[TYPO3-v4] Rendering of exclude fields as checkboxes, huge usability regression?

[Helmut Hummel]

Hi Francois,

On 16.01.11 15:15, François Suter wrote:
> 
> It's true that we have lost this little advantage. OTOH I think that 
> this change is huge usability improvement, because selecting numerous 
> fields was such a pain before (well, I mean I had already activated 
> checkbox rendering in my own package): it was very easy to click without 
> holding the shift or ctrl key and thus deselect any previous selection. 
> This was not always visible - especially in the list of allowed exclude 
> fields - because selected items might have been outside of the currently 
> visible items. This generated numerous errors with our clients, 
> sometimes made even by us. 

Right. This was also really annoying. So it's probably a matter of taste
what annoys more ;)

> And the "undo" button was not a great help 
> since generally nobody understands what this button does (probably a 
> case where using an icon is not a good idea).
> 
> So while it's true that it may be a bit less functional, and that it 
> also involves more scrolling, I still think the checkbox rendering is 
> much better and that it makes sense to have it turned on by default.

In gmail there is the possibility to select multiple checkboxes at once
and I bet, it wouldn't be that complicated to implement such thing. With
such a thing, checkboxes would be perfect.

> If you don't like it, you can turn it off again ;-)

Gee, that's good news. But after reading your post I probably consider
trying the checkbox mode. ;)

Thanks everybody for the comments.

Kind regards,
Helmut

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