POC for interactive selection mode

app/assets/stylesheets/content/work_packages/timelines/_timelines.sass

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @import '_slider'
 @import 'elements/_bar'
 @import 'elements/_milestone'
+@import 'elements/_relation'
 
 .wp-timeline--th
   min-width: 600px !important

app/assets/stylesheets/content/work_packages/timelines/elements/_bar.sass

@@ -47,3 +47,45 @@
     right: -85px
     padding: 0 5px 0 5px
     font-size: 10px
+
+.active-selection-mode
+  .timeline-element.bar
+    border: 1px solid orange !important
+    outline: 1px solid orange !important
+    cursor: pointer !important
+    background: linear-gradient(270deg, #eeeeee, #bbbbbb)
+    background-size: 400% 400%
+
+    -webkit-animation: AnimationName 2s ease infinite
+    -moz-animation: AnimationName 2s ease infinite
+    animation: AnimationName 2s ease infinite
+
+    .leftHandle
+      cursor: pointer !important
+
+    .rightHandle
+      cursor: pointer !important
+
+    @-webkit-keyframes AnimationName
+      0%
+        background-position: 0% 50%
+      50%
+        background-position: 100% 50%
+      100%
+        background-position: 0% 50%
+
+    @-moz-keyframes AnimationName
+      0%
+        background-position: 0% 50%
+      50%
+        background-position: 100% 50%
+      100%
+        background-position: 0% 50%
+
+    @keyframes AnimationName
+      0%
+        background-position: 0% 50%
+      50%
+        background-position: 100% 50%
+      100%
+        background-position: 0% 50%

app/assets/stylesheets/content/work_packages/timelines/elements/_milestone.sass

@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@
     padding: 0 5px 0 5px
     font-size: 10px
 
+.active-selection-mode
+  .timeline-element.milestone
+    .diamond
+      border: 1px solid orange !important
+      outline: 1px solid orange !important
+      background: #EEEEEE none !important

app/assets/stylesheets/content/work_packages/timelines/elements/_relation.sass

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.timeline-element.relation-line
+  position: absolute
+  float: left
+  background-color: blue
+
+.active-selection-mode
+  .timeline-element.relation-line
+    background-color: #cacaca !important

frontend/app/components/wp-table/timeline/cell-renderer/timeline-cell-renderer.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ export class TimelineCellRenderer {
                      renderInfo: RenderInfo,
                      elem: HTMLElement): "left" | "right" | "both" | "dragright" | "create" {
 
+    // check for active selection mode
+    if (renderInfo.viewParams.activeSelectionMode) {
+      renderInfo.viewParams.activeSelectionMode(renderInfo.workPackage);
+      ev.preventDefault();
+      return "both"; // irrelevant
+    }
+
     renderInfo.workPackage.storePristine('startDate');
     renderInfo.workPackage.storePristine('dueDate');
     let direction: "left" | "right" | "both" | "create" | "dragright";
@@ -223,6 +230,11 @@ export class TimelineCellRenderer {
       bar.style.minWidth = "30px";
     }
 
+    // check for active selection mode
+    if (renderInfo.viewParams.activeSelectionMode) {
+      bar.style.backgroundImage = null; // required! unable to disable "fade out bar" with css
+    }
+
     return true;
   }
 

frontend/app/components/wp-table/timeline/wp-timeline-container.directive.ts

@@ -27,17 +27,20 @@
 // ++
 import {openprojectModule} from "../../../angular-modules";
 import {TimelineViewParameters, RenderInfo, timelineElementCssClass} from "./wp-timeline";
-import {WorkPackageResourceInterface} from "./../../api/api-v3/hal-resources/work-package-resource.service";
-import {HalRequestService} from '../../api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service';
+import {
+  WorkPackageResourceInterface,
+  WorkPackageResource
+} from "./../../api/api-v3/hal-resources/work-package-resource.service";
+import {HalRequestService} from "../../api/api-v3/hal-request/hal-request.service";
 import {WpTimelineHeader} from "./wp-timeline.header";
 import {States} from "./../../states.service";
 import {BehaviorSubject, Observable} from "rxjs";
-import * as moment from 'moment';
+import * as moment from "moment";
+import {WpTimelineGlobalService} from "./wp-timeline-global.directive";
+import {opDimensionEventName} from "../../common/ui/detect-dimension-changes.directive";
 import Moment = moment.Moment;
 import IDirective = angular.IDirective;
 import IScope = angular.IScope;
-import { WpTimelineGlobalService } from "./wp-timeline-global.directive";
-import { opDimensionEventName } from "../../common/ui/detect-dimension-changes.directive";
 
 export class WorkPackageTimelineTableController {
 
@@ -87,6 +90,16 @@ export class WorkPackageTimelineTableController {
 
     // TODO: Load only necessary types from API
     TypeResource.loadAll();
+
+    // TODO //////////////////////////////////////
+    (window as any).tt = () => {
+      this.activateSelectionMode(endWorkPackage => {
+        console.log("done", endWorkPackage.id);
+      });
+    };
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      (window as any).tt();
+    }, 3000);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -152,6 +165,18 @@ export class WorkPackageTimelineTableController {
       );
   }
 
+  activateSelectionMode(callback: (wp: WorkPackageResource) => any) {
+    this._viewParameters.activeSelectionMode = (wp: WorkPackageResource) => {
+      callback(wp);
+      this._viewParameters.activeSelectionMode = null;
+      this.$element.removeClass("active-selection-mode");
+      this.refreshView();
+    };
+    this.$element.addClass("active-selection-mode");
+    console.log(this.$element);
+    this.refreshView();
+  }
+
   private calculateViewParams(currentParams: TimelineViewParameters): boolean {
     if (this.disableViewParamsCalculation) {
       return false;

frontend/app/components/wp-table/timeline/wp-timeline-global.directive.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 // -- copyright
 // OpenProject is a project management system.
 // Copyright (C) 2012-2017 the OpenProject Foundation (OPF)
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ import {WorkPackageResource} from "../../api/api-v3/hal-resources/work-package-r
 import IScope = angular.IScope;
 
 
-export const timelineGlobalElementCssClassname = 'timeline-global-element';
+export const timelineGlobalElementCssClassname = "relation-line";
 
 function newSegment(vp: TimelineViewParameters,
                     classId: string,
@@ -50,11 +49,11 @@ function newSegment(vp: TimelineViewParameters,
                     height: number): HTMLElement {
 
   const segment = document.createElement('div');
-  segment.classList.add(timelineElementCssClass, timelineGlobalElementCssClassname, classId);
-  segment.style.position = 'absolute';
-  segment.style.cssFloat = 'left';
-  segment.style.backgroundColor = 'blue';
-  // segment.style.backgroundColor = color;
+  segment.classList.add(
+    timelineElementCssClass,
+    timelineGlobalElementCssClassname,
+    classId);
+
   segment.style.marginLeft = vp.scrollOffsetInPx + 'px';
   segment.style.top = top + 'px';
   segment.style.left = left + 'px';
@@ -97,16 +96,16 @@ export class WpTimelineGlobalService {
         halRequest.get(
           '/api/v3/relations',
           {
-            filter: [{ involved: {operator: '=', values: this.workPackageIdOrder } }]
+            filter: [{involved: {operator: '=', values: this.workPackageIdOrder}}]
           }).then((collection: CollectionResource) => {
-            this.removeAllElements();
-            collection.elements.forEach((relation: RelationResource) => {
-              const fromId = WorkPackageResource.idFromLink(relation.from.href!);
-              const toId = WorkPackageResource.idFromLink(relation.to.href!);
-              this.displayRelation(fromId, toId);
-            });
-            this.renderElements();
+          this.removeAllElements();
+          collection.elements.forEach((relation: RelationResource) => {
+            const fromId = WorkPackageResource.idFromLink(relation.from.href!);
+            const toId = WorkPackageResource.idFromLink(relation.to.href!);
+            this.displayRelation(fromId, toId);
           });
+          this.renderElements();
+        });
       });
   }
 

frontend/app/components/wp-table/timeline/wp-timeline.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 // See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 // ++
 import * as moment from "moment";
-import {WorkPackageResourceInterface} from "../../api/api-v3/hal-resources/work-package-resource.service";
+import {
+  WorkPackageResourceInterface,
+  WorkPackageResource
+} from "../../api/api-v3/hal-resources/work-package-resource.service";
 import {WpTimelineHeader} from "./wp-timeline.header";
 import Moment = moment.Moment;
 
@@ -65,6 +68,8 @@ export class TimelineViewParameters {
 
   timelineHeader: WpTimelineHeader;
 
+  activeSelectionMode: null|((wp: WorkPackageResource) => any) = null;
+
   get pixelPerDay() {
     switch (this.settings.zoomLevel) {
       case ZoomLevel.DAYS: