Lets remove the plus beside each item on the blocks page. It gives the false impression that you can drag and drop it.

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#7 placeblocks.png97.45 KBBojhan
#3 2344859-remove-plus-3.patch416 bytesyoroy
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Component: base system » block.module

base system?

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Thanks for opening this issue, I agree these suggest draggability and since they can't be dragged as such, we should remove them.

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This patch removes that CSS rule.

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Issue tags: +Needs screenshots

I think http://png-1.findicons.com/files/icons/2232/wireframe_mono/48/cursor_dra... indicates dragability, not a plus. That means "add" to me, in more ways than one.

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This was added in:

commit d6ba81b6d5f8445abd71b96db4760e68739f424d
Author: Dries
Date: Thu Aug 15 10:28:57 2013 -0500

Issue #2058321 by tim.plunkett, pameeela: Move the 'place block' UI into the block listing.

Which even though it's a 'move' appears to have added this CSS rule... which is odd, but presumably there were reasons give on that issue?

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#2058321: Move the 'place block' UI into the block listing was worked from @tkoleary's designs, and signed off on by @Bojhan.

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The original intend was to have drag and drop, sadly none of the blocks UI ideas ever made it very far. This UI was intended to be a stop-gap, sadly its now the solution we will launch D8 with.

I think its better without the +, I understand that some might find it appropriate and consider our drag and drop icon to be the only indicator. I feel new users might not be so familair with our iconography and could mistake this for a drag and drop indicator. This is not just the icon, but also its place (in front of a item), the fact that its duplicated a lot, and the placement in the sidebar which makes it appear drag and droppy.

Works well! Feel free to RTBC.

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I'm working in this issue at Drupal camp NJ

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Can't recreate the issue.

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This issue was resolved by removing the sidebar. #2512456: Implement the new block layout design to emphasize the primary interaction of placing a block