More selector types
lennart - August 6, 2007 - 08:43
| Project: | Panels Taxonomy |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | won't fix |
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Description
It is a great module, but with many terms in a vocabulary the current list form of selecting is not practical.
A fold down list or perhaps a drill-down system would be great.
#1
By 'fold down list' I mean a drop down menu.
#2
PT is meant for navigating deeply heirarchical vocabularies, where each term should have no more than 10 or so subterms (including the root) following what's-his-name's Nth rule for interface design.
If you give your node view a large "depth" for the taxonomy term argument, you can achieve a "drill down" browser which narrows the results as you move deeper into the vocabulary. I use a setup like this on my blog with the view sorted by votingapi score, which allows me to easily vote blog entries up or down the heirarchy, sort of like a graded "promote to front page" or "sticky".
BTW: When using the taxonomy term id argument handler depth option, be sure to use the "distinct" filter or you may get duplicate nodes (when the node is in more than one term).
I don't plan on adding a select list handler, for that just use the views "taxonomy term" filter, I think that'll do what you want.
#3
Thanks for replying. In my use case it is difficult to keep the number of terms at a specific level lower than 50. For example there are 50 states in the USA.
I cannot use the views filter because i need it to work on all the views I have embedded in my panel at the same time.