style.css` in the environment's `htdocs/` directory. In a similar fashion `${chrome.htdocs_location}` is used to specify the common `htdocs/` directory belonging to a Trac installation. That latter location can however be overriden using the [TracIni#trac-htdocs_location-option "[trac] htdocs_location"] setting.
    8396
    8497Example snippet of adding introduction text to the new ticket form (but not shown during preview):
    8598
    86 {{{#!xml
    87 <form py:match="div[@id='content' and @class='ticket']/form" py:attrs="select('@*')">
    88   <py:if test="req.path_info == '/newticket' and (not 'preview' in req.args)">
    89     <p>Please make sure to search for existing tickets before reporting a new one!</p>
    90   </py:if>
    91   ${select('*')}
    92 </form>
    93 }}}
    94 
    95 This example illustrates a technique of using `req.path_info` to limit scope of changes to one view only. For instance, to make changes in `site.html` only for timeline and avoid modifying other sections, use `req.path_info == '/timeline'` as the condition in a `<py:if>` test.
    96 
    97 More examples snippets for `site.html` can be found at [trac:wiki:CookBook/SiteHtml CookBook/SiteHtml].
     99 - first we need to introduce the extra "content" of this notice, if it's appropriate for the request. For that, we add this snippet in the `site_footer.html` placeholder file:
     100  {{{#!xml
     101  # if req.path_info == '/newticket' and 'preview' not in req.args:
     102    <p id="ntg">Please make sure to search for existing tickets before reporting a new one!</p>
     103  # endif
     104  }}}
     105 - second, we need to dynamically alter the rest of the content in order to position that notice at the desired location. For that, we add this snippet to the `site_head.html` placeholder file:
     106
     107{{{#!xml
     108<script>
     109  jQuery(function($) {
     110    var $ntg = $("#newticketguide");
     111    if ($ntg.length)
     112      $("#propertyform").prepend($ntg.detach());
     113  });
     114</script>
     115}}}
     116
     117This example illustrates a technique of using `req.path_info` to limit scope of changes to one view only. For instance, to make changes only for timeline and avoid modifying other sections, use `req.path_info == '/timeline'` as the condition in a `# if` test.
     118
     119More examples snippets for placeholder files can be found at [trac:wiki:CookBook/SiteHtml CookBook/SiteHtml].
    98120
    99121Example snippets for `style.css` can be found at [trac:wiki:CookBook/SiteStyleCss CookBook/SiteStyleCss].
    100122
    101 Note that the `site.html`, despite its name, can be put in a shared templates directory, see the [[TracIni#inherit-templates_dir-option|[inherit] templates_dir]] option. This could provide easier maintainence as one new global `site.html` file can be made to include any existing header, footer and newticket snippets.
     123=== Sharing Templates in Multiple Environments
     124
     125The `site_*.html` templates, despite their name, can be put in a shared templates directory, see the [[TracIni#inherit-templates_dir-option|[inherit] templates_dir]] option. This could provide easier maintenance, as global `site_head.html`, `site_header.html` and `site_footer.html` files can be made to `# include` any other local existing header, footer and newticket snippets.
    102126
    103127== Project List #ProjectList
     
    106130
    107131The following is the basic template used by Trac to display a list of links to the projects. For projects that could not be loaded, it displays an error message. You can use this as a starting point for your own index template:
     132
     133FIXME
    108134
    109135{{{#!text/html
     
    168194== Project Templates
    169195
    170 The appearance of each individual Trac environment, ie instance of a project, can be customized independently of other projects, even those hosted on the same server. The recommended way is to use a `site.html` template whenever possible, see [#SiteAppearance]. Using `site.html` means changes are made to the original templates as they are rendered, and you should not normally need to redo modifications whenever Trac is upgraded. If you do make a copy of `theme.html` or any other Trac template, you need to migrate your modifiations to the newer version. If not, new Trac features or bug fixes may not work as expected.
     196The appearance of each individual Trac environment, ie instance of a project, can be customized independently of other projects, even those hosted on the same server. The recommended way is to use `site_{head,header,footer}.html` templates whenever possible, see [#SiteAppearance]. Using `site_{head,header,footer}.html` means changes are made to the original templates as they are rendered, and you should not normally need to redo modifications whenever Trac is upgraded. If you do make a copy of `theme.html` or any other Trac template, you need to migrate your modifiations to the newer version. If not, new Trac features or bug fixes may not work as expected.
    171197
    172198With that word of caution, any Trac template may be copied and customized. The default Trac templates are located in the Trac egg or wheel, such as `/usr/lib/pythonVERSION/site-packages/Trac-VERSION.egg/trac/templates, ../trac/ticket/templates, ../trac/wiki/templates`. The [#ProjectList] template file is called `index.html`, while the template responsible for main layout is called `theme.html`. Page assets such as images and CSS style sheets are located in the egg's or wheel's `trac/htdocs` directory.