RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests

Bloke · 2025-10-11 11:04:00

phiw13 wrote #340915:

I would prefer a pref honestly as that leaves the possible actions clear.

A per-user pref isn’t much hardship. Might even be doable now. Let me ponder.

rename the “Go back” to “Cancel”.

Neither are a great choice. As you rightly say, if you’ve performed some destructive edit then you can’t cancel it. And if you land on the edit panel from somewhere else (e.g. directly from the Write panel from com_article_image) then Go Back doesn’t return you to the Write panel.

Ideas welcome.

neptho · 2025-10-15 20:55:32

Bloke wrote #340917:

Ideas welcome.

“You done goofed.”

phiw13 · 2025-10-16 10:00:24

Bloke wrote #340917:

A per-user pref isn’t much hardship. Might even be doable now. Let me ponder.

Neither are a great choice. As you rightly say, if you’ve performed some destructive edit then you can’t cancel it. And if you land on the edit panel from somewhere else (e.g. directly from the Write panel from com_article_image) then Go Back doesn’t return you to the Write panel.

Ideas welcome.

The Image> edit panel is quite difficult, as the “Save” action only applies to what happens in the sidebar – meta data column, but the “Delete” button is global as it deletes image and thumbnail(s) and the meta data. More destructive action: edit some meta-data (don’t save) and update image or thumbnail. That action actually reloads the panel and deletes your fresh meta-data edit. That has bitten me a few times and on distracted-by-the-rain days.

I think Hive had some mockup for the Edit image panel that mimics the Pages / Forms panel. But I am not sure if that makes things more easier to understand – maybe it does by virtue of having the same reading order as the Edit files pane.

(at least the Files > Edit panel is a little more straightforward due to its (top-to-bottom) linearity. This makes it a little less likely to see your meta-data edits accidentally blown away.)

Bloke · 2025-10-16 10:21:57

Agreed. The Image edit step needs some UX love to make things clearer.

Happy to take suggestions and mockups from anyone who feels they can make it better.

phiw13 · Yesterday 07:51:51

Bloke wrote #340931:

Agreed. The Image edit step needs some UX love to make things clearer.

Happy to take suggestions and mockups from anyone who feels they can make it better.

Some possible alternative layouts – the reading flow matches the File Edit panel with the Image preview/ replace / thumbnail management coming first (incidentaly, that is where the destructive edits take place).

simply flip the order: image on the start (left) side, meta data on the right side
match the Pages/ Forms / … panels with the “Save” & “Delete” area at the top in a sticky widget.

The first one is obviously closest to the current one. For the second one I moved the “Go back” link below the Save + Delete buttons. That matches more what the action does I think, and it gives less the impression of being a “cancel” like action. The text label on that link could use some improvement, though. It still from the issue noted above. It always goes back to the Images list panel, that would need some wrangling with the underlying code (maybe some JS manipulation with the history object? Dunno).

Option 1: dev.l-c-n.com/txp-4.9/secondary/content-image_edit_2.html
Option 2: dev.l-c-n.com/txp-4.9/secondary/content-image_edit_3.html

Note: code wise, the Option 2 mockup comes closer to the Edit plugin panel.

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#109 2025-10-11 11:04:00

Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests

phiw13 wrote #340915:

#110 2025-10-15 20:55:32

Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests

Bloke wrote #340917:

#111 2025-10-16 10:00:24

Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests

Bloke wrote #340917:

#112 2025-10-16 10:21:57

Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests

#113 Yesterday 07:51:51

Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests

Bloke wrote #340931:

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