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require 'timeline'

module TimelineHelper
  
  # Include the javscript for the simile timeline
  def timeline_includes
    render :partial => 'shared/timeline_include'
  end
  
  # Create a new timeline. Example:
  #  timeline('tl',
  #    theme => 'ClassicTheme'
  #    startDate => '1900-01-01'
  #    stopDate => '2000-01-01'
  #    url => '.'
  #    bands => [{
  #      intervalUnit => 'DECADE',
  #      intervalPixels => 100,
  #      date => '1900-01-01',
  #      layout => 'original'
  #      # syncWith => 0,
  #      # highlight => true
  #    }],
  #    data => { ...timeline data... } 
  #  )
  #
  # You can set the :only_with_data option if you want no timeline for an
  # empty dataset
  def timeline(timeline_element, options)
    raise(ArgumentError, 'Must pass an option hash here') unless(options.is_a?(Hash))
    options.to_options!
    
    only_data = options.delete(:only_with_data)
    
    data = options.delete(:data)
    options[:timelineElement] = timeline_element
    timeline = Timeline.new(:config => options, :data => data)
    return '' if(timeline.empty? && only_data)
    render(:partial => 'shared/timeline', :object => timeline, :locals => { :element_id => timeline_element })
  end
  
end

Version data entries

5 entries across 5 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
muruca_widgets-0.2.6	generators/simile_timeline/templates/timeline_helper.rb
muruca_widgets-0.2.4	generators/simile_timeline/templates/timeline_helper.rb
muruca_widgets-0.2.3	generators/simile_timeline/templates/timeline_helper.rb
muruca_widgets-0.2.2	generators/simile_timeline/templates/timeline_helper.rb
muruca_widgets-0.2.1	generators/simile_timeline/templates/timeline_helper.rb