Improve design of fast action buttons in Linked entities cartel

[boogheta]

Now that fast actions include merge as well, we have a potential issue to read the names of the entities. There is the hover tooltip to compensate but in many case, it would be more convenient to actually see which entity we are precisely working with, for instance if it is Twitter.com or a specific account like in the screenshot below

@robindemourat do you think we could try to redesign these buttons to leave more space for the entity name? For instance we could make the buttons smaller and fitting in one vertical line on the right like below? Or move the "cited by" info to the top right and put the action buttons on one horizontal line below instead? Or any better idea?

[robindemourat]

I agree on the problem.

I like the reduced-size option and two-lines option.

Below a two-lines option test:

Right now I don't see other options indeed.

Pros for the 2-lines option IMO:

• icons are not too small
• icon size is consistant with other buttons

Pros for the reduced-size option IMO:

• more cards displayed on screen
• easier position to click multiple times

I am not sure of which one is the best... what's your opinion guys ?

[boogheta]

The pros arguments for both options all make sense, it's a hard choice! :p I think I would be more in favor of the vertical reduced size option, mostly for the easier position allowing to click in series by scrolling vertically.

Let's ask more people! Do you have a preference @mydu @thomastari @audreybaneyx @Yomguithereal @heloisethero @bmaz @d3scmps @AmelieVRL @arnaudmolo @jacomyal ?

To sum up the question, we currently have this:

And we are wondering between moving to:

with the following advantages:

• more cards displayed on screen
• easier position to click multiple times

or:

with the following advantages:

• icons are not too small
• icon size is consistant with other buttons

[mydu]

I personally like the two lines option, but it looks a bit empty on the right side if in stack list (because there is not merge button), maybe we should keep the original EntityCard UI in stacklist view but change to two lines in linked entities view

[AmelieVRL]

It's a very hard question without context. Reading the first posts I would have said 2 lines option ; I agree on the fact that there is few elements in the list and user wil have to scroll but I am convinced that's better to have info with the URL. 2 tips to think about:

• buttons : use rectangles instead of squares could help to make them more readable, and give height margin /"breath" for the design
• if possible enlarge the window

[boogheta]

Regarding buttons, these are global design choices from @robindemourat which are present in multiple places in the app so I don't think such a change is on the table, sorry :) Same thing about the window enlargement unfortunately, this is in the webentity sidebar of the browser which we cannot afford to make bigger (and is even smaller on small screens actually).

[Yomguithereal]

What about smaller icons in the line below, just to merge the two propositions :P ?

[Yomguithereal]

Else I think I prefer the option with icons on the line below as I would probably favor being able to read an entity's name most of the time if possible.