CTools AJAX responder

Yuriy GerasimovMadcap B.V.y.gerasimov@madcap.nl

Ctools consists of

* Plugins -- tools to make it easy for modules to let other modules implement plugins from .inc files.* Exportables -- tools to make it easier for modules to have objects that live in database or live in code, such as 'default views'.* AJAX responder -- tools to make it easier for the server to handle AJAX requests and tell the client what to do with them.* Form tools -- tools to make it easier for forms to deal with AJAX.* Object caching -- tool to make it easier to edit an object across multiple page requests and cache the editing work.* Contexts -- the notion of wrapping objects in a unified wrapper and providing an API to create and accept these contexts as input.* Modal dialog -- tool to make it simple to put a form in a modal dialog.* Dependent -- a simple form widget to make form items appear and disappear based upon the selections in another item.* Content -- pluggable content types used as panes in Panels and other modules like Dashboard.* Form wizard -- an API to make multi-step forms much easier.* CSS tools -- tools to cache and sanitize CSS easily to make user-input CSS safe.

hook_menu

Drupal ProDevelopment

Drupal ProDevelopment

Drupal ProDevelopment

Page callback

AJAX menu callback

Commands

replace (ctools_ajax_command_replace)

prepend (ctools_ajax_command_prepend)

append (ctools_ajax_command_append)

after (ctools_ajax_command_after)

before (ctools_ajax_command_before)

remove (ctools_ajax_command_remove)

changed (ctools_ajax_command_change)

alert (ctools_ajax_command_alert)

css (ctools_ajax_command_css)

attr (ctools_ajax_command_attr)

settings (ctools_ajax_command_settings)

data (ctools_ajax_command_data)

redirect (ctools_ajax_command_redirect)

reload (ctools_ajax_command_reload)

submit (ctools_ajax_command_submit)

Drupal 7 ajax link

Drupal 7 menu callback

D7 commands

Resources

D6http://zroger.com/node/31

http://zroger.com/node/30

D7http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--ajax.inc/group/ajax/7

http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes--ajax.inc/group/ajax_commands/7

CTools AJAX responder

Yuriy GerasimovMadcap B.V.y.gerasimov@madcap.nl

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