Problem/Motivation

"Place block" module opens a modal to provide the options for configuring the block. The modal obscures what is happening on the page, interrupts the flow of the task and takes the user out of context.

Proposed resolution

Get modal out of the way so that the user does not lose the context of the block they are placing and move the form into the off-canvas configuration tray to make place blocks an "outside-in" experience.

Creating the simpler version of the block configuration form has already been started in #2729413: Open "Configure Blocks" contextual links in a Modal with a simplified (quick edit) form. This issue is dependent on the off-canvas tray pattern prototyped in [#]

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

The form for configuring a block should appear in the off-canvas tray.

Comments

tkoleary created an issue. See original summary.

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Related issues: +#2729413: Open "Configure Blocks" contextual links in a Modal with a simplified (quick edit) form
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Related issues: +#2724819: Create experimental module for place block on any page feature
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Related issues: +#2361921: Re-order the 'place/configure block' form so it's focused on the task at hand.
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Related issues: +#2079037: Use two columns for the place block form
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Parent issue: #2739075: [plan] Make Place Blocks module functionality part of the Block module (etc.) » #2762505: Introduce "outside in" quick edit pattern to core

Version: 8.2.x-dev » 8.3.x-dev

Drupal 8.2.0-beta1 was released on August 3, 2016, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.3.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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Status: Needs work » Closed (duplicate)

This got rolled into the implementation patch at #2762505: Introduce "outside in" quick edit pattern to core.

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Component: block.module » outside_in.module
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Component: outside_in.module » settings_tray.module

Changing to new settings_tray.module component. @drpal thanks for script help!