I have run across a lot of users that have confusion when using the "Add Content" element in the Panels IPE. The crux of this issue is that the "action" button to add content is at the top of each region, but the content is added to the bottom of the region when they click save (see attached screenshot). This can create confusion for content editors, especially when there is a lot of content in a region and they dont see the content that they add.
There are two possible improvements:
1.) We can make the added content show up at the top of the region instead of the bottom.
2.) We can move the "Add Content" button to be at the bottom of the region.
I don't have a strong preference, but do think that the content should be added at the same place as the user clicks "add content".
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
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| #4 | 1690128-add-panes-to-top-ipe.patch | 841 bytes | populist |
| panopoly-add-content-placement.png | 540.72 KB | populist |
Comments
Comment #1
merlinofchaos commentedI would personally prefer that the add content button be at the bottom, where it is in the original. It was, however, your initial design that placed it at the top, which sdboyer implemented. I never actually bothered discussing the placement of it, figuring we would refine that over time.
Unless there's any reason to object (would be good to talk to Neca) I propose we move add content to the bottom.
Comment #2
merlinofchaos commentedOh, I would add that for technical reasons, adding content to the bottom is slightly easier than to the top, because everything is kept as a list.
Comment #3
populist commentedi think that from a UX stand point, having the button at the top makes sense (easier to find + understand). I can see from #2 that it is probably more work to add it to the top, but would such a thing be possible to do? I think it would really improve the UX of the IPE to have that kind of "see it at the top", "add it to the top" experience.
Comment #4
populist commentedI rolled a quick patch to add content to the top so folks can test it + comment on it.
Comment #5
merlinofchaos commentedSomehow I expected that would be a lot harder.
In the future this probably needs to be switchable somewhere, because I also just committed a patch that makes the position of the control themable. So presumably something should also be able to switch where the pane gets added to match.
Comment #7
theodorosploumisSorry for opening this again but I am trying to change this option for Panels version 7.x - 3.4 (2014-Feb-12).
I cannot find the related function (ajax_command_append) on /panels/panels_ipe/plugins/display_renderers/panels_renderer_ipe.class.php.
Thanks a lot for any help.
Comment #8
theodorosploumisFinally, I found out that I had to change codes on /panels/panels_ipe/js/panels_ipe.js around line 395. Attaching my codes.
Comments with capital letters are for these changes.