make limit fields in Defaults editable

[Cindy Lu]

Make the "Limit" column fields editable instead of through the 'Update Defaults' modal because the modal could get very long and is not user friendly.

[Cindy Lu (clu-m)]

Another example of a very long modal window is Admin > Projects, click on 'Edit Project' action then go to Quota tab. This is very long.

[Victoria Martinez de la Cruz (vkmc)]

We are currently using the window scroll to move within the modal dialog. I'm not sure if having two scrolls would improve the user experience.

[Cindy Lu (clu-m)]

Hi Victoria,

I agree with you that having 2 scrolls wouldn't really be all that useful.

However,I think a modal window should be contained within a standard screen.

I think it would be nice to have those fields editable on the table itself, like in the Admin > Project table. Not sure what other people would say about it though. :)

[Thai Tran (tqtran)]

I agree, that is a great idea Cindy.

[Victoria Martinez de la Cruz (vkmc)]

Hi Cindy,

Sounds great! Maybe at the beginning there wasn't so much information to display and the modals were more appropriate. I agree that having more space would improve user experience.

Thanks!

[Liz Blanchard (lblanchard)]

I really like the idea of editable fields in the table too. Another idea would be to have a wider modal in certain cases that allows for 2 or 3 columns of fields so that there isn't too much scrolling for the user.

[Gary W. Smith (gary-w-smith)]

Marking as invalid, since the edit dialog for this ( Admin / System / Defaults > Update Defaults) is not overly long in Pike (it only has 11 fields on it).