[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Web Client Bar for Actions and Column Picker

[Terran McCanna]

I like "Function Bar"!

Terran McCanna
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 11:43 AM, Tina Ji <tina.ji at bc.libraries.coop> wrote:

> Another may be Function Bar. The Actions dropdow list is on this bar. A
> different name may help distinguish it from the Actions list.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Quoting Terran McCanna <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org>:
>
> I agree - Action Row or Action Bar makes sense to me because you're taking
>> action (regardless of whether there's an actual Action button or not).
>>
>> Terran McCanna
>> PINES Program Manager
>> Georgia Public Library Service
>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>> Atlanta, GA 30345
>> 404-235-7138
>> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Andrea Buntz Neiman <
>> abneiman at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:
>>
>> In my internal notes, I refer to it as the Action/Paging Bar, but I don't
>>> love that because I think it leaves out the Configuration part.
>>>
>>> Similarly, I don't love Configuration Bar because to my mind that leaves
>>> out Actions and Paging.
>>>
>>> However, I think Action Row (or Action Bar, or Grid Action Bar, or the
>>> like) actually captures all the things that can go there -- Paging
>>> Actions,
>>> Configuration Actions, and Action-Actions.
>>>
>>> $0.02
>>>
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Galen Charlton <
>>> gmc at equinoxinitiative.org
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Jennifer Pringle
>>>> <jennifer.pringle at bc.libraries.coop> wrote:
>>>> > Has anyone come up with a name for the bar in the web client that
>>>> contains
>>>> > the actions menu, column picker, and paging buttons?  I skimmed the
>>>> official
>>>> > 3.0 docs but I didn't see it referred to as a whole anywhere.
>>>> >
>>>> > I'd like to make sure what we call it in our local resources matches
>>>> what
>>>> > ends up in the official docs.
>>>> >
>>>> > So far I'm leaning towards Configuration Bar.  Anyone have other
>>>> > suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> As far as the code is concerned, there are some internal names in use
>>>> that may be useful for setting on a name for use by the documentation.
>>>> The copy tag interface (/eg/staff/admin/local/asset/copy_tag) is what
>>>> I'm using as an example since the grid there uses all of the UI
>>>> widgets I'm about to refer to.
>>>>
>>>> Going by CSS class names in particular:
>>>>
>>>> * The button(s) on the left ("New Record") in this example are "grid
>>>> menu items".
>>>> * The set of of widgets that include the paging buttons the Actions
>>>> menu (if present) and column configuration drop-down is the "column
>>>> picker"
>>>> * The items in the Actions drop-down are "grid actions"
>>>> * The whole row, including grid menu item and the column picker is the
>>>> "action row".
>>>>
>>>> I offer these in case they are helpful; I do /not/ suggest that the
>>>> documentation need to follow the CSS class names.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Galen
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>>>
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