PasswordProtectedPreferences/fr

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Mot de passe pour la modification des préférences

DRAFT, NEEDS MORE WORK

The idea is to protect the preferences using a password, to avoid the children changing something in the prefs, causing disorder.

Principles

• Somebody trying to open the prefs will trigger a dialog box, asking for a password : if the password is ok , continue and open the preferences dialog box, else abort
• provide a default generic password (e.g. "professor")
• this default password will be modifiable by the teacher, opening the prefs

Attention : the toolbars will stay customizable.

Scenario #01

STEP 01

• The user calls the menu "preferences" (in the menu or using shortcut, e.g. On Mac OS X)

STEP 02

• The preferences dialog box is displayed with all disabled.
• The user has to click on the lock/unlock button
• Missing: Click on "Cancel" or "ESC" button returns to OOo4Kids
• Suggestion : the active "Cancel" buttton should be aligned with the lock button

STEP 03

• Clicking on the the unlock button displaying the dialog box to enter the password.

STEP 04

• If the password is ok:
  • All settings are now enabled and the user can change them
  • Close the preferences dialog box, will end the feature
• If the password is wrong:
  • An error message is provided, and the user has to click on OK to continue
  • We return to the previous dialog box ( the greyed Preferences one )
  • The preferences dialog box is displayed with all disabled, and the user has either to :
    • Validate the step with a correct password,
    • Or click on cancel to return to OOo4Kids

Implementation of Scenario #01

=> This is a draft

Model

• Password entered length : short int
• Is password entered correct : boolean
• Is pref canceled : boolean
• CanActivePrefs  : boolean
• Is new password equal to old password : boolean
• The password itself : OUString
• New password : OUString
• Confirmed new password: OUString
• Password container : setup.xcu
• Entered password validation "Ok" : button
• Entered password validation "Cancel" : button
• Validation new password "Ok" : button
• Validation new password "Cancel" : button
• Closed lock : button + image
• Open lock : button + image

View

• Modal dialog box "Enter a password", with buttons "Ok", "Cancel" and one writable text area
• Modal dialog box "Enter new password", with buttons "Confirm new password", "Ok", "Cancel" and two writable text areas

Controler

=> TBD

The controller should be based on:

• create a new class inherited from sfx2 password
• replace the old treeopt.cxx with a new one, including booleans and the new behavior
• inactive prefs will be events driven: infinite look (modal Window) waiting for hit the lock or esc to cancel the prefs modification

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Idées et Suggestions

As we are talking about preferences of OOo4Kids : I think we have also to review the content and the layout of this dialog box.

Because :

• there are too many settings
• the organisation is very confusing sometime

This is a critical related OpenOffice globaly. I think we have to keep only the majors setting and to make it clear to understand.

Another idea could be to have a Preference panel for the children with a reduce set of settings and another one with more options for the teachers. Of course it will not replace the password options proposed in this page but be a complement. Lafonjm 21 avril 2009 à 09:10 (CEST)