[TYPO3-hci] PPT-Chart 37 -> how about dropdown-breadcrumb?

[Franz Koch]

Hi list,

I just hat a look at the PPT again - hope it is still somehow up2date.

The PPT-Chart mentions one bad thing for the possible new Menu, namely that submenus will hide in this concept and thus the current menu-option is not visible.

I never thought that I would do something like this and suggest a M$ concept, but I installed M$ Vista in a VM a month ago and was positively surprised by their dropdown breadcrumb concept that is used everywhere - for the current path on the harddisk, for menus, ... - and how easy it is to use. It could really be an alternative to the pagetree - or a condensed view of it. And it could also be used to display the current menu depth.

It was just a quick idea that came into my mind as I read the chart. Maybe it wouldn't make sense as there are mostly only 2 menu levels, but maybe it can be intelligently combined with something?

But I really think it would be a great thing as an alternative for the pagetree. If you have limited space, hide the pagetree and navigate with the dropdown-breadcrumb. And when the pagetree is hidden, you have some leftover space where a additional column can be permanently displayed with shortcuts, maybe some small widgets, a CSH or whatever.

The only negative aspect I see with it, that it will consume additional vertical space, which is the most limited at all for websites (especially with the current 16:10 display hype).


Any comments, ideas on that?
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Kind regards,
Franz Koch