If the number of storage entities is small then it wouldn't be much of a big deal but as soon as the list turns longer it might be a reasonable and useful step to provide a filter option like content types have available for their list view in admin/content. in contrast i am uncertain if it would be useful to add the ability to be able to apply actions to selected storage entities as well. at least a subset of the actions available to content entities like delete, publish/unpublish might be of any use?
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
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| #2 | storage-data_view-3207073-2.patch | 57.13 KB | mandclu |
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Comment #2
mandclu commentedThe attached patch implements a filtered view modelled on the media interface. It should also provide bulk operations, and moves the "Storage Data" area to the Content menu, also as a tab with Content, Comments, Files, and Media.
Note that some of the changes here are provided through configuration, so you may need to uninstall and then reinstall the module to see them.
Comment #3
mandclu commentedComment #4
rkolleroh nice :) thank you! and you were right i had to uninstall the module. on a side note i took that chance and tested the
remove storage entitieslink on the uninstall page. that worked properly. afterwards i've uninstalled the storage entities module and after reinstallation everything worked as expected in regards of filtering. also nice that you've included the action options which are working fine as well.one question, i have to admit i never really used or even noticed it in the content list view. what is the purpose of
save storage dataorsave content? because entities showing up in those lists are already saved?Comment #6
mandclu commentedThanks for the feedback! Merged in the changes.
I will confess that I don't tend to use the "save" bulk operation very much, but I imagine it would be useful if you wanted to update the "last modified" date of a bunch of content, or if you've added some kind of new save handler to your site and want to it work on older content.
Comment #7
rkollerahhhh i understand. thanks for the examples. can't imagine to really use that feature extensively but at least i have a rough idea for what it might be good for now ;)