CLinkPager on CGridView GoTo First and Last links are set hidden in css

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Its strange to see that the links to First and Last page are not visible and are controlled from CSS.

However , I decided to use js instead of CSS to enable them again in CGridView. Here I go :


'pager'=>array(

			'class'=>'CLinkPager',			

			'header'=>'Visit to page',			

			'firstPageLabel'=>'<<',

			'prevPageLabel'=>'<',

			'nextPageLabel'=>'>',	

			'lastPageLabel'=>'>>',

		),

   'afterAjaxUpdate'=>"function(){resetPagerFLK('table_grid');}"





<?php Yii::app()->clientScript->registerScript('initPagelinks',<<<EOD


function resetPagerFLK(gridID){

 var config= $.fn.yiiGridView.settings[gridID];

 var selector='#'+gridID+' div.'+config.pagerClass;

 $(selector).find('li.first,li.last').css({'display':'inline-block'});   

}


//enable links on first load

resetPagerFLK('table_grid');


EOD

,CClientScript::POS_READY); ?>

I would like to hear from you expert people how you come along with this issue in best way and any reason why its set to hide in CSS deliberately ?

2

This is so-called ‘by design’. ::)

http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4230-clinkpager-first-and-last-buttons

http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php?/topic/8326-clinkpager-enabling-firspagelabel-and-lastpagelabel

IMO, adding some property to CLinkPager in order to control the behavior would be really nice.

But in the mean time, I think that specifying your own CSS would be a straightforward solution when you don’t like the current behavior.

3

Thanks for the reply ,but I just find it confusing bcz

Is there any bug associated with the page link rendering logic ? Yes/No

  if No , why create a confusion with CSS 


  if YES ,is it fixed in recent version ,and  why CSS is still hiding it

I know how to fix the css and add mine but look ! we have already added 4+ posts to forum to find WHY this is hidden when it shouldn’t.

In few words: "Unexpected behavior"

However, thanks for the reply.

4

Hi.

I hope, the first and last links are hidden initially because, you do not have enough pages in your pagination.

Say if you had only 3 pages of information, and all three page links are already available on the pager, there is no meaning in showing first and last links.

Makes sense ?

If you still want to change this behavior, I suggest rather than making the change in css / javascript, directly extend the CLinkpager and override the methods you want.

Do not panic, extending these classes are super easy.

have a look at my post and I hope this would help

http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php/topic/41453-extend-clinkpager-example/