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Feature #52087

Feature #51965: New Install Tool redesign opportunity

Install Tool > All Configuration: "Write Configuration" Submit button

Added by Ernesto Baschny almost 2 years ago. Updated 8 months ago.

Status:

Resolved

Start date:

2013-09-17

Priority:

Must have

Due date:

Assigned To:

% Done:

Category:

Interface

Target version:

TYPO3 6.2 LTS

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Description

This was asked for in the core tracker: #38701.

The install tool has the "All configuration" section which lists all settings from $TYPO3_CONF. At the very bottom there is the button to submit the changes:

Now we have an accordion to expand each section, but if you open up i.e. the 'BE' section you still get multiple pages of options. The "Write configuration" button is place at the very end of this huge form:

The left-hand menu is now "fixed" as you can see, so it doesn't scroll down but stays while the rest scrolls.

What we now need for is a solution on where to place the "Write configuration" button so that it is always seem despite the current scrolling position.

Alternatives that popped up:

1) putting it redundantly below the left-menu which doesn't scroll:

This doesn't really appeal me.

2) Use the "docheader" when in Backend Mode. Would be "consistent" with the rest of the Backend, but on the other hand unexpected for the users that already know the Install Tool ("where can I save??"). The docheader for the "save" button is already known to be confusing enough.

3) Make the "Write configuration" button stick to the lower border of the window ("bottom:0") as soon as the user scrolls down, using some kind of background so that it stands out. Kind of like the "docheader" but at the footer. :)

Any suggestions from the UX team?

Thanks!

install-all-config-write-button.png (35.7 kB) Ernesto Baschny, 2013-09-17 21:17

install-all-config-scrolled-down.png (56.7 kB) Ernesto Baschny, 2013-09-17 21:17

install-all-config-write-below-left-menu.png (68.2 kB) Ernesto Baschny, 2013-09-17 21:17

install-tool-save-at-bottom.png (42.3 kB) Ernesto Baschny, 2013-09-19 11:19

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#1 Updated by Jens Hoffmann almost 2 years ago

Status changed from New to Accepted
Priority changed from Should have to Must have

Thanks for your good Input!

I would go for Nr. 1 and
sticky would be the best.

Maybe the wording needs some finishing :)

Greez Jens

#2 Updated by Ernesto Baschny almost 2 years ago

File install-tool-save-at-bottom.png added

My preference is some kind of the 3). Here is a suggestion:

The "Write configuration" button is always on the bottom and doesn't scroll (bottom:0), but visually separated. For the "standalone" install tool the background needs to be a lighter gray.

What do you think?

Note that on this draft I also changed the colors and styling of the configuration setting items: no more green boxes with checkboxes but instead dark headers like in the tables we have in the BE and zebra-styled rows (like in other tables...). Note that the arrows on the headers are wrong still (need to be white). That would deserve it's own issue of course, but maybe it fits already, then you could simply give a +1 on that too. ;)

#3 Updated by Jens Hoffmann almost 2 years ago

Thanks Ernesto. :)
I think this is a even better solution.

But we need to find something reusable.
It's a TYPO3 untypical solution and I would
like to find something, we already have.
The basic concept is good, the design needs
some streamlining with the rest of the BE.
The details of the concept are to different.

I will think about it and reply later on.

Greez Jens