Timeline entries should not be links, when "main_page" is empty

[Nikolaus Krismer]

It is a great idea the menu item in the navbar can be disabled, but shouldn't this also apply on timeline entry-links?

On my network hudson is only viewable in the intranet, while trac itself is accessable also via the internet. Therefore links in the timeline view of trac only work in the intranet; when accessing trac via the internet all these links result in "HTTP 404: Not found".

Is there any reason why links in the timeline should not be disabled when main_page in trac.ini is empty?

[rodrigo.benenson@…]

Well, you may want to keep your navbar non cluttered while having a full featured timeline.

[roadrunner]

I agree - enabling/disabling of the main-menu is really independent of the timeline.

However, can you explain how the plugin should detect whether to display in the timeline or not? Or do you want the timeline entries to always be disabled? If so, why not disable the plugin completely, as it seems to then provide no useful functionality. What am I missing?

[roadrunner]

Replying to roadrunner:

However, can you explain how the plugin should detect whether to display in the timeline or not? Or do you want the timeline entries to always be disabled? If so, why not disable the plugin completely, as it seems to then provide no useful functionality. What am I missing?

Sorry, ignore this - I misunderstood your original request.

However, now that I do, I have to tell you that it not possible to do this (from within a plugin): the timeline template in trac always creates an anchor (<a>) tag, i.e. it always creates a link. While I could provide an option to, say, return empty url's (so that the link just points to the timeline again), I'm not sure if that's any better than the current error.

I'm therefore closing this ticket - feel free to re-open if you have any better ideas.