Hi Jerad,
I thought it's better UX to manage something in the same view. E.g.: using
drag-and-drop to re-arrange the tree items like in
http://wwwendt.de/tech/fancytree/demo/sample-ext-dnd.html

Or do you mean something other than rearranging by 'managing the pages'?

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 3:05 AM, Sinthuja Ragendran <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Udara,
>
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Udara Rathnayake <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I had a chat with Jerad and the UX team regarding hierarchical page
>> design. Jerad pointed out the importance of having a separate functionality
>> to manage pages rather cluttering the existing page create/list view. So
>> with this we are going to update the left side menu (Pages, Add Block,
>> Gadgets) with an additional item, Eg:- manage pages which is going to
>> provide manage page hierarchy & page order by simply dragging and dropping
>> pages.
>>
>
> +1. Additionally we need to handle the case where the page name exceeds
> the provided space, in that case IMHO we need to go to next line and show
> the name. (similar to what we have in the left pane in our docs -
> https://docs.wso2.com/display/DS200/Configuring+Customized+User+Preference+Settings
> )
>
>
>>
>> Existing page list will be there as its is displaying all pages,
>> providing page creation, search without indicating any hierarchy.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Udara Rathnayake <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is to start a conversation on the $subject. We are in the process
>>> of adding hierarchical structured page support for dashboards. At the
>>> moment we have flat structured(one level) pages.
>>>
>>> Eg:-
>>>
>>>
>>> ​
>>> Following is the proposed side bar. We are planning not to limit the
>>> number of levels from DS side, So the dashboard designer has flexibility to
>>> go up to n numbers.
>>>
>>>
>>> ​​
>>> ​Details:
>>>
>>> - By pressing the create page link on the top, designer can add a root
>>> level page. By pressing the + icon next to the page name user can add a
>>> subordinate page related to the particular parent page.
>>>
>>> - Settings icon will expand the page settings (Title, URL configs etc...)
>>>
>>> - Arrow head will expand the list of subordinates. (Page 0, subordinate
>>> 1 Level 1 pages are expanded in above image)
>>>
>>> We need to provide a horizontal scroll-bar as we are to support n levels.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Navigation between pages*
>>>
>>> ​We need to update current navigation into something similar to the
>>> following.​
>>> ​
>>> ​ (At the moment we have arrow heads to switch between previous and next
>>> pages)​
>>>
>>> ​
>>> We can update the Page name placeholder ​once designer selected a
>>> particular page (root, subordinate etc..)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ​
>>>
>>> ​Appreciate your feedback on this.​
>>>
>>
> In above navigation menu, when we click on the page0, are going to display
> the subordinate for all levels? IMHO, we need to first list the immediate
> children/subordinates only, and then when a subordinates are clicked, the
> respective its own children need to expand.
>
> Additionally I assume the same view is going to present in the view mode
> as well with not having the delete icon.
>
> What is the use of the Pages | Page Name text box?
>
> Thanks,
> Sinthuja.
>
>
>
>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> UdaraR
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> UdaraR
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *Sinthuja Rajendran*
> Associate Technical Lead
> WSO2, Inc.:http://wso2.com
>
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>
>
>


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