The purpose of this change is to make the code clearer and testable.
In this change, the 'tab_manager' static object was merged with the bus
cross tab.
Cleaning was done to clearly define private and public functions as well
as handlers. The methods are documented and the constants are now defined
on the class. The bus use the service behavior with 'trigger_up'.
'bus.CrossTab' who extend 'bus.Longpolling' are instantiated by the
bus service.
The class is always instantiated with a parent, or root in the case of the website
(im_livechat), to use the ajax and localstorage services. So the behavior, perhaps
logger or redefined by the parents.
Also roughly called "open chatter in chat windows".
With this commit, document threads can now be detached in a small thread window.
It uses client-side cross-tab window synchronization by means of the local storage.
To detach a document thread in a thread window, click on the document thread preview
in the systray messaging menu when receving a new (needaction) document thread message.
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Technical Limitations
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1. In order to use this feature, the user must select the Notification Management
'Handle with Odoo' in the Preferences of the User settings (top-right menu).
2. For the moment, only needaction messages automatically updates the thread window. Manual
refresh is still needed for other kinds of messages (e.g. reload document record to fetch
new messages in the document thread).
Server-side code changes are required to receive new document thread message notifications on the
longpoll bus, which would fix the limitations above.
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Future Works
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1. Receive any new message from the document thread window when it is detached.
2. Log a note from the document thread window.
Task-33118
Christophe Matthieu