Coming at you from #1957276: Let users set the block instance title for Views blocks in the Block UI. Here's a follow-up from that issue:
"Recent content" block in HEAD:
"Content" block created via adding a block display to the Front page view:
...and with Override title checked:
The one remaining visual problem here is the machine name field does not follow the standard pattern (also, that extra fieldset around the title is something non-standard we don't do elsewhere). So, would it be possible for this instead to look like so (standard machine name pattern with text field simply disabled):
...and with Override title checked (field becomes non-disabled, description shows up):
...because then there is pretty much literally no difference between the two and so all UX concerns around Views vs. normal blocks are addressed.
And actually, now that I think about it, that dynamic description thing is probably more trouble than it's worth. So it'd just be the checkbox toggling the disabled property (and possibly some CSS; Firebug didn't seem to change it to grey when I did that) on the text field then.
Comments
Comment #1
dawehnerThe patch basically adds a second type of title, which just reflects the title on the actual rendered block, not in the admin interface.
Do you think it is okay to present the same visual pattern, even if the functionality is not the same?
Comment #2
webchickI personally do, but it'd be great to get input from the UX team on that.
Also, that "Edit" on machine name totally shouldn't be there (it's not for other blocks), blame that on my bad firebugging skills. :)
Comment #11
LendudeCleaning up old Views issues.
This still works like presented in the screenshots (stuff has moved around a bit but functionally the same), and I think the suggestion from @webchick still makes sense. I wouldn't classify this as a bug though, moving to a task.