Posted by joelstein on April 7, 2010 at 3:13pm
| Project: | Custom Formatters |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed (fixed) |
Issue Summary
One one site, I have more than 20 content types, which makes the preview feature somewhat cumbersome. I make a change at the top of the page, then scroll all the way down, click "preview", and scroll back up to see the preview at the top of the content types (this happens a lot during development).
Is it possible to move the preview results below the list of content types, so it is closer to the "preview" button? It would be awesome if it could even be outside the fieldset (perhaps in it's own "preview results" fieldset), so I can expand the preview fieldset, choose my content type, collapse the preview fieldset, and easily go back and forth between tweaking my output and clicking preview (all without scrolling).
What do you think?
Comments
#1
Is there a test URL you can post so we can see this effect firsthand?
#2
I don't have to which I can give you access. But it's easy to test. Just create about 20 content types (can Devel Generate do this?), and then you'll see what I'm talking about.
#3
Hi joelstein,
The list of content types is directly supplied by Devel Generate, which means that it is also cumbersome in Devel Generate. While I agree it would be possible to improve the UI, I would prefer it done in Devel Generate so I don't need to replicate existing code.
Moving the issue to Devel Generate for the moment.
Cheers,
Deciphered.
#4
devel_generate does not create content types.
#5
Talking about the display of Content Types on the Devel Generate screen, as in when there's tons of them the form is massive.
#6
This doesn't have to do with Devel Generate, but how Custom Formatters displays the preview results. Attached is a patch which places the preview results in it's own "Preview results" fieldset beneath the "Preview" fieldset containing the list of content types. This way, I can collapse the list of content types, and I can easily tweak and preview without any scrolling.
#7
Having another think about this issue, and you are partially right, this isn't entirely related to Devel Generate as Devel Generate needs to show all as you can select multiple content types, although a multi-selectbox would work. While your approach does also work, I believe that the better choice would be to have the content types in a selectbox, will look into doing this as soon as I have some time.
Cheers,
Deciphered.
#8
Just had a quick look, and it's a ridiculously simple change:
Change line #232 of custom_formatters.admin.inc from:
'#type' => 'radios',To:
'#type' => 'select',This will be committed ASAP.
Cheers,
Deciphered.
#9
Committed to DRUPAL-6--1.
#10
Ah, perfect solution. Thanks very much!
#11
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.