I think in place editing is a good suggestion. I've raise a ticket to explore that further. https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound/ticket/33
I'll pick it up next week if there are no other volunteers. - Joe On 13 April 2012 16:36, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that Joe.. > > Well, the only obvious alternatives to a modal view that I can think of at > short notice would be: > > * change to the edit/add/list page > * in-place editing and adding (add could create an empty placeholder > for a new version/milestone) > * list view could work more like a dropdown list > > I can't comment on whether any of those ideas are better of course.. just > throwing stuff in to see if it is of any use! > > Cheers, > Gary > > > On 04/12/2012 03:38 PM, Joachim Dreimann wrote: >> >> I've got a suggestion to improve the layout I've previously drawn up >> for Dashboard, Product, Version and Milestone pages. >> >> Until now these pages had a Title (name of the product/version/etc), a >> status, description, and then a button bar to show further detail: >> Version | My Tickets | All Tickets | Projects | Components >> >> Only one button would be selected at a time, and show only one piece >> of information, for example the Tickets the user has relating to the >> product/version/etc. >> I believe it would be quicker to navigate and easier to use if all of >> these are shown at the same time: >> >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/bloodhound/trunk/doc/html-templates/product.html >> >> This would then provide further links to edit/add items and view a >> full list. Currently my suggestion is to use a modal overlay for these >> via the icons provided, but I'm well aware of the downsides of modals >> and would be grateful for better suggestions! >> >> Also on Product/Version screens only high importance tickets would be >> shown by default, while on the Dashboard and Milestone views tickets >> of all priority levels would be shown. >> >> What do you all think? >> >> - Joe >> >> PS: This is only implemented on the Product view so far. Others will >> follow if the feedback is mostly positive. > >
