In working with this module we discovered that the way to delete a note is to remove the text from the textarea and then click update. This is clearly not a user-friendly way to delete a note. I took a guess at it, that's the only way I figured it out. I understand there may be some limitations to this since notes are not nodes.

Currently we are coming up with a front end solution for this as a temporary measure. This includes some javascript that runs when the user clicks on a delete button. The javascript removes the value from the textarea and then submits the form in one fell swoop.

If this is the best solution for this module. Let me know and we may want to add it. Preferably this should be a backend solution. Anyone looking for this frontend solution, Look for a patch soon for this. I will post it here.

-Matt

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clemens.tolboom’s picture

clemens.tolboom
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Location Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺
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It is indeed a weird workflow. The 'Update' button is there for ages.

We could change 'Update' into 'Save' and add 'Delete' next to it.

Please vote on this!

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clemens.tolboom
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Priority: Critical » Normal
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scott859 commented

Yes, I agree, it makes much more sense to change 'Update' into 'Save' and add 'Delete' next to it.

Scott

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scottrigby
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+1 for 'Save' and add 'Delete' :D

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thesleuth commented

Gets my vote!

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marleo commented

Agree here, but I'd like to see this as part of a slightly larger set of UX.

Suggestions:
* The textarea is only there in "add" or "edit" mode. Otherwise there is either no note there or the saved text appears (but not in an editable textarea).
* So this means you've got and "Add note" button if there is no note there yet and "Edit" and "Delete" buttons if there is a note there. When you click "Edit", you get the textarea with "Save" and "Cancel" buttons.

One reason is that it's not always obvious (if you can't remember) if you've changed the text, if it's always in Edit mode.

Sorry, didn't mean to cause trouble...

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clemens.tolboom
Primary language Dutch
Location Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺
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Title: How to delete a note is not obvious to users » Add a delete link next to the update button
Version: 6.x-1.1 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Assigned: Unassigned » clemens.tolboom
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clemens.tolboom
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Location Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺
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(committed to head)

I added a delete link next to the update button.

The additions in #6 are not bad. Maybe for another time :(

For now I close this.

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clemens.tolboom
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Location Groningen, 🇳🇱/🇪🇺
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Status: Active » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.