setContextPath no longer works with absurl

[steve_tekell]

a change to setContextPath in v3 (3Stable/Final)
breaks this

<script> setContextPath('${absurl(url.context)}'); </script>‍

the context path will get set to "" and Ajax won't work.
the workaround I found was to set _alfContextPath directly

<script> _alfContextPath = '${absurl(url.context)}'; </script>‍

I needed to use absurl to get the node summary panel to work in external applications in some environments,  e.g., localhost:8081.

[mikeh]

Thanks for the heads-up Steve.

If you get a chance (and haven't already), could you raise the issue in JIRA please?

Many thanks,
Mike

[steve_tekell]

ok
https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALFCOM-2544

but I realized, it's not absurl
it's any setContextPath in an external app
so if /myapp and /alfresco are running on the same server
setContextPath('/alfresco') no longer works from within /myapp
and you need to set _alfContextPath

Actually the method seems like it was changed just make this setContextPath fail in such a case.
I don't know the reasoning.  I do know it was non-trivial to get node summary panel working outside alfresco in the first place.  Maybe there's a better alternative now.

Thanks for the heads-up Steve.

If you get a chance (and haven't already), could you raise the issue in JIRA please?

Many thanks,
Mike