0001088: Overhaul menu

(0002401)
paulh (administrator)
2010-02-20 16:30

Agreed in meeting 2010-02-20

(0002543)
kieran (administrator)
2010-02-28 19:19

Added a mockup for discussion.

(0002646)
ivan (administrator)
2010-03-11 17:28

My thoughts added as a mockup: sit4-menu-mockup2.png

(0002647)
paulh (administrator)
2010-03-11 17:44

Hi, My vote would go with having a left menu (similar to Kierans) as more and more people have widescreen monitors so vertical screen space is at a premium though horizontal isn't.

What would be really cool would be if the menu could be themed/theme specific so we could have a theme with it on the left and one with it on the top.

How would a menu similar to the one Ivan proposes work with a large number of items (e.g. reports)?

(0002649)
ivan (administrator)
2010-03-11 17:58

It wouldn't really, unless you made it double height.

(0002650)
ivan (administrator)
2010-03-11 18:47

Added another mockup (mockup3) of something similar to kierans suggestion, as a sidebar with a minimise/close button and a pushpin to make it stick/stay open if required. Also shows custom menu items.

(0003112)
modir (reporter)
2010-04-26 20:44

Instead of creating sub navigation elements it could make sense to use mega drop-down navigation. They have several advantages over the currently used navigation: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mega-dropdown-menus.html [^]

(0004063)
ivan (administrator)
2011-06-23 09:49

Added two menu designs by Nicdev007

(0004626)
ivan (administrator)
2013-01-05 15:00

For 3.90 we decided to go with more modest menu changes, these are complete now. For 4 we will look again at a complete new menu.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-02-20 16:29	paulh	New Issue
2010-02-20 16:30	paulh	Note Added: 0002401
2010-02-20 16:30	paulh	Status	new => confirmed
2010-02-20 16:30	paulh	Target Version	=> 4.0
2010-02-20 17:45	paulh	Relationship added	child of 0001090
2010-02-20 19:05	paulh	Relationship added	related to 0001086
2010-02-24 21:32	ivan	Summary	Overhaul menu => [META] Overhaul menu
2010-02-24 21:33	ivan	Summary	[META] Overhaul menu => Overhaul menu
2010-02-28 19:18	kieran	File Added: menu-mockup.png
2010-02-28 19:19	kieran	Note Added: 0002543
2010-03-11 16:09	ivan	Category	other => menu
2010-03-11 17:20	ivan	File Added: sit4-menu-mockup2.png
2010-03-11 17:28	ivan	Note Added: 0002646
2010-03-11 17:44	paulh	Note Added: 0002647
2010-03-11 17:58	ivan	Note Added: 0002649
2010-03-11 18:46	ivan	File Added: sit4-menu-mockup3.png
2010-03-11 18:47	ivan	Note Added: 0002650
2010-04-10 22:45	ivan	Status	confirmed => assigned
2010-04-10 22:45	ivan	Assigned To	=> ivan
2010-04-26 20:44	modir	Note Added: 0003112
2011-02-14 13:21	ivan	Target Version	4.0 => 3.90beta1
2011-06-23 09:49	ivan	File Added: 9Xjqx.png
2011-06-23 09:49	ivan	File Added: JanQi.png
2011-06-23 09:49	ivan	Note Added: 0004063
2013-01-05 15:00	ivan	Note Added: 0004626
2013-01-05 15:00	ivan	Target Version	3.90beta1 => 4.0

Notes
(0002401) paulh (administrator) 2010-02-20 16:30	Agreed in meeting 2010-02-20

(0002543) kieran (administrator) 2010-02-28 19:19	Added a mockup for discussion.

(0002646) ivan (administrator) 2010-03-11 17:28	My thoughts added as a mockup: sit4-menu-mockup2.png

(0002647) paulh (administrator) 2010-03-11 17:44	Hi, My vote would go with having a left menu (similar to Kierans) as more and more people have widescreen monitors so vertical screen space is at a premium though horizontal isn't. What would be really cool would be if the menu could be themed/theme specific so we could have a theme with it on the left and one with it on the top. How would a menu similar to the one Ivan proposes work with a large number of items (e.g. reports)?

(0002649) ivan (administrator) 2010-03-11 17:58	It wouldn't really, unless you made it double height.

(0002650) ivan (administrator) 2010-03-11 18:47	Added another mockup (mockup3) of something similar to kierans suggestion, as a sidebar with a minimise/close button and a pushpin to make it stick/stay open if required. Also shows custom menu items.

(0003112) modir (reporter) 2010-04-26 20:44	Instead of creating sub navigation elements it could make sense to use mega drop-down navigation. They have several advantages over the currently used navigation: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mega-dropdown-menus.html [^]

(0004063) ivan (administrator) 2011-06-23 09:49	Added two menu designs by Nicdev007

(0004626) ivan (administrator) 2013-01-05 15:00	For 3.90 we decided to go with more modest menu changes, these are complete now. For 4 we will look again at a complete new menu.