Restore Minimizing Portlets

These instructions step you through the process to enable the minimize links on portlets.

Step 1: Modify the content.xsl file

1. Open content.xsl for editing (../uportal-war/src/main/resources/layout/theme/universality/content.xsl)

2. Uncomment the areas below marked "UNCOMMENT FOR MINIMIZE CONTROL"

   <xsl:if test="not(//focused) and @minimized='false'"> <!-- Focus. -->
           <!-- UNCOMMENT FOR MINIMIZE CONTROL
           <a href="{$BASE_ACTION_URL}?uP_root=root&amp;uP_tcattr=minimized&amp;minimized_channelId={@ID}&amp;minimized_{@ID}_value=true&amp;uP_save=all"
              title="{$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MINIMIZE_LONG_LABEL']}" class="up-portlet-control minimize">
             <span><xsl:value-of select="$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MINIMIZE_LABEL']"/></span>
           </a>
           -->
           <a href="{$BASE_ACTION_URL}?uP_root={@ID}" title="{$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MAXIMIZE_LONG_LABEL']}" class="up-portlet-control focus">
             <span><xsl:value-of select="$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MAXIMIZE_LABEL']"/></span>
           </a>
         </xsl:if>
         <xsl:if test="@minimized='true'"> <!-- Return from Minimized. -->
           <!-- UNCOMMENT FOR UNMINIMIZE CONTROL
           <a href="{$BASE_ACTION_URL}?uP_root=root&amp;uP_tcattr=minimized&amp;minimized_channelId={@ID}&amp;minimized_{@ID}_value=false&amp;uP_save=all"
              title="{$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_RETURN_LONG_LABEL']}" class="up-portlet-control return">
             <span><xsl:value-of select="$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_RETURN_LABEL']"/></span>
           </a>
           -->
         </xsl:if>
   

3. The modifications above should now look like the following:

   <xsl:if test="not(//focused) and @minimized='false'"> <!-- Focus. -->
           <a href="{$BASE_ACTION_URL}?uP_root=root&amp;uP_tcattr=minimized&amp;minimized_channelId={@ID}&amp;minimized_{@ID}_value=true&amp;uP_save=all"
              title="{$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MINIMIZE_LONG_LABEL']}" class="up-portlet-control minimize">
             <span><xsl:value-of select="$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MINIMIZE_LABEL']"/></span>
           </a>
           <a href="{$BASE_ACTION_URL}?uP_root={@ID}" title="{$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MAXIMIZE_LONG_LABEL']}" class="up-portlet-control focus">
             <span><xsl:value-of select="$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_MAXIMIZE_LABEL']"/></span>
           </a>
         </xsl:if>
         <xsl:if test="@minimized='true'"> <!-- Return from Minimized. -->
           <a href="{$BASE_ACTION_URL}?uP_root=root&amp;uP_tcattr=minimized&amp;minimized_channelId={@ID}&amp;minimized_{@ID}_value=false&amp;uP_save=all"
              title="{$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_RETURN_LONG_LABEL']}" class="up-portlet-control return">
             <span><xsl:value-of select="$TOKEN[@name='PORTLET_RETURN_LABEL']"/></span>
           </a>
         </xsl:if>
   

4. Next, in the same file (content.xsl)  find the following code segment (around line #85)

   <!-- ****** START: PORTLET CONTENT ****** -->
   <div id="portletContent_{@ID}" class="up-portlet-content-wrapper"> <!-- Portlet content container. -->
        <div class="up-portlet-content-wrapper-inner">  <!-- Inner div for additional presentation/formatting options. -->
               <xsl:copy-of select="."/> <!-- Write in the contents of the portlet. -->
        </div>
   </div>
   

   Replace with the following segment:

   <!-- ****** START: PORTLET CONTENT ****** -->
   <div id="portletContent_{@ID}" class="up-portlet-content-wrapper"> <!-- Portlet content container. -->
        <div class="up-portlet-content-wrapper-inner">  <!-- Inner div for additional presentation/formatting options. -->
             <xsl:if test="@minimized != 'true'">
                 <xsl:copy-of select="."/> <!-- Write in the contents of the portlet. -->
             </xsl:if>
        </div>
   </div> 
   

5. Finally, in the same file (content.xsl) locate another code segment (around line #110 - 113)

   <!-- ****** PORTLET CONTENT ****** -->
   <div id="portletContent_{@ID}" class="fl-widget-content fl-fix up-portlet-content-wrapper"> <!-- Portlet content container. -->
        <div class="up-portlet-content-wrapper-inner">  <!-- Inner div for additional presentation/formatting options. -->
            <xsl:copy-of select="."/> <!-- Write in the contents of the portlet. -->
        </div>
   </div>
   

   Replace with the following segment:

   <!-- ****** PORTLET CONTENT ****** -->
   <div id="portletContent_{@ID}" class="fl-widget-content fl-fix up-portlet-content-wrapper"> <!-- Portlet content container. -->
        <div class="up-portlet-content-wrapper-inner">  <!-- Inner div for additional presentation/formatting options. -->
           <xsl:if test="@minimized != 'true'">
               <xsl:copy-of select="."/> <!-- Write in the contents of the portlet. -->
           </xsl:if>
        </div>
   </div>
   

• You will notice above that we are simply adding a test to determine if the portlet is/is not in a minimized state before we write in the contents of the portlet.

Step 2: Deploy your changes

• deploy your changes from your uPortal source directory

ant deploy-war

Step 3: Restart Tomcat

Restart your tomcat servlet container to activate the change.