Ability to choose which components JS/CSS to load about django-components HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi @David-Guillot!

Your use-case makes a lot of sense for sites with dynamic content. I'm open to adding options for component_(js/css)_dependencies like you suggest. Do you have a suggestion of what the syntax should be?

I think using the keyword "preload" to signify that you are forcing some dependencies to be rendered, but others might be loaded as per the normal rules.

Maybe: {% component_js_dependencies preload="calendar,button,form" %}?

I think allowing optional spacing after the comma is probably a good idea.

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Thank you for your quick answer 😄 .

I hadn't thought of a parameter name ; my first instinct would be force instead of preload because I prefer naming things after what they do rather than what we want to use them for. But that's up to you 😉 . I'll work on a PR tomorrow!

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I think I prefer preload because it's closer to what it's doing relative to what the ComponentDependencyMiddleware is doing. The middleware loads components when they are used, but the use case here is "render components even though they are not used yet, because they will be used soon". To me, that's just preload, the same way preloading a stylesheet with a <link rel="preload"> tag does.

Looking forward to a PR!

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Okay, thanks for your input 👍

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