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Additional Widget options for better widget control. Available on
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On/Off switch for plugin #33

Closed erpol closed 6 years ago

erpol commented 6 years ago

This is a usability suggestion: As the options appear on every widget whether they're used or not, for sites with lots of widgets and complex placements, it's fastidious when maintaining the site to scroll through all the visibility pages and other options to see which, if any, has been checked, or any CSS or logic entered.

So I'd suggest putting a checkbox on top, to globally enable or disable widget options. This would make it very easy to check out if any option has been entered (box checked), at a single glance, before starting scrollling down for specific pages or the various tabs.

phpbits commented 6 years ago

@erpol Thank you very much for your suggestions! Do you mean check/uncheck all checkbox feature? or reset default? Thanks!

Cheers, Jeffrey

erpol commented 6 years ago

Hi, you're welcome.

No, I didn't mean reset the defaults, I meant enable/disable globally the various settings the user might have made to the options extensions, while keeping them if they did any changes. The check box that could be labeled < Enable options > or some similar, off by default, would have the following advantages:

I often wished for this feature when using Display Widgets, when you visit back a site that you work on periodically it's very tedious to check every widget to see if any changes were made (especially if the default < hide on selected > is kept.)

Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm trying to be as clear as possible!

Thanks for being so reactive, it gives a lot of confidence in your plugin!

RP

Le 21 nov. 2017 ? 08:08, Jeffrey Carandang notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com> a ?crit :

@erpolhttps://github.com/erpol Thank you very much for your suggestions! Do you mean check/uncheck all checkbox feature? or reset default? Thanks!

Cheers, Jeffrey

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phpbits commented 6 years ago

@erpol You are very welcome! I really do appreciate your suggestions too.

I'm still confuse on the features you need though. The Enable/Disable feature is already available on Settings > Widget Options and you can configure settings to select which tabs you want to enable. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

erpol commented 6 years ago

Ok, i understand the confusion: I meant an on/off switch on top of the widget options area of EVERY widget. I can send you a mock screenshot if you wish.

RP

Le 21 nov. 2017 à 08:28, Jeffrey Carandang notifications@github.com a écrit :

@erpol You are very welcome! I really do appreciate your suggestions too.

I'm still confuse on the features you need though. The Enable/Disable feature is already available on Settings Widget Options and you can configure settings to select which tabs you want to enable. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

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erpol commented 6 years ago

Hi again,

Here, look at the attached mock-up screen to see exactly what I mean (a picture equals 1000 words, etc):

Unchecking the box should not erase the eventual options that are set, just disable them.

I know it’s not so simple to implement as it sounds, but I think it’s super neat! Especially for the Pro version that has more options still.

Cheers,

RP

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@erpolhttps://github.com/erpol You are very welcome! I really do appreciate your suggestions too.

I'm still confuse on the features you need though. The Enable/Disable feature is already available on Settings Widget Options and you can configure settings to select which tabs you want to enable. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

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phpbits commented 6 years ago

@erpol I can't see the image. Would you mind posting it again. Thanks!

erpol commented 6 years ago

Attached is the whole email with images.

RP

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@erpolhttps://github.com/erpol I can't see the image. Would you mind posting it again. Thanks!

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phpbits commented 6 years ago

Hi,

Still now showing. Would you mind going here : https://github.com/phpbits/widget-options/issues/33#issuecomment-346007109 and posting it directly on the github thread. Thanks!

erpol commented 6 years ago

Ok, sorry about that. I recap:

Unchecking the box should not erase the eventual options that are set, just disable them. Cheers,

widget options on-off

RP

phpbits commented 6 years ago

@erpol That's a very nice option, but I'm thinking probably Toggle Widget Options so it will only hide the tabs and not disable the saved options. Let me think about it and survey more users. Thanks again!

erpol commented 6 years ago

Sure, no problem! See what other users think, but personally I feel that unchecking and hiding the options while keeping the settings active may be misleading from the ergonomics standpoint.

RP

Le 29 nov. 2017 ? 11:57, Jeffrey Carandang notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com> a ?crit :

@erpolhttps://github.com/erpol That's a very nice option, but I'm thinking probably Toggle Widget Options so it will only hide the tabs and not disable the saved options. Let me think about it and survey more users. Thanks again!

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phpbits commented 6 years ago

@erpol Thanks again for your feedback. Probably better to have "Disable Widget Options", so that it's always enabled by default and users need to check/click this option to remove the widget options on specific widget :)

erpol commented 6 years ago

Of course, either option works. A survey among your installed base would be a great idea I think.

RP

Le 30 nov. 2017 ? 01:25, Jeffrey Carandang notifications@github.com<mailto:notifications@github.com> a ?crit :

@erpolhttps://github.com/erpol Thanks again for your feedback. Probably better to have "Disable Widget Options", so that it's always enabled by default and users need to check/click this option to remove the widget options on specific widget :)

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