WIP on Et2Description. Shows improvement in nm render speed.

api/js/etemplate/ActivateLinksDirective.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import {Directive, directive, html, repeat} from "@lion/core";
+import {et2_activateLinks} from "./et2_core_common";
+
+/**
+ * Activates links in text
+ *
+ * @example
+ * this.value = "This text has links to https://www.egroupware.org";
+ * ...
+ * render()
+ * {
+ *     return html`activateLinks(this.value)`;
+ * }
+ * renders as:
+ * <a href="https://www.egroupware.org" target="_blank">egroupware.org</a>
+ */
+class ActivateLinksDirective extends Directive
+{
+	render(text_with_urls, _target)
+	{
+		let list = et2_activateLinks(text_with_urls);
+
+		return html`${repeat(list, (item, index) =>
+		{
+			// No urls in this section
+			if(typeof item == "string" || typeof item == "number")
+			{
+				// Just text.  Easy (framework handles \n)
+				return item;
+			}
+			// Url found, deal with it
+			else if(item && item.text)
+			{
+				if(!item.href)
+				{
+					console.warn("et2_activateLinks gave bad data", item, _target);
+					item.href = "";
+				}
+				let click = null;
+				let target = null;
+
+				// open mailto links depending on preferences in mail app
+				if(item.href.substr(0, 7) == "mailto:" &&
+					egw.user('apps').mail &&
+					egw.preference('force_mailto', 'addressbook') != '1')
+				{
+					click = function(event)
+					{
+						egw.open_link(this);
+						return false;
+					}.bind(item.href);
+					item.href = "#";
+				}
+
+				if(typeof _target != "undefined" && _target && _target != "_self" && item.href.substr(0, 7) != "mailto:")
+				{
+					target = _target;
+				}
+				return html`<a href="${item.href}" @click=${click} target="${target}">${item.text}</a>`;
+			}
+		})}`;
+	}
+
+}
+
+export const activateLinks = directive(ActivateLinksDirective);

api/js/etemplate/Et2Description/Et2Description.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/**
+ * EGroupware eTemplate2 - Description WebComponent
+ *
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
+ * @package api
+ * @link https://www.egroupware.org
+ * @author Nathan Gray
+ */
+
+import {Et2Widget} from "../Et2Widget/Et2Widget";
+import {html, css, LitElement} from "@lion/core";
+import {et2_IDetachedDOM} from "../et2_core_interfaces";
+import {activateLinks} from "../ActivateLinksDirective";
+
+export class Et2Description extends Et2Widget(LitElement) implements et2_IDetachedDOM
+{
+
+	protected _value : string = "";
+
+	static get styles()
+	{
+		return [
+			...super.styles,
+			css`
+			:host {
+				white-space: pre-wrap;
+			}`
+		];
+	}
+
+	static get properties()
+	{
+		return {
+			...super.properties,
+			value: String,
+		}
+	}
+
+	set_value(value)
+	{
+		this.value = value;
+	}
+
+	get value()
+	{
+		return this._value;
+	}
+
+	set value(_value : string)
+	{
+		let oldValue = this.value;
+
+		if(!_value)
+		{
+			_value = "";
+		}
+
+		// Do we do this here, or in transformAttributes()?
+		if(!this.no_lang)
+		{
+			_value = this.egw().lang(_value);
+		}
+
+		if(_value && (_value + "").indexOf('%s') != -1)
+		{
+			_value = _value.replace(/%s/g, _value);
+		}
+
+		this._value = _value;
+		this.requestUpdate('value', oldValue);
+	}
+
+	render()
+	{
+
+		// Add hover action button (Edit)
+		if(this.hover_action)
+		{
+			// TODO
+		}
+		if(this.extra_link_popup || this.mime)
+		{
+			// TODO
+		}
+		
+
+		// If there's a link, wrap that
+		if(this.href && this._value)
+		{
+			return this.wrapLink(this.href, this._value);
+		}
+		// If we want to activate links inside, do that
+		else if(this.activateLinks && this._value)
+		{
+			return this.getActivatedValue(this._value, this.href ? this.extra_link_target : '_blank');
+		}
+		// Just do the value
+		else
+		{
+			return html`${this._value}`;
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected wrapLink(href, value)
+	{
+		if(href.indexOf('/') == -1 && href.split('.').length >= 3 &&
+			!(href.indexOf('mailto:') != -1 || href.indexOf('://') != -1 || href.indexOf('javascript:') != -1)
+		)
+		{
+			href = "/index.php?menuaction=" + href;
+		}
+		if(href.charAt(0) == '/')             // link relative to eGW
+		{
+			href = egw.link(href);
+		}
+		return html`<a href="${href}" target="${this.target ?? "_blank"}">${value}</a>`;
+	}
+
+	protected getActivatedValue(value, target)
+	{
+		return html`${activateLinks(value, target)}`;
+	}
+
+	getDetachedAttributes(attrs)
+	{
+		attrs.push("id", "value", "class");
+	}
+
+	getDetachedNodes() : HTMLElement[]
+	{
+		return [<HTMLElement><unknown>this];
+	}
+
+	setDetachedAttributes(_nodes : HTMLElement[], _values : object, _data? : any) : void
+	{
+		// Do nothing, since we can't actually stop being a DOM node...
+	}
+
+	loadFromXML()
+	{
+		// nope
+	}
+
+	loadingFinished()
+	{
+		// already done, I'm a wc with no children
+	}
+}
+
+// @ts-ignore TypeScript is not recognizing that this widget is a LitElement
+customElements.define("et2-description", Et2Description);

api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts

@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = (superClass) =>
 				},
 
 				/*** Style type attributes ***/
+				/**
+				 * Disable any translations for the widget
+				 */
+				no_lang: {
+					type: Boolean,
+					reflect: false
+				},
+
 				/**
 				 * Used by Et2Box to determine alignment.
 				 * Allowed values are left, right
@@ -1172,7 +1180,7 @@ function transformAttributes(widget, mgr : et2_arrayMgr, attributes)
 		}
 
 		// Set as attribute or property, as appropriate
-		if(widget.getAttributeNames().indexOf(attribute) >= 0)
+		if(widget.getAttributeNames().indexOf(attribute) >= 0 || property.reflect)
 		{
 			// Set as attribute (reflected in DOM)
 			widget.setAttribute(attribute, attrValue);
@@ -1196,3 +1204,4 @@ function transformAttributes(widget, mgr : et2_arrayMgr, attributes)
 		}
 	}
 }
+

api/js/etemplate/etemplate2.ts

@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ import '../jsapi/egw_json.js';
 import {egwIsMobile} from "../egw_action/egw_action_common.js";
 import './Et2Box/Et2Box';
 import './Et2Button/Et2Button';
+import './Et2Date/Et2Date';
+import './Et2Date/Et2DateReadonly'
 import './Et2Date/Et2DateTime';
 import './Et2Date/Et2DateTimeReadonly';
+import './Et2Description/Et2Description';
 import './Et2Textarea/Et2Textarea';
 import './Et2Textbox/Et2Textbox';
 import './Et2Colorpicker/Et2Colorpicker';