Allow choosing report from simple list, when generating new

refs #6619

tailbone/templates/reports/choose.mako

@@ -31,10 +31,21 @@
 <%def name="extra_styles()">
   <style type="text/css">
 
+    % if use_form:
     #report-description {
       margin-top: 2em;
       margin-left: 2em;
     }
+    % else:
+        .report-selection {
+          margin-left: 10em;
+          margin-top: 3em;
+        }
+
+        .report-selection h3 {
+            margin-top: 2em;
+        }
+    % endif
 
   </style>
 </%def>
@@ -48,6 +59,7 @@
 
 <div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between;">
 
+  % if use_form:
   <div class="form-wrapper">
     <p>Please select the type of report you wish to generate.</p>
 
@@ -57,6 +69,18 @@
     </div>
 
   </div><!-- form-wrapper -->
+  % else:
+      <div>
+        <p>Please select the type of report you wish to generate.</p>
+
+        <div class="report-selection">
+          % for key, report in reports.items():
+              <h3>${h.link_to(report.name, url('generate_specific_report', type_key=key))}</h3>
+              <p>${report.__doc__}</p>
+          % endfor
+        </div>
+      </div>
+  % endif
 
   <ul id="context-menu">
     ${self.context_menu_items()}

tailbone/views/reports.py

@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ class GenerateReport(View):
             'reports': reports,
             'report_descriptions': dict([(r.type_key, r.__doc__)
                                          for r in reports.values()]),
+            'use_form': self.rattail_config.getbool('tailbone', 'reporting.choosing_uses_form',
+                                                    default=True),
         }
 
     def generate(self):