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Setting default view as 'Details View'

siquser — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:06:22 GMT

After logging sucessfully into alfresco, I changed my setting to display the item as "Details View", then i logged off.Now if I login again, the setting is not persisted as "Details View", its gets changed to "Icon View"Any idea how to change this settings so that it does not rever back?

Re: Setting default view as 'Details View'

danovtx — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:48:29 GMT

After logging sucessfully into alfresco, I changed my setting to display the item as "Details View", then i logged off.
Now if I login again, the setting is not persisted as "Details View", its gets changed to "Icon View"

Any idea how to change this settings so that it does not rever back?

I'm looking for the same thing, it's annoying to have to change it every time I log in. If this isn't currently available, could it get worked into a later release??

Thanks!

Re: Setting default view as 'Details View'

danovtx — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:16:42 GMT

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!

Snooping around in the forums, I found a completely unrelated post that looked suspiciously useful…. Here's what I did:

In the file: /alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/web-client-config.xml
Look for the below lines:
<browse>
<!– allowable values: list|details|icons –>
<view>icons</view>
<page-size>
<list>10</list>
<details>10</details>
<icons>9</icons>
</page-size>
</browse>

I've changed mine to the following (numbers were changed for my personal preference, but in the <view> tags is the key change):
<browse>
<!– allowable values: list|details|icons –>
<view>details</view>
<page-size>
<list>20</list>
<details>20</details>
<icons>15</icons>
</page-size>
</browse>

I switched it from icons to details, and I'm sure list would do the same if you wanted the list view as default. Make these changes, then restart the app, and you should be good to go.

Re: Setting default view as 'Details View'

siquser — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:01:34 GMT

Very good catch; I tried your suggestion and it worked. Thanks a lot