drag and drop function for content parts?

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Sun 20. Jun 2004, 16:57

Hello

I am not sure whether this can be done or not and whether it would be a good feature. But I would love to have the possibility of a drag and drop function for content parts. When you have an article with around 100 content parts, the only way to add new content parts and sort them accordingly, is by using the up/down function in the article center. This can be quite unnerving, especially if you want to sort a new content part above x content parts. As it is now (unless I have missed other alternatives) is by clicking on the up/down until you have reached the area in which you'd like to place your new content part in the same article, meaning it is loads of work if you want to place your new content part above a hundred others, hence 100 clicks for each new item.

It would be a lot easier if I could just drag and drop the new content part to the area I want to locate it within the article.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 00:09

Did you try adding it to your current location saving it, then immediately "cutting" it from there and "pasting" it in the new location in your hierarchy?

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 17:37

That option is not working. I am hoping that a solution similar to what I described can be done in some way. It would definitely be a great feature and save a lot of work.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 18:52

rookie wrote:That option is not working. I am hoping that a solution similar to what I described can be done in some way. It would definitely be a great feature and save a lot of work.

Yes it would, but drag-and-drop might not be very easy to do across all platforms.

How is the cut and paste option not working?

Does the cut and paste not work anymore?

DeXXus · Post by **DeXXus** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 20:06

marco wrote:How is the cut and paste option not working?

Does the cut and paste not work anymore?

It still works fine

Cut article
-clicking on "plain" scissors icon, turns scissors "red" and downarrow for all structure levels "red"
-"red" scissors icon becomes "disable cut article"
-"red" downarrow icon becomes "paste article in structure level [category title]

Cancel paste
-clicking on "red" scissors ends paste operation and returns icons to their original "plain" state with no change in article position

Paste article in structure level
-clicking on "red" downarrow icon of particular structure level, pastes article in that structure level
-clicking on "red" scissors ends paste operation and returns icons to their original "plain" state

Pappnase · Post by **Pappnase** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 20:08

marco wrote:
rookie wrote:That option is not working. I am hoping that a solution similar to what I described can be done in some way. It would definitely be a great feature and save a lot of work.
Yes it would, but drag-and-drop might not be very easy to do across all platforms.

How is the cut and paste option not working?

Does the cut and paste not work anymore?

hello marco

she ask for drag an drop or copy paste of content parts not whole articles.
and drag and drop of content parts is not possible?

did i understand you right rookie!?

DeXXus · Post by **DeXXus** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 20:28

Pappnase wrote:or copy paste of content parts not whole articles.

One can ~ONLY~ cut/paste "CONTENT PARTS" (even though function refers to "cut article"

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 20:32

Yeah, Oliver. I was talking about content parts, mainly for articles that consist of a hundred content parts. It's a lot of work to add new content parts manually as it is now, especially if you want to place them at a certain level. But it's probably fine. And it seems like I am the only one having single articles with tons of contentparts.

marco · Post by **marco** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 21:55

rookie wrote:Yeah, Oliver. I was talking about content parts, mainly for articles that consist of a hundred content parts.

An article with a hundred content parts must be a pretty big one... is there a page to see it?

I am not sure if there is a solution for moving just some of those hundred content parts that is why I suggested the cut and past as a workaround and thniking that is easier to delete unwanted stuff than clicking hundreds of times to move them. That would be a real pain indeed.

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 22:57

marco wrote:
rookie wrote:Yeah, Oliver. I was talking about content parts, mainly for articles that consist of a hundred content parts.
An article with a hundred content parts must be a pretty big one... is there a page to see it?

I am not sure if there is a solution for moving just some of those hundred content parts that is why I suggested the cut and past as a workaround and thniking that is easier to delete unwanted stuff than clicking hundreds of times to move them. That would be a real pain indeed.

Yeah. I am making a video guide for my favourite band, sorted by year. This means 14 years and each year has x amount of videos. For each video there has to be two content parts. One for the text and one for thumbnails. The thumbnails will follow bit by bit as I have to make them first. So, when I take an article that has 100 shows = 100 content parts, I'll have to wade through all of them a) to figure out which is which and to add another thumbnail content part to each video which makes it quite a lot of work and which is why I inquired on possibilities.

Here is an example for one year: http://www.igotshit.net/92.shtml

Alexander Schlegel · Post by **Alexander Schlegel** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 23:14

rookie wrote: Here is an example for one year: http://www.igotshit.net/92.shtml

By the way: nice layout!

Post by **Oliver Georgi** » Mon 21. Jun 2004, 23:33

It's planned to enhance the backend by dhtml popups where you can choose from - cut/copy/paste and such stuff... ...but...

Oliver