[Plone-UI] display menu in the edit dialog

[Nathan Van Gheem]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Dylan Jay <djay at pretaweb.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
Could even go before edit. Where it's placed it's a big deal. With the new
menu I'm not sure there needs to be a distinction between buttons that have
sub-menus and ones that do not. I'm not sure though. I'd need to look at it
more.


>
> >
> > 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?
>
Putting it into another tab goes too far. That means it'll take 3 clicks.
The overlay method is still only 2 clicks--just more explicit.


>
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
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Nathan Van Gheem
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