[wp-hackers] Drag and drop panels in plugin's page

[John Ciacia]

Somewhat along the same topic - some dashboard widgets like the Recent
Comments widget allow you to "Customize" them. Is there any way to add the
"customize" option to the metaboxes described in Heiko Rabe's tutorial?

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Heiko Rabe <heiko.rabe at code-styling.de>wrote:

> I wrote an example plugin and tutorial here:
> http://www.code-styling.de/english/how-to-use-wordpress-metaboxes-at-own-plugins
>
> Feel free to test and inspect it, the source is also fully commented to
> explain everything.
>
> Am 18.05.2011 um 22:24 schrieb Helen Hou-Sandi <helen.y.hou at gmail.com>:
>
> > I'd love to see a working example if you're willing to share! I'm sure I
> > could poke around and figure it out, but can't hurt to ask :)
> >
> > --
> > Helen Hou-Sandi
> > http://www.helenhousandi.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Dino Termini <dino at duechiacchiere.it
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Actually it turns out Wp already sends the positions back to the server
> >> (but you have to provide a valid nounce via hidden input field)... God
> bless
> >> those who developed Live Http Headers :) So it's just a matter of
> reading
> >> the information from the database and displaying your panels accordingly
> >> (foreach... Switch)
> >>
> >> Please let me know if you have questions...
> >>
> >> Dino
> >>
> >> On May 18, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Helen Hou-Sandi <helen.y.hou at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I hadn't gotten around to the store in DB part yet (would love to hear
> >> how
> >>> you're doing it), but this is what I've got for expand/collapse and
> >>> draggable on a custom panel (a Help/Instructions bit for a client in my
> >>> case). Don't want to guarantee everything I've done is best practice,
> >> though
> >>> :)
> >>>
> >>> function yourprefix_admin_menu() {
> >>> // help page menu item
> >>> $help_page = add_dashboard_page( 'Help and Instructions', 'Help and
> >>> Instructions', 'edit_posts', 'instructions', 'yourprefix_help_page');
> >>> add_action('load-'.$help_page, 'yourprefix_help_page_scripts');
> >>> }
> >>> add_action('admin_menu', 'yourprefix_admin_menu');
> >>>
> >>> function yourprefix_help_page_scripts() {
> >>> wp_enqueue_style('dashboard');
> >>> wp_enqueue_script('postbox');
> >>> wp_enqueue_script('dashboard');
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> // help page output
> >>> function yourprefix_help_page() {
> >>> echo '<div class="wrap">
> >>> <h2>Help and Instructions for www.yourdomain.com</h2>
> >>> <div class="postbox-container" style="width:80%">
> >>> <div class="metabox-holder">
> >>> <div class="meta-box-sortables">
> >>> <div id="edit-pages" class="postbox">
> >>> <div class="handlediv" title="Click to toggle"><br /></div>
> >>> <h3 class="hndle"><span>Editing Pages</span></h3>
> >>> <div class="inside">
> >>> <p>This is where information about editing pages would go.</p>
> >>> </div><!-- .inside -->
> >>> </div><!-- #edit-pages -->
> >>> <div id="add-media" class="postbox">
> >>> <div class="handlediv" title="Click to toggle"><br /></div>
> >>> <h3 class="hndle"><span>Adding Media</span></h3>
> >>> <div class="inside">
> >>> <p>This is where information about adding media would go.</p>
> >>> </div><!-- .inside -->
> >>> </div><!-- #add-media -->
> >>> </div><!-- .meta-box-sortables -->
> >>> </div><!-- .metabox-holder -->
> >>> </div><!-- .postbox-container -->
> >>> </div><!-- .wrap -->
> >>> ';
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Helen Hou-Sandi
> >>> http://www.helenhousandi.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Andy Charrington-Wilden <
> >>> andycharrington at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Checkout the classes on the widgets page. Once you enque the same
> >> scripts
> >>>> you can have it act the same way as the widgets page. I'm not at my
> >> computer
> >>>> right now but essentially you're looking for 3 things in the widgets
> >> page.
> >>>> 1. The class that defines an area where something can be dragged.
> >>>> 2. The class that defines something as draggable
> >>>> 3. The correct scripts to enque.
> >>>>
> >>>> I would really like to know how you get on. :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>
> >>>> On 18 May 2011, at 13:46, Dino Termini <dino at duechiacchiere.it>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> one of the plugins I've developed has a layout made of small panels,
> >>>> something similar to Wordpress Dashboard. I would like to implement
> the
> >> same
> >>>> drag and drop feature, to move those panels around and store their
> >> position
> >>>> in the database. I've already figured out the 'store in the DB' part,
> >> but I
> >>>> can't seem to be able to leverage the existing JQuery libraries to
> >> enable
> >>>> this functionality. Any ideas on how to implement this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Dino.
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