[Xerte-dev] use of info tag in xwd forms

[Kemp Johnathan]

On the 4th December I posted to the developer list an issue with the xwd
forms relating to the use of the "info" tag.

The inclusion of an info tag in the xwd form can result in space being
allocated above the info tag for the display of the last few properties in
the xwd form definition, but the properties are not visible in the form.
You can however confirm their "presence" as the mouse pointer responds to
them if moved over the input fields.

You can test this out in Xerte (or XOT) by creating a page using one of the
Connector page types. The info tag has been used in these pages to link to
a pdf help file that is hosted on the Xerte community web site, but the
"language" flagged form properties are no longer all editable, due to the
presence of the info tag.

This is a pity as the info tag could be used to provide a link to an
external document that gives the Author useful additional information to
assist them in making the best use of that page type. e.g.

   - Information about what the page is designed to do
   - Instructions on what the properties in the form are to help in
   completing the form created by the xwd file;
   - examples of actual uses of that page type in real projects.
   - examples of combining this page type with other page types to achieve
   a particular pedagogical approach
   - guidance as to how accessible the page is with respect to particular
   types of user, or what features the page has as optional properties to
   provide additional accessibility

However at present if the "info" tag is used then the ability to edit the
language flagged elements of the page is compromised.

Is this something that is intended to be addressed before the next release
of Xerte / XOT?

Sorry to be a nuisance, but it seems such a potentially useful feature it
seems a shame not to be able to use it.

Kind regards

Johnathan
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