Hi,

I wasn't sure whether to raise this as a bug or a feature request - it's kinda both. The problem is this:

In the previous Panels 2 beta versions I had installed, under "Contributed modules", when adding a pane in the AJAX GUI the GUI exposed the unique machine-readable name as the button/link, something like this:

my_view_name

In the latest beta the GUI exposes the title of the block or page (if available) instead, e.g.:

My View

Now, I appreciate that looks more tidy, but there is a new issue - imagine a scenario where I created these pairs of views and titles:

my_view_1 => My View
my_view_2 => My View

Now I can't tell which 'My View' to select in the Panels GUI.

Solution is either expose the machine-readable name as a tooltip (HTML title attribute) on the link or show it in parentheses beside the human title, e.g. 'My View (my_view_1)' so it is possible to distinguish.

I have this problem quite a lot because I have different views for different sections of the site with the same block/page titles. It's now a pain in the a** to find the actual block I want to add (add it, save, preview, nope, delete, add the next one, preview, nope, etc.) so I hope you'll give this consideration for usability. =)

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greg.harvey’s picture

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Please find a patch to includes/display_edit.inc which offers the machine-readable name as both a tooltip and in parentheses beside the block/page title for views. I am using this to resolve my issue. =)

merlinofchaos’s picture

Status: Needs review » Needs work

The proper place for this patch would be in panels_views.module and/or panels_views_legacy.module.

sdboyer’s picture

IIRC, this should all be moot because yoroy was kind enough to work up different icons for Legacy views. Now I just need to find them...

thamas’s picture

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thamas’s picture

Status: Needs work » Closed (fixed)

Too old.