[MGNLUI-2923] A selected item should always be visible if you switch views Created: 20/May/14 Updated: 17/Aug/16 Resolved: 11/Nov/14 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Magnolia UI |
| Component/s: | thumbnail view, tree/list |
| Affects Version/s: | 5.2.5, 5.3 |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Critical |
| Reporter: | Andreas Weder | Assignee: | Unassigned |
| Resolution: | Obsolete | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | next, pain-point, tree, user-feedback, ux | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Description |
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If you switch views, we do maintain the current item selection - at least for single selection, this doesn't yet work for multiple, selected items (see However, the selected item is not always visible, if you switch views. You thus often have to scroll to find it. The selected item should, however, always be in sight. If multiple items are selected, the first in the set should be visible. If we can fine-tune this, the selected item should be positioned at the end of the upper third of a list (not in the middle). |
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| Comment by Andreas Weder [ 20/May/14 ] |
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Linking to a problem reported against favorites, that is at least related. |
| Comment by Andreas Weder [ 21/May/14 ] |
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Please see also linked issue |
| Comment by Andreas Weder [ 27/Jun/14 ] |
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For 5.3, Sasha has implemented a small JS-let that scrolls the selected item into view. This now seems to work reliably, if you switch between some, but not all views. Here's what I've found working and not working in 5.3:
Also, it would be great if the selected item could be positioned at the end of the first third of the list, not in the middle as it currently is, as this corresponds more with the typical field of view. |
| Comment by Andreas Weder [ 11/Nov/14 ] |
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As of 5.3.5, this works for single items being selected. The issues remaining are with multiple selected items, which is mainly captured by |