I think it'd be great if you could have the Insert View functionality work in a "Block Body".

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ryanrain’s picture

ryanrain commented

+1

eaton’s picture

eaton commented

Views module already provides the ability to create blocks with view content. How would this differ?

Also, due to caching mechanisms, I'm not sure how it would even work in non-node content. The normal filtering mechanism is cached by default, and would quickly lead to outdated view lists.

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redsky commented

Well in my example I have a front page that has four headings with lists of links, two of those are creating using the Insert Views. I wanted to use this same thing in one block. I've accomplished it using 4 blocks which isn't perfect but I'm happy enough with it.

Thanks for considering my idea. Insert Views works great!

bmargulies’s picture

bmargulies commented

Embed multiple views in a single block is the missing feature here.

rfitzpat’s picture

rfitzpat commented

One reason you might want to insert a view into a block is for the exposed filters, which are only available on page views by default.

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biohabit commented

Another reason is for when you have to create a second view of the same content type because you only want to see the titles in the block & the 'more' field only directs you to the much more limited view displaying only the titles.

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mlsamuelson commented

I don't think we'd want to extend Insert View into tags. Eaton brings up good concerns.

Has anyone thought to file a feature request against the block module to request the ability to "join blocks" or "group blocks"? It's an idea...

mlsamuelson

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mlsamuelson commented
Version: 4.7.x-1.x-dev » 5.x-1.x-dev
Status: Active » Fixed

Updating to version 5 and marking as fixed. (I no longer have plans to actively develop for 4.7.)

Issues http://drupal.org/node/224987 and http://drupal.org/node/180042 mean Insert View tags now work in blocks (for the 5.x and HEAD versions of this module).

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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