[geeklog-devel] Config GUI issues

[Blaine Lang]

Dirk Haun wrote:
 > I found that with the long list of options you tend to go diagonally 
(from "Core" to something far out right). And then the dropline tends to 
close. You have to be careful to go down into the dropline first and 
then to the right.

When you go diagonally, your mouse is passing over another top line 
menuitem or moving off the Core menu item which collapses the dropline 
menu. It's just using CSS and activated bu the on-hover link. I could 
add some JS to introduce a on-hover delay so the dropline menu would 
stick for a fraction of a sec and give you time to get the mouse down to 
the dropline should you not move straight down first.

Blaine

> Mark R. Evans wrote:
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>>> We need to ensure the menu does not wrap on narrower browsers.
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>> Trying to ensure the menu doesn't wrap is the wrong area to focus. Don't 
>> try and make more space, make the menu wrap gracefully.  What looks good 
>> with English selected may be much wider when another language is selected. 
>> My point is that you'll never win the no-wrap game.
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> Just FYI, it does already wrap in my browser - and that's in English ...
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>> The current menu does not wrap well, so that would be an area to focus.
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> Yep. Also, 
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> So I have to say while this initially looked like a good solution, it
> does display a few usability issues after a while.
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>>> I would prefer we not create any more tabs as the core->menu was already 
>>> longer then I wanted.
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> I think we should focus on logical groups first, then see how many that
> turn out to be, and only then think about restricting the number of entries.
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> bye, Dirk
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