[Vtigercrm-developers] list view context menu

[Sreenivas Kanumuru]

Adam,

We can certainly tweak vtiger6 UI if it helps. We'll await your screenshots
to get a better idea of the proposed change.

thanks,
Sreenivas



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On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Adam Heinz <amh at metricwise.net> wrote:

> I am working on a prototype replacement for the list view action column.
> We have never found it very useful as our users prefer the detail view ajax
> edit for the bulk of their changes and generally don't have delete
> permissions; which are the only two actions ever listed [1].  I've reviewed
> vt6 and the mouse over behavior is no better; we're stuck with the same
> basic actions for every record.
>
> The Vtiger_Link class has enabled us to remove custom code and replace it
> with data, bringing our fork more in line with stock vtigercrm.  One thing
> that I've started to notice is that our context menu entries often overlap
> our detail view actions, the main difference being that our context menus
> are custom code, whereas the detail view actions are Vtiger_Links.  The
> obvious next step is to generate context menus from Vtiger_Links!  The
> handler parameter gives me a ton of control over which links are shown when
> I generate the context menu, which I am doing via a simple
> action=ModuleAjax&file=ContextMenu request.  This lazy evaluation prevents
> list view load times from being unwieldy, without sacrificing flexibility.
>
> Anyway, I'll have a patch up before too long (and maybe some screenshots),
> but I really wanted to throw this out before the mouse over behavior in vt6
> is set in stone.  We're finally starting to deploy 5.4.0 to our users, so I
> am only now beginning to look at vt6.  Though I generally like the crisp
> new look, it takes several steps backwards in terms of user interface.
>  I'll start a new thread tomorrow enumerating my usability concerns.
>
> [1]
> http://trac.vtiger.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/vtigercrm/branches/5.4.0/include/utils/ListViewUtils.php#L970
>
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