+1 Thanks, Caty
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Denis Gervalle <d...@softec.lu> wrote: > +1, ideally with a hover feedback very similar to the one of a dropdown > button. > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Pascal BASTIEN <pbasnews-xw...@yahoo.fr> > wrote: > > > May I? (you send mail at user list)... then +1 > > On 6.3 I still use 6.2 menu (I modified the template on my xwiki) > > > > I'm agree with you the 2 side of button must be better separate (with > > color on hoover or a black vertical bar?). > > > > IMO we must respect the same logic of actions button (an one-click > default > > action and drop down sub menu level at the right-side-click ) > > With CSS it should be possible to:- use 2 side button on big screen- use > > GoTo menu on small screen > > (with @media min-width) > > > > Thxs > > Pascal BASTIEN > > De : Marius Dumitru Florea <mariusdumitru.flo...@xwiki.com> > > À : XWiki Developers <d...@xwiki.org>; XWiki Users <users@xwiki.org> > > Envoyé le : Vendredi 5 décembre 2014 17h20 > > Objet : [xwiki-users] [VOTE] Enable default actions for the Flamingo top > > menu entries > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > = Short Story = > > > > I propose to change the behaviour of the top level menu from Flamingo > > for tablet and desktop screens (so NOT for phones) to match the > > behaviour we had in 6.2 BUT improving the separation between the > > navigation links and the drop down toggle. The idea is that the top > > level menu entries should behave like a drop down button (e.g. the Add > > button) but without looking like one. You can see some screen shots at > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11517. > > > > = Long Story = > > > > I've heard complains that the current behaviour of the top level menu > > from Flamingo skin is not perfect. The issue is that you need to click > > twice to navigate. Ok, with a mouse you can use the middle click > > (wheel) to open the link in a new tab but still it's annoying for > > simple uses and for those that use the touch pad or a tablet. > > > > An alternative I have investigated in > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11479 is to open the menu on hover > > (on devices that support this of course). The result is quite nice and > > effective but there is a problem: if you have a second horizontal menu > > displayed under the top level menu then you'll have a hard time > > hovering the second menu. So I decided to close XWIKI-11479 as Won't > > Fix. For those that like the open-on-hover behaviour and which don't > > plan to use a second menu I've published this extension > > > > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Hover+and+Default+Action+for+Flamingo+Menu > > . > > > > The other alternative to fix the problem is to go back to the > > behaviour from 6.2. Precisely, each menu has two sides: > > * on the left is the label which is a link used for navigation > > * on the right there is a toggle (arrow) used to open the menu. > > > > The problem with this, and the reason we change it in 6.3, was that > > the label and the toggle were not separated very well so the user > > could easily think they were doing the same action (opening the menu). > > At the same time this separation felt unnatural on extra small screens > > (phones) because you couldn't tap easily on the toggle (arrow). > > > > The solution I propose is to: > > * Keep the current behaviour for extra small screens (phones). That > > means the use has to tap twice to navigate: one tap to open the menu > > and another one on the "Go to this XYZ". > > * On desktop and tablet enable the default action (navigation link) as > > in 6.2 but improve the separation so that the menu behaves as much as > > possible as a drop down button (e.g. the Add button) without looking > > like one. This means: > > ** You should understand there are two sides without hovering > > ** Separate hover and active state (e.g. the link is not hovered when > > the toggle is hovered) > > > > I've investigated *many* ways to achieve this and the result can be > > seen on http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-11517. This is close to > > > > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Enable+Default+Action+for+Flamingo+Menu > > but not the same. > > > > NOTE: The way the menu behaves and looks on hover and click (text and > > background color) is strictly determined by the color theme. Some > > themes highlight the hovered menu items by changing their background > > color, others the text color and some do both. My changes are > > independent on this. We can of course improve the default color theme > > to better highlight the menu items. This is a different topic though. > > > > I'd like to commit this changes in 6.4. Here's my +1. > > > > Thanks, > > Marius > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > users@xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > users@xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > -- > Denis Gervalle > SOFTEC sa - CEO > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
