[Zope-CMF] Some questions regarding 'portal_actions'

[Yuppie]

Hi Jean!


> Why do I see actions here:
> 
>  .../portal_types/<MyContentType>/manage_editActionsForm
> 
> that I don't see here:
> 
>  .../portal_actions/manage_editActionsForm

portal_actions is 'Action Provider' *and* 'Actions Tool'. The 'Actions' 
tab belongs to its role as 'Action Provider'. There is no tab in the ZMI 
that shows all Actions of all 'Action Providers'.

> ? What exactly is the relation between the "Actions" tab of
> 'portal_actions', the "Actions" tab of 'portal_types' (currently
> empty; what would fill it?) and the "Actions" tab of a specific
> type?

Each 'Action Provider' has at least one 'Actions' tab to configure the 
Actions it provides. The 'Actions' tab of a specific type configures 
actions specific to this type.

> Why is 'portal_types' mentioned here:
> 
>  .../portal_actions/manage_overview
> 
> ("These actions are drawn from several sources: [...]
>     * the types tool, for actions which are specific to a given
>       content type."
> ) while is does not feature here:
> 
>  .../portal_actions/manage_actionProviders

The 'Actions Tool' has an 'Action Providers' tab to configure the 
optional used 'Action Providers'.

> ? The other "Action Providers", and more, all feature on
> manage_actionProviders. Shouldn't there be a note on
> manage_overview mentioning that the list presented there is
> not exhaustive, but merely an example?

There could be a note that types_tool is not an optional 'Action 
Provider' and there for is not mentioned on the 'Action Providers' tab.

> Should I file a Collector issue on this?

Don't know. There are more important things to fix.


HTH,
Yuppie