Wiki source code of Action Menu Proposal 2

Version 2.4 by Ecaterina Valica on 2010/07/01 17:02

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Ecaterina Valica 1.35 2 == Screenshots ==
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Ecaterina Valica 2.4 6 [[[[image:add.png||width="900"]]>>http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/ActionMenuProposal2/add.png]]
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Ecaterina Valica 1.21 9 == Improvements ==
Ecaterina Valica 1.1 10
Ecaterina Valica 1.2 11 * **New "Add" menu**
Ecaterina Valica 1.22 12 ** //Reason//: new people arriving want to create stuff (the create options are less visible in their current position)
13 ** //Solution//: have a general "Add" menu
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Ecaterina Valica 1.34 15 * **Wiki/Space/Page separation**
16 ** //Reason//: have a complete hierarchy of page location and actions
17 ** //Solution//: Adding a visual sign between wiki|space in the global menu to imply hierarchy
18 ** //Consequence//: Current action menus separation: (Wiki/Space/Page | User | Content) actions
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Ecaterina Valica 1.22 20 * **New "Delete" Space entry
21 ** //Status//: already [[discussed>>http://markmail.org/thread/o7pvzci3lyfdvs6h]]
Ecaterina Valica 1.23 22 ** //Solution//: added under Space menu entry (can be extended to include also Rename, etc.)
Ecaterina Valica 1.33 23 ** //Consequence//: Page delete action should be near / similar (moved also with "Copy" and "Rename")
Ecaterina Valica 1.22 24
Ecaterina Valica 1.24 25 * **Better Wiki/Space naming representation**
Ecaterina Valica 1.26 26 ** //Problem//: database naming of Wiki/Space menus are really difficult to understand for a new user or to document
Ecaterina Valica 1.28 27 ** //Solution//: WIKI: Wikiname, explicitly state the representation type of the name
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29 * **Uppercase usage**
Ecaterina Valica 1.20 30 ** //Reason//: "MySuperSpace" looks like "MYSPECIALSPACE"
31 ** //Solution//: WIKI: Wikiname (have user entered data unaltered, like space/page names, user names) and use uppercase only for top menu entries
Ecaterina Valica 1.27 32 ** //Limitations//: Colibri skin uses uppercase for form labels, panel titles, buttons, action menu; so we use uppercase for separation or to put emphasis on functionality. Thus, uppercase can't be totally removed from action menus, but we could adjust it to be used just for labeling and separation of menu items
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Ecaterina Valica 1.12 34 * **"Type: Name" pattern**
Ecaterina Valica 1.20 35 ** //Usage//:
Ecaterina Valica 1.16 36 *** "Wiki: xwiki"; "Space: Main"; "Page: WebHome"
37 *** "Profile: Administrator"
38 *** "Edit: Wiki"; "Editing: WebHome"