Prevent events from overwriting the date on the timeline (at bottom of the panel) and render the dates more visible than the dark gray

[robinetmiller]

"When one of event markers is clicked on in the timeline or on the map, the pop-up that results covers the actual timeline. " - Mihaela

[robinetmiller]

There are a few possible solutions to the overlapping. The choice of which solution depends heavily on what the exact problem is, and what CWRC's preferences are:

1. Drawing a popup centred in the timeline.
   • Pro: This would no longer cover the timeline controls / minimap.
   • Con: Would still cover the other event pins.
2. Drawing a popup below the timeline entirely.
   • Pro: Would not cover the timeline at all.
   • Con: Would cover map instead
3. Inserting a permanent widget between the map and the timeline that would update its content to the currently selected pin.
   • Pros: Would not cover anything. Might also solve https://github.com/cwrc/CWRC-Mapping-Timelines-Project/issues/22
   • Cons: Pushes map down the page, loses the associative quality of the speech-bubble-eqsue pointer
4. Same as 3, but instead placing it in the left bar, below the facet filters.
   • Pros: Same as 3, but also would not move the map.
   • Cons: Also loses the pointer association
5. and, of course, just leaving it as is.

Personally I favour 4, but I can see how you may prefer other solutions; especially if the left bar is normally more full than it is now. RSC-SRC, for example, has a lot of text in that area, but it likely could be moved to under the map, or to another page entirely.

[ilovan]

we talked about this today (Susan and I) and we think option 3 is preferable. 4 is good too, but we feel it shifts the focus for the user from one area of the screen to the other.

[ilovan]

@robinetmiller , we talked a bit more about this today, and we would like the information in the widget to be structured in the following way:

Date (or date range), place [normal font] Event Label [bold] Event description [normal font]