[Plone-UI] display menu in the edit dialog

Rob Porter robzonenet at gmail.com
Fri Feb 14 05:16:12 UTC 2014


I love this idea!  

Sent from my mobile device

> On Feb 13, 2014, at 11:54 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.
> 
> The edit form doesn't seem right to me.
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Dylan Jay <djay at pretaweb.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I just had yet another client accidentally click display and wonder how they broke their home page :(
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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).
>> 
>> It could be perhaps be renamed to something more familiar like "template" or "layout".
>> 
>> Dylan Jay
>> 
>> ---
>> www.pretagov.com - Secure SaaS for Government hosted locally.
>> P: +61-2-9955-2830  +44-87-0392-7071 | linkedin.com/in/djay75
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> UI mailing list
>> UI at lists.plone.org
>> https://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-ui
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Nathan Van Gheem
> Solutions Architect
> Wildcard Corp
> _______________________________________________
> UI mailing list
> UI at lists.plone.org
> https://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-ui
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.plone.org/pipermail/plone-ui/attachments/20140214/06e09862/attachment.html>


More information about the UI mailing list