On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Guillaume Lerouge <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Thomas Mortagne > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > One of the big problems for simple users when trying to use XWiki is > the > > > mix we have between text content and syntax/code content. > > > If the user wants to edit the title of the WebHome he will see > > > "$msg.get('xe.home.title')". Same happens for other use cases, like > > editing > > > the title of the 'Welcome' gadget, etc. > > > > > > This is an idea for having a switch for rendered/syntax content for > > inputs: > > > > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/RenderSwitches/proposal.png > > > > This solution is interesting. I have a couple questions about it: > > - What happens when an user tries to edit the rendered content? > Trying to edit will switch to syntax mode: here being the place to edit the key or remove it and replace it with static content. > - What happens when the code in the field cannot be rendered and / or > throws an error? > Instead of displaying with blue background, you should see 'Error' on redish background. The error stack trace would be available in a collapsible area under the input. > > This solution makes a lot of sense for applications, where the page title > of entries might be automatically computed from data entered in an object > by the user. > > However for the wiki home page the real issue is that we should not have > translation string in the title field to begin with. Every user I speak to > is afraid of changing the title of the wiki home page because of this. The > translation key should be replaced with pure text on that page. Same thing > for the widgets, their titles should be easy to change by users (as opposed > to translation keys). This is a big usability hurdle right now. > > Thanks, > > Guillaume > > > Read the full proposal at: > > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/RenderSwitches > > > > What I see in the examples looks more like a preview than a swith > > between two modes. Same than what we have in the comment basically. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Caty > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > -- > > Thomas Mortagne > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
