--- a/web/views/primary.py	Wed Sep 15 11:13:17 2010 +0200
+++ b/web/views/primary.py	Wed Sep 15 15:00:04 2010 +0200
@@ -336,6 +336,28 @@
         if url:
             self.w(u'<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, url))
 
+class AttributeView(EntityView):
+    """use this view on an entity as an alternative to more sophisticated
+    views such as reledit.
+
+    Ex. usage:
+
+    uicfg.primaryview_display_ctrl.tag_attribute(('Foo', 'bar'), {'vid': 'attribute'})
+    """
+    __regid__ = 'attribute'
+    __select__ = EntityView.__select__ & match_kwargs('rtype')
+
+    def cell_call(self, row, col, rtype, **kwargs):
+        entity = self.cw_rset.get_entity(row, col)
+        if self._cw.vreg.schema.rschema(rtype).final:
+            self.w(entity.printable_value(rtype))
+        else:
+            dispctrl = uicfg.primaryview_display_ctrl.etype_get(
+                entity.e_schema, rtype, kwargs['role'], '*')
+            rset = entity.related(rtype, role)
+            if rset:
+                self.wview('autolimited', rset, initargs={'dispctrl': dispctrl})
+
 
 ## default primary ui configuration ###########################################