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disable/enable all plugins shortcut
That is: a link to disable/enable all plug-ins at once.
Last edited by maniqui (2008-04-27 00:00:50)
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Re: disable/enable all plugins shortcut
This request is similar to another one recently concerning images. I too believe that the interface should become more uniform based on the ‘articles’ tab. This would not only include the enable/disable but the delete function too.
Last edited by colak (2008-04-27 06:16:42)
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Re: disable/enable all plugins shortcut
I think now it’s possible to make batch enable\disable и the sql-query
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#4 2008-04-27 10:38:57
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Re: disable/enable all plugins shortcut
Isn’t this what the preference setting Use Plugins (yes/no) already does?
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Yes, and the advantage of that preference, is that if you have a mix of enabled and disabled plugins, you can switch plugins off and then enable them again, without having to specify which plugins should stay disabled.
Having said that, adding a multi-edit feature there (while keeping the option to toggle plugin activity state) would make the interface more consistent with other tabs.
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@masa
Didn’t know that one! I mean, I’ve seen it, but I never thought about it using as a “disable all plugins” shortcut. Good one!
ruud wrote:
Having said that, adding a multi-edit feature there (while keeping the option to toggle plugin activity state) would make the interface more consistent with other tabs.
I like the current toggle-yes/no instantly way. If your suggestion is to make the interface with checkboxes, a dropdown with options (activate, de-activate, delete) and a submit, it will be more hassle to activate/de-activate a plug-in. And also, a unwanted “delete-all-plug-ins-by-mistake” is about the corner. (I may be dramatizing or exaggerating here)
Of course, you didn’t say it is going to be that way, but as you said it wil be more consistent with other tabs, that’s what I imagined.
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I think this could be useful:
- Say you need to activate one plugin at a time (and disable the others) to do some bug check (i.e., what plugin is causing trouble?)
- So you could disable all the plugin at a certain point, then play enabling one or two plugin at a time until you find which plugin is causing bugs
- Then re-enable all originally enabled plugin (and modify/delete only the buggy one).
I think this can’t easily be done, now, and maybe can’t be done without a db modification. But hopefully I’m wrong and this is trivially simple… :)
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Re: disable/enable all plugins shortcut
This can’t be done easily. The cost of implementing this doesn’t outweight the need for this feature.
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I suspected that. :(
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But…. disabling/enabling multiple plugins would go faster if it can be done all at once with checkboxes.
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Definitely. I also agree for the uniformity argument.
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