Nov 14, 2008
issue 202
(Improve UI for Collection - File Formats) reported by banoffi
- The Formats chooser in the Files Specification of the collection editor only displays seven types. As
we support indexing more types, it will become increasingly large unusable.
As far as I can see there are two practical approaches. Either display a much larger list as a multiple
SELECT control (or perhaps nicer, a grid of checkboxes and labels in small font) with "select all" and
"select none" buttons. Or have "include" and "exclude" text inputs, into which the admin can enter
glob patterns to control the indexing.
The latter is more flexible, but requires the admin to have greater technical ability. It also lacks the
explicit listing of indexable file types.
The Formats chooser in the Files Specification of the collection editor only displays seven types. As
we support indexing more types, it will become increasingly large unusable.
As far as I can see there are two practical approaches. Either display a much larger list as a multiple
SELECT control (or perhaps nicer, a grid of checkboxes and labels in small font) with "select all" and
"select none" buttons. Or have "include" and "exclude" text inputs, into which the admin can enter
glob patterns to control the indexing.
The latter is more flexible, but requires the admin to have greater technical ability. It also lacks the
explicit listing of indexable file types.
