[TYPO3-v4] List module improvements

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

I'd like to discuss some possibilities for improving the list module.

Problem:
If there are a lot of tables in a page the list module loads slow.

Solution:
If there are more than N tables, just display the headings and load the 
records if the user wants to open a table (AJAX call). This costs 
another click, but the end result is faster.

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Problem:
If you want to see more than the first M records you have to switch to 
single table mode.

Solution:
Add a page browser in the record list. Especially when using AJAX calls 
to load records, this will only change a part of the page and will be fast.

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Other features:
Add support for inline editing for text fields (and other fields which 
can be supported). This will be present in the Phoenix interface 
(according to published wireframes) so it will let people get used to 
this feature. It's also present in the new pagetree.

We can probably build this with ExtJS control and possibly add the 
option to select the extra columns from the table headings (ExtJS 
feature if I'm not mistaken).

Perhaps the single table view can be realized by hiding the other tables 
dynamically and increasing the number of records per page.

Of course the usability team has to be involved in creating the right 
interface.

Just a few ideas... any thoughts?

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Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,

Jigal van Hemert
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