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#109 2025-10-11 11:04:00
Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests
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.
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#110 2025-10-15 20:55:32
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#111 Yesterday 10:00:24
Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests
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.)
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#112 Yesterday 10:21:57
Re: RFC: Textpattern 5 ideas & feature requests
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.
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