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So here is the deal. The code inside the graph.phtml file is this:

<?php
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 * @category    design
 * @package     default_default
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 * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php  Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
 */
/*
?>
<div style="width:587px;margin:20px;position:relative;margin-left:-294px;left:50%">
    <div style="position:absolute;right:1px;top:0px;left: expression(parentNode.offsetWidth - offsetWidth - 1 + 'px');">
        <div style="padding:5px;height:15px;width:15px;background-color:#F4F4F4" id="dashboard_<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>_cal_div"><img src="<?php echo Mage::getDesign()->getSkinUrl('images/grid-cal.gif') ?>" onclick="toggleCal('<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>')" /></div>
        <div style="padding:5px;display:none;width:200px;" id="dashboard_<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>_range_div" class="switcher">
            <?php echo $this->__('Select Range') ?>:
            <select name="period" id="order_<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>_period" onchange="changePeriod(this)">
                <?php foreach ($this->helper('adminhtml/dashboard_data')->getDatePeriods() as $_value=>$_label): ?>
                    <?php if(in_array($_value, array('custom'))) continue; ?>
                    <option value="<?php echo $_value ?>" <?php if($this->getRequest()->getParam('period')==$_value): ?> selected<?php endif; ?>><?php echo $_label ?></option>
                <?php endforeach; ?>
            </select>
            <img src="<?php echo Mage::getDesign()->getSkinUrl('images/dashboard-close.gif') ?>" onclick="toggleCal('<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>')" />
        </div>
    </div>
    <?php if($this->getCount()): ?>
    <img src="<?php echo $this->getChartUrl() ?>" />
    <?php else: ?>
    <div align="center" style="width:587px;height:300px;"><?php echo $this->__('No Data Found') ?></div>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php */ ?>
<div style="margin:20px;">
    <p class="switcher a-right" style="padding:5px 10px;"><?php echo $this->__('Select Range') ?>:
    <select name="period" id="order_<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>_period" onchange="changeDiagramsPeriod(this);">
        <?php foreach ($this->helper('adminhtml/dashboard_data')->getDatePeriods() as $_value=>$_label): ?>
            <?php if(in_array($_value, array('custom'))) continue; ?>
            <option value="<?php echo $_value ?>" <?php if($this->getRequest()->getParam('period')==$_value): ?> selected="selected"<?php endif; ?>><?php echo $_label ?></option>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
    </select></p><br/>
    <?php
    $_containerStyle = "width:{$this->getWidth()}px;height:{$this->getHeight()}px; margin:0 auto;";
    ?>
    <?php if($this->getCount()): ?>
    <p style="<?php echo $_containerStyle?>"><img src="<?php echo $this->getChartUrl(false) ?>" alt="chart" title="chart" /></p>
    <?php else: ?>
    <p class="a-center" style="<?php echo $_containerStyle?>"><?php echo $this->__('No Data Found') ?></p>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>

Why is there a commented out code here?

Is there a purpose to it that I should know about?

Shouldn't it just be deleted or erased?

1 Answer 1

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Like many other stuff in Magento 1, this looks like an abandoned/unfinished feature.

The commented code looks very similar to the uncommented code except there seems to be a JavaScript feature to toggle the graph range selector.

Here's how it looks like when uncommented:

Untoggled

enter image description here

Toggled

enter image description here

However, selecting a new range does not work so it is definitely an abandoned/unfinished feature.

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  • What the fudge Magento? Okay so that is different I guess. But which of those is better in your opinion?
    – fja3omega
    Jul 15, 2016 at 0:33
  • @fja3omega which of what ? Jul 15, 2016 at 8:09
  • sorry. Which would be better the toggled or untoggled version?
    – fja3omega
    Jul 18, 2016 at 0:09
  • 1
    @fja3omega well as I said in the end of my post, selecting a new range does not work so I suggest you keep that code commented Jul 18, 2016 at 7:20

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