Repository File Picker

Functional Specification Revisions:

0.1 - 30/06/2008 - Jerome Mouneyrac - Draft Version

Audience:

Developer/QA tester

Status:

not implemented (tracker issue)

Related Documents:

• Repository API
• Repository Plugins
• Repository Interface for Moodle/Course/User
• Use Case Number Attribution

Introduction

This document is about functional specification for the file picker

Requirements

• be able to select a file in a external repository (in order to be associated with an activity)

User Interface

Javascript enabled

Moodleform

Following a picture of the Moodleform user interface: one button to display or undisplay the file picker, the read-only filename text field, and the ajax file picker.

Javascript disabled

As there is not HTML editor when javascript is disabled, we will look to the Moodleform case only.

Mock Ajax file picker screenshots

When you first call up the file picker and choose a repository, you might be asked to log in (if saving of passwords is not allowed):

Browsing files could look something like this:

And you can also search:

Use Cases

UC004-1 Select a file from an external repository

Base scenario

1. User select Browse a file

Pre conditions

- repository plugin is enabled in the administration

Post conditions

- the file reference has been associated to the parent form field