doc/book/devweb/facets.rst
author Denis Laxalde <denis.laxalde@logilab.fr>
Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:21:31 +0100
branch3.24
changeset 11948 73ed9c204de9
parent 10495 5bd914ebf3ae
permissions -rw-r--r--
[migration] Move pyramid-related migration after "entities" table modifications Otherwise, we getting into `add_entity_type('CWSession')` we try to insert a CWEType without any 'asource' column (per 3.24's schema) whereas the backend still wants it. Closes #17054035.

The facets system
-----------------

Facets allow to restrict searches according to some user friendly criterias.
CubicWeb has a builtin `facet`_ system to define restrictions `filters`_ really
as easily as possible.

Here is an exemple of the facets rendering picked from our
http://www.cubicweb.org web site:

.. image:: ../../images/facet_overview.png

Facets will appear on each page presenting more than one entity that may be
filtered according to some known criteria.

Base classes for facets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. automodule:: cubicweb.web.facet


.. _facet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_browser
.. _filters: http://www.cubicweb.org/blogentry/154152