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- # Boxes
- Boxes module is a reimplementation of the custom blocks (boxes) that the core
- block module provides. It is a proof of concept for what a re-worked block
- module could do.
- The module assumes that custom blocks are configuration, and not content. This
- means that it is a reasonable action to ask for all blocks at one time, this is
- in fact exactly what the core block module does.
- ## Features
- **Inline editing.** Boxes provides an inline interface for editing blocks,
- allowing you to change the contents of blocks without going to an admin page.
- **Exportability.** Boxes provided blocks can be exported into code. Note; this
- includes the settings for the boxes themselves and not visibility rules. For
- exporting visibility settings the Context[1] module is recommended.
- **Pluggable box types.** Boxes includes a basic "box type" that mimics how custom
- blocks behave in core. Boxes is designed to allow for modules to provide
- additional "box types" that have different configuration and rendering options.
- ## Chaos tools support
- Boxes provides exportables for its blocks via the required Chaos tools[2]
- module. This allows modules to provide blocks in code that can be overwritten
- in the UI.
- Chaos tools is required to use Boxes.
- ## Spaces support
- Boxes provides a Spaces[3] controller class that allows individual spaces to
- override a particular block, or even define a completely new block for a
- specific space.
- Spaces is not required by boxes.
- ## Todo
- * Boxes need language awareness.
- * The inline editing experience could be nicer.
- [1] http://drupal.org/project/context
- [2] http://drupal.org/project/ctools
- [3] http://drupal.org/project/spaces
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