[Plone-UI] display menu in the edit dialog

[Dylan Jay]

On 14 Feb 2014, at 3:54 pm, Nathan Van Gheem <nathan at vangheem.us> wrote:

> IMO, it should be renamed "Layout" and open an overlay. Additionally, "layouts" should be able to associated preview images with themselves to provide some general idea of what it's used for.

If it opens an overlay then it's no longer a dropdown and then where does it go? Next to sharing?

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> The edit form doesn't seem right to me.

I didn't think so at first but it can radically change the how the item is presented which is different to things like sharing or changing state.
With the example of a collection, it goes hand in hand with the metadata selection. It also has more in common with presentation mode setting etc. They could be moved togeather into a Layout tab, under editing perhaps?

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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Dylan Jay <djay at pretaweb.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I just had yet another client accidentally click display and wonder how they broke their home page :(
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> As time goes on I think the current display menu placement is a mistake on many levels. Changing display is making a big change to the content and it's not even a POST request or a dialog. The menu gives no opportunity to explain what it does. No potential to preview either. Also, it's not really an everyday feature. You tend to pick one view and stick to it, or else the integrator picks one and doesn't want the editor to touch it.
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> I'm open to ideas on where to move it to?
> My feeling is the edit dialog, either under settings or in the main tab (below the visual editor for a Page).
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> It could be perhaps be renamed to something more familiar like "template" or "layout".
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> Dylan Jay
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