provide 'view/requestUrl' method to be used instead of 'request/URL'

browser/common.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2015 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2016 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
 #
 #  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from zope.formlib.namedtemplate import NamedTemplate
 from zope.interface import Interface, implements
 from zope.proxy import removeAllProxies
 from zope.publisher.browser import applySkin
+from zope.publisher.http import URLGetter as BaseURLGetter
 from zope.publisher.interfaces.browser import IBrowserSkinType, IBrowserView
 from zope import schema
 from zope.schema.vocabulary import SimpleTerm
@@ -187,6 +188,12 @@ class SortableMixin(object):
                 return '/@@/cybertools.icons/arrowup.gif'
 
 
+class URLGetter(BaseURLGetter):
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.__request.getURL().rstrip('/@@index.html')
+
+
 class BaseView(GenericView, I18NView, SortableMixin):
 
     actions = {}
@@ -209,6 +216,10 @@ class BaseView(GenericView, I18NView, SortableMixin):
             pass
         saveRequest(request)
 
+    @property
+    def requestUrl(self):
+        return URLGetter(self.request)
+
     def todayFormatted(self):
         return formatDate(date.today(), 'date', 'short',
                           self.languageInfo.language)