Re: Quick moderation Reply #15 – March 11, 2021, 08:42:17 pm Checkboxes, only, forever. Keep it simple, keep it clean.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #16 – March 12, 2021, 10:19:50 am The idea of hovering over a checkbox to get a menu is cool..but what to do with touch devices - touch the errr..checkbox? Inclined to agreed with Arantor, checkboxes are great as is. One idea would be to make the actual choice buttons (those that do the work when checkboxes are ticked) stay fixed on the page. That way you could tick a few - or just one - and still be able to do the action without having to scroll down. The fixed bar could set in when any checks are being ticked, perhaps.On that note..I might try this as an idea myself.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #17 – March 12, 2021, 09:36:49 pm You'll be in good company, it's basically what XenForo does.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #18 – March 13, 2021, 10:51:52 am Tried it now and keeping it. The idea of making the moderationbuttons fixed that is. I'll probably take out the option of showing mini-links/buttons too and just have the checkboxes. Attached a few screenshots.. 1) no checkboxes checked 2) one(or several) checked
Re: Quick moderation Reply #19 – March 14, 2021, 08:41:30 am ^ Make that the default Accept no substitutes.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #20 – May 26, 2022, 08:36:37 pm Time to give this old topic a kick There are a few items, I'll place them in separate posts. First up is Quick Moderation on the topic (display.template) page.Currently, If you have show QM as icons, You get the button bar across the bottom like :: [move] [remove] [lock] [sticky] [merge]Specific buttons depends on permissionslock / sticky may say un lock or un sticky based on the topic statusThere are no icons on this page, hence the name show as icons Currently, If you have show QM as checkboxesYou get all of the above PLUS a checkbox next to each message in that threadSelecting the checkbox exposes the option to [remove] or [split] selected messagesButton bar is still at the bottom of all the messagesSimple enough, using icons you loose access to certain actions. Current View I've updated the code on my local to drop use icons and made the change such that when you click one of the checkboxes, the button bar will sticky itself to the bottom of the page such that you don't have to scroll to find it.New View
Re: Quick moderation Reply #21 – May 26, 2022, 09:55:11 pm Next up is Quick Moderation (QM) in the Topic Listing (messageindex.template)Currently, If you have show QM as icons, You do not get a button bar across the bottomYou do get UP TO 4 icons next to each message : [move] [remove] [lock] [sticky]The icons that appear are based on your permissions for that messageYou do not have QM access to approve, restore, merge or mark as read (individual)Currently, If you have show QM as checkboxesYou get a Select Pulldown at the bottom with [approve] [remove] [lock/un] [sticky/un] [move] [merge] [mark as read]There is a Move to Select that is only active if you select Move from the above SelectA Checkbox next to each topicSelecting the checkbox exposes nothingSimple enough, using icons, once again, looses quick access to certain actions. Current View I've updated the code on my local to drop the use Icons and the checkbox select has been replaced with a button bar similar to what you have on the display page. I can't think of any reason to be providing different UI experiences on different pages for what is basically the same functionality.I also changed is so the button bar is not visible until you select one of the checkboxes, and then it becomes visible and is stuck to the bottom of the viewport. It (like display) also shows a counter indicating number of topics that action could be applied to. Also to minimize the number of buttons, approve/restore only become visible if you select, say a message that needs to be approved.New View
Re: Quick moderation Reply #22 – May 27, 2022, 04:45:14 am Ok, that'll work.BTW, I recently ditched the "jump to" on MessageIndex and Display. Reason being that, in all the years I've been using SMF/Elk, the only time I have ever used either "jump to" was when I needed to test them to make sure they worked. Apart from that, never use them at all, so ditched them.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #23 – May 27, 2022, 02:30:55 pm I should have also noted above that the icons were IMO unfriendly to use. Small click zone and proximity to each other on/across messages.I was also wondering about the usefulness of the jump to box .. Mostly because I noticed a small bug that I had to fix, so it was not actually working right anyway. Never being reported shows how much its used.The jumpbox also has the odd "on hover" loading behavior. This causes a delay when you go to use the control, with the bonus that row may jump / reflow. I moved that to an after load event as a test but may now just drop the stupid thing.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #24 – May 28, 2022, 01:07:09 am Yeah, jump to is a pain in the plumbers crack.And I don't remember to have ever used it either.I like that @Spuds is always able to put in practice what I can barely describe.
Re: Quick moderation Reply #25 – May 28, 2022, 01:24:14 am I have topic display and topic listing done ... still have to look at search and ?? is it new posts? can't remember right now. Well at least each implementation of QM is different so it keeps you sharp LOL
Re: Quick moderation Reply #27 – May 28, 2022, 09:34:36 am I always used checkboxes and not icons, Jump To probably used a couple of times in the last 5 years.I like what you did with the button bar on the bottom, but what happens when you change page, it will keep those topic selected and display the button bar?
Re: Quick moderation Reply #28 – May 28, 2022, 02:56:46 pm Quote from: radu81 – May 28, 2022, 09:34:36 am... what happens when you change page, it will keep those topic selected and display the button bar?Good question ... right now I do not think it does. Was that the behavior with the previous select box? I guess that could be useful only for merging topics maybe? Of course if its across multiple pages you may have to play find waldo to remove the bar (or log out / in to clear your session)
Re: Quick moderation Reply #29 – May 28, 2022, 04:36:56 pm Across pages is one of those things that are quite cool to have, but quite annoying to code because I'd say using session is the only way (unless you pass stuff through the URL, but that's so uncool I think) and session, to me, is always a pain.The old select box worked only for the current page as far as I remember.Multi-page I see it potentially useful in case of spam bombarding (i.e. you want to delete a bunch of pages of topics/posts in one go), but sounds like a rather edge case that I would not be bothered.
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