StarRating

This custom PanelWidget is specifically designed to work with numeral value fields that should be displayed as a graphical star rating, similar to other applications. 

Edit Mode

ViewMode

The value is shown directly inside the cell, as star-shaped images in yellow color.

EditMode

The value can be changed via a drop-down dialog that appears if the cell is clicked.

 

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Technical Details

The Custom PanelWidget can only be mapped to a RSE/vRSE with the value type integer. The valid range is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 . It has has 3 star-shaped images embedded for displaying selected, unselected, mouseover.

How to Use

The following two settings must be present in order to use the StarRating PanelWidget:

• The element <add key="StarRating" value="MetabilitySoftware.FileMind.CustPanelWidgets.
  CustomStarRating.CustomStarRatingWidgetItem, FileMind.CPW.dll" /> inside the <customPanelWidgets> section of FileMind.config. This line is set in a default installation of FileMind.
• The Custom Property<PanelWidget>StarRating</PanelWidget> in a Property File that is loaded with the Workspace template. The file \defaults_en-US\CustomPanelWidgets.RSEproperties contains this for the RSE |XMP|xmp|Rating|.