Collective Spaces changes
Several changes have been applied to Collective Spaces (That is Draft Space and Review Space). You enable one or both of these user interfaces with the Enable-ISHUICollectiveSpaces cmdlet available over ISHDeploy module; using the -DraftSPace switch, the -ReviewSpace switch, or both.
Changes in Collective Spaces
- Optional Annotation Resolution Text Field
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Resolution Text Field is now optional by default. To make it required add
<annotationresolutioncomment required=yes>in the<commonsettings>section of the Collective Spaces Settings file. - Behavior Configuration Extension - Menu structure
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Menu structure allows for multiple custom menus definition using
<menuconfiguration>behavior element. Out of the box menus cannot be changed. - Behavior Configuration - Read Only Table
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There is a new behavior element
<readonlynarrowtable>. It is intended for basic tables and has a limitation that does not allow for grouping of multiple column or row cells into one. - New link resolve for Related Links, topicref, and xref
- New way displays the resolved link text in case no specific text is provided. Insert dialog makes sure that the inserted item exists in the publication.
- Relationship tables
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Relationship tables are hidden by default; update
<commonsettings>section of the Collective Spaces Settings file with<relationshiptable enabled=yes>to enable them. After enabling it is possible to:- insert relationship tables to the map
- see relationship tables in the sheet frame of the map
- remove reltables from the map
- add/remove rows and columns
- see header text of the column
- change the type of the column
- insert single/multiple topicref in a cell
- see the target of the topicref being resolved
- remove a single topicref from a cell in the reltable
Changes in Draft Space
- Browse dialog
- The new Browse Dialog is used when inserting: reused content, existing content, figure with image or inline image. The Browse Dialog works also for Search functionality and it shows max 25 results. Folder location and search query are remembered and reopening the dialog takes you to the last location/search result.
- Custom Sidebar
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The Custom Sidebar functionality was built to enable integration with applications that don’t require interaction with a document but do present some information regarding document and publication that can be useful for the Subject Matter Expert (SME) Author. The custom sidebar configurable via Domain Specific Language (DSL) by using
<sidebarconfiguration>and<extrasidebar>elements.