Composer Menu Tabs for C5.7
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Wanted to share this quick video of our solution for organizing composer layout sets into menu tabs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7yY3hOmjcc...
It's still a WIP but as you can see it allows you to organize your composer fields into tabsets which are then put into a tab menu. As you click the tab menu controls the tab opens to show the composer fields. Part of the reason for this in our package Razor Commerce is that we want to show only the fields relevant to the product type being created. And we don't want to have an edit form with 60 fields in a big straight line!
Wondering if anybody would have interest in this if it were bundled into a package? Right now it's just a code-only solution, no interface. If there is interest (and/or pledges of cash) we will develop it into an addon.
Compared to WP the composer form is pretty limited in terms of options for layout. I think a lot of work needs to happen in this area. To me the C5.7 interface seems setup to have content editors bouncing around from composer to attributes and other panels. But I think that's too slow, and too difficult to learn. I think instead it's got to be more like WP, a single page where everything you need is immediately available and organized into boxes that can be opened/closed or shown conditionally. Something equivalent to "meta boxes" in WP. For now this tab menu I think is a start because it helps break up large forms. Let me know what you all think!
It's still a WIP but as you can see it allows you to organize your composer fields into tabsets which are then put into a tab menu. As you click the tab menu controls the tab opens to show the composer fields. Part of the reason for this in our package Razor Commerce is that we want to show only the fields relevant to the product type being created. And we don't want to have an edit form with 60 fields in a big straight line!
Wondering if anybody would have interest in this if it were bundled into a package? Right now it's just a code-only solution, no interface. If there is interest (and/or pledges of cash) we will develop it into an addon.
Compared to WP the composer form is pretty limited in terms of options for layout. I think a lot of work needs to happen in this area. To me the C5.7 interface seems setup to have content editors bouncing around from composer to attributes and other panels. But I think that's too slow, and too difficult to learn. I think instead it's got to be more like WP, a single page where everything you need is immediately available and organized into boxes that can be opened/closed or shown conditionally. Something equivalent to "meta boxes" in WP. For now this tab menu I think is a start because it helps break up large forms. Let me know what you all think!
