Move text format selector into Aloha Editor toolbar [#1811378]

An idea in the content creation redesign was to place the input format selector in the actual WYSIWYG bar. I'd like to suggest that idea here to, we could possibly place a ? next to it to give more information on the text-format.

It's an interesting feature because it removes the big very cluttered fieldset below textarea's. Obviously up for more discussion.

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Comment #1

Bojhan commented 12 October 2012 at 18:56

Issue tags:

+Usability

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Comment #1.0

Bojhan commented 12 October 2012 at 18:56

Updated issue summary.

Comment #2

wim leers

Ghent 🇧🇪🇪🇺

commented 15 October 2012 at 09:03

Very interesting.

It is of course technically possible. However, it will cause a schizophrenic UX:
- for text formats that *can* work with AE, the format selector will be inside AE's UI
- for text formats that don't work with any WYSIWYG editor, the format selector will be below the textarea
- for text formats that work with another WYSIWYG editor, the format selector can be in yet another location

Thoughts?

Comment #3

Bojhan commented 15 October 2012 at 09:39

I don't really see how any of those arguments really matter, the only schizophrenic part would be the WYSIWYG disappearing when you select an other text format.

- for text formats that *can* work with AE, the format selector will be inside AE's UI

I assume for all text formats, its in the AE UI, we can't have two places for textformat selector. It would remove the WYSIWYG buttons if you select a other textformat

- for text formats that don't work with any WYSIWYG editor, the format selector will be below the textarea

No, it will always be in the top bar.

- for text formats that work with another WYSIWYG editor, the format selector can be in yet another location

Well, contrib can do what they want. Often they lead by example, so I dont think this is a concern?

Comment #4

wim leers

Ghent 🇧🇪🇪🇺

commented 15 October 2012 at 11:46

I assume for all text formats, its in the AE UI, we can't have two places for textformat selector. It would remove the WYSIWYG buttons if you select a other textformat

So you're saying that the Aloha UI should remain present even if the user selects a text format that cannot work with Aloha?

It really depends on the active text format whether a WYSIWYG editor is possible and/or makes sense.

No, it will always be in the top bar.

So it shouldn't be part of the Aloha UI?

Well, contrib can do what they want. Often they lead by example, so I dont think this is a concern?

Fair enough, but the point is that right now, the text format selector is in a consistent location. If we implement what you propose, that would no longer be the case.