Ecaterina Valica wrote:
Hi,
Because we want to make a standard from vertical-aligned form, this means the buttons should be left-ordered with the most important action first. This should be changed also in Toucan and Albatross skin, not only just in Colibri.
Right now the Edit Actions are "Cancel", "Preview", "Save&Continue", "Save&View".
What do you think is the right order for them when they are left-aligned?
(A) Save&View, Save&Continue, Preview, Cancel (as it is - just in reverse)
(B) Save&View, Preview, Save&Continue, Cancel
(C) Preview, Save&Continue, Save&View, Cancel
(D) other variation
I was going to vote for (C) without further thought, but there's one important issue you raised: in the WYSIWYG editor the preview is not that useful. Here are some more arguments in favor of putting Preview first: When a non WYSIWYG editor is used, it's critical to use the Preview button, and putting it first helps. For consistency, the number and order of the buttons should be the same in all editors. The problem with the Cancel button being first was that it was the default form button, so pressing enter in a non-textarea field was the same as clicking cancel, thus the "oh my 50 minutes work is all gone" frustration. Preview is the least destructive action: it does not cause data loss, it does not cause an accidental save of work in progress data. Thus, it should be the first button. Even in the WYSIWYG editor, sometimes Preview helps. The width and height of the content is not the same, the panels are different, the background might be different (IIRC the WYSIWYG always uses a white background, while the theme might be different), the macros look different...
Remarks:
- "Cancel" should be *last* because it's a terminal (takes you out of the editor), no-saving action. This is the least important.
+1
- "Save & View" is also a terminal action (takes you out of the editor) - having it* first* you have the 2 terminal actions at extremities.
+0.5
- "Preview" is the least damaging action in case of accidental submit (Silvia + Marta) - should be *first*?
+1
- Some people use ("Preview" + "Save&Continue") {many times} + "Save&View" {final} - Other people just use "Save&Continue" + "Save & View" {final}, never "Preview", etc
- What is the necessity for the "Preview" button in a WYSIYWG editor? On the other hand "Preview" is very important if you edit in "Wiki" mode.
- Should "Preview" separate the two other SAVING actions? (Marta) - Should "Save&Continue" separate the two other VIEW actions?
So, final vote for me, (C) -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/