Information valid from AMI version 8.0 initial release
Summary
The Lightbox gadget is meant to complement the Asset gadget.
As well as letting you see the assets that are linked from the current object, you can also see the assets for the current object's parent, ancestors, children, descendants, or siblings. In addition the Lightbox gadget can show the assets in Asset Choice Lists.
In general the Lightbox gadget looks and behaves very similarly to the Asset gadget. The one major difference is that the Lightbox gadget is read-only: it is purely a selection mechanism.
Just like the Asset gadget, the Lightbox gadget has both Thumbnail and List views
Thumbnail View
For each asset we show the following information:
- The Asset Relation name at the top (except for choice lists)
- A thumbnail of the asset
- A selection checkbox
- The name of the asset at the bottom right
In Thumbnail view the assets are always sorted by asset name.
The relation name indicates which relation the asset is linked to by.
List View
For each asset we show the following information:
- A selection checkbox
- A thumbnail of the asset
- Zero or more of the asset's attributes (see the Select Details menu item)
In List view the user can click on any column's heading to sort by that column's values
Assets to Display
The first dropdown menu on the gadget's toolbar lets the user select which collection of assets to display. There are three groups of collections:
Previews
Preview images of the current object, or its ancestors, its siblings, etc.
Linked
Asset objects that are linked from the current object, or its ancestors, its siblings, etc.
Choice Lists
The Agility asset choice lists
Asset Filters
The second dropdown contains an entry for each Agility asset filter, sorted alphabetically. When an asset filter is selected only assets matching that filter will be displayed.
Zoom In/Out
The two magnifying glass icons on the right hand side of the gadget's toolbar let the user resize the thumbnails.
The maximum and minimum magnifications are set up in the workspace editor.
Gadget Action Menu Items
Copy
This menu item is only enabled if one or more assets are selected.
Checked assets will be placed onto the clipboard. If they have relation information, then that is also copied to the clipboard. If no relation information is available (i.e. for choice list assets) then simple asset information is copied to the clipboard.
Select Details
This menu item is only enabled when the Lightbox gadget is in List view. It brings up a dialog that lets the user choose attributes to display as columns in the List view. The choice of attributes is restricted to attributes that belong to an attribute set that is associated with an Asset object type, or attributes that exist on at least one of the assets in the list.
Notes
The Lightbox gadget assumes that every asset object has an instance in the Asset structure. Assets for which this is not true will not be shown.