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Bug 338465

Summary: Request for GEF rendering in web ui
Product: [Tools] GEF Reporter: Christophe Cornu <christophe.cornu+eclipse>
Component: GEF-Legacy GEF (MVC)Assignee: gef-inbox <gef-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: nyssen
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: All   
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Description Christophe Cornu CLA 2011-02-28 15:45:17 EST 
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RTC SCM uses GEF to implement a flow browser diagram in Rational Team Concert Eclipse Client.
We would like to be able to save the diagram in a format that can be displayed in a web browser. E.g.

1. User creates and edits the diagram on Eclipse client.
2. User selects an "Export" action.
3. Diagram is saved to a png image file and an xml map (or html image map).
4. We can render the diagram in a web browser using that png image file and producing an html image map or producing <div> tags to render the boxes (rectancles) in the diagram.
5. User can hover over certain parts of the diagram. Thanks to the map, we can implement tooltips, change the color of the rectangles, implement linking etc.

Has GEF ever considered providing some form of support for exporting diagrams in a format that can be rendered in web browsers?

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Alexander Nyßen CLA 2015-05-16 11:38:17 EDT 
The GEF (MVC) 3.x component is in maintenance mode, i.e. no new features will be developed. For GEF4, we have an example (GEF4 MVC Logo example) that demonstrates how a GEF4-based editor/viewer can be integrated into the browser. However, the described use cased would IMHO also be outside the scope of GEF4 (I could think of an SVG or PNG-export within the MVC.FX component, but not exporting an image map). As such, resolving this as WONTFIX.