5 Jan
2009
5 Jan
'09
8:50 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
Let me rephrase : since we'll have between, let's say, 10 and 30
macros I think having a search feature is overkill and will be useful
only to power users.
I don't understand what a "placeholder macro" is (did you mean "macro
placeholder"?). Maybe you mean a "placeholder mode" which can be
toggled on/off. If so would be nice to include it in the UI proposal
to see where it would be located.
I meant "macro placeholder", a graphical box (read-only div) appearing
in the wysiwyg instead of the rendered macro.
Macros arguments would be displayed in the same order and with the
same labels as in the edit dialog.
It wouldn't be configurable by the user, the macro itself would
determine if it should be displayed rendered or by a placeholder in
the WYSIWYG.
Examples :
--------------------------------------------
| Macro -- include |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| page : Main.WebHome |
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
| Macro -- map |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| location : 10 rue Pernety |
| service : google |
| message : test message |
| size : default |
| zoom : default |
--------------------------------------------
That's what we had discussed. Now I don't see that button in your UI
proposal.
I'll make a proposal for this ASAP.
See the ascii art above.
Thanks,
JV.
I guess this could be done with a suggest input at the bottom as seen
in the link dialogs mockup.
I suggest to put this in the "possible improvements to keep in mind"
category since it's a power user need and we don't have that much
macros ftm.
I'm pretty sure this is not a power user feature. It's like saying
search are for power users... Google.com has probably proven it's not
the case :) * Rendered macros
We must support them as well as "placeholder macros" IMO. >> * Outline around macro block when cursor is
inside a macro rendered
>> content
>
> I think we should always keep this outline to have a visual hint for
> "everything in this box is not editable".
I think it would be even more clear if the rendered macros were
represented within a box like the ones above (just an idea, I don't
know if it is doable) :
--------------------------------------------
| Macro -- Table of content |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |
| Rendered HTML |
| |
--------------------------------------------
WDYT ?
* When is the rendered macro content refreshed? Manual
refresh
button?
(the easiest I think)
From the thread linked aboved I understood that we'd have to refresh
the whole page ? Do you suggest to have a top level refresh button or
did I missed something ? * What about macros that take a lot of space like an
{{include}}? Do
we offer a button to "fold"/"unfold" macros?
I think this is the kind of macro that should be represented by a
placeholder. Has stated in a previous thread having included document
displayed inline in the editor would distract editors from the page
content itself. This will be also needed by other macros like "map"
(mentioned by Jerome) where having an iframe in our WYSIWYG iframe
could be a problem and, if not, performance would certainly be.