#228: Restore 'Add Item..' menu on all pages

Contents

1. Definitions
2. Motivation
3. Assumptions
4. Proposal
5. Implementation
6. Deliverables
7. Risks
8. Progress log
9. Participants

Proposed by

Wichert Akkerman

Proposal type

User interface

State

being-discussed

Definitions

 

Motivation

As demonstrated by recurssing discussons on plone-users the current behaviour for plone 3 is seen as a step backwards in usability by various people. In particular it has two major downsides:

• a common use case is having to create multiple items in a folder. For example uploading several images, creating a few pages or adding a couple of downloads. With Plone 2.5 this was simple: you add a new item, enter its information, add the next item, etc. until you are done. WIth Plone 3 this takes 50% more work: you add a new item, enters its information, go back to the folder manuallly, add a new item, etc.
  
• the current behaviour is confusing: sometimes the menu is shown, sometimes it is now. On some pages you can't add items on others you can just because they happen to be the default page. There is no real consistency anymore.
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Assumptions

 

Proposal

Restore the old behaviour: always show the add item menu.

Implementation

 

Deliverables

 

Risks

 

Progress log

 

Participants