Menu select list is too long [#199630]

Guys, don't you think that the drop down menu in "Create Content" ==> "Book Page" could be done using Ajax? You guys have sooooo many entries that it is crazy to try to find the right place to place the content. Using Ajax, the content creator could just seek for the set of terms that match the right section. You guys are missing on good content because we, the contributors, don't feel like posting if the interface makes it harder (who has the time... ????)

OK if not Ajax, how about providing a link under every page in the web site that allows to post right on the spot? Don't you think this makes sense?

Thank you.

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Comments

Comment #1

elv commented 11 December 2007 at 15:28

It seems to me "posting right on the spot" doesn't make sense in most cases in Drupal, because the "spot" can be determined in a lot of ways: menus, taxonomy terms, views context... So it is possible that the new page you create will "be somewhere else" in the end, and it will be confusing.
Say you are on a taxonomy list, displaying all the nodes with the term "turnip". You click to display a full node, then create a new content there but give it the term "tomato". The new node won't be listed in the same "spot".

It makes sense in a fixed hierarchy though, and there's something similar to your idea in book module.

Comment #2

Bevan commented 17 December 2007 at 01:55

Title:	Create Content => Book Page - drop down menu toooo long	» Menu select list is too long
Category:	feature	» bug
Priority:	Critical	» Normal

There is some work going into improving this usability bug. It would be great to get something in for d7. See 'menu parent selector' videos on Kent Bye's Blip tv video cast for demonstrations; http://kentbyetech.blip.tv/

Comment #3

shija03 commented 24 December 2007 at 13:33

I understand about taxonomy and categorization, but when the menu is as long as drupals, perhaps we should place multiple drop-downs rather than just one large one. Since the menus are cascaded, we could - using Ajax (jquery or anything else), create a dynamic form - couldn't we?

As I said, it is a pity that the interface is making it a bit harder, when in reality, with so many talented people, it could be made easier.