Request to improve Edit Layout Functionality

[Allie Davidson]

This is a wishlist item.

I am reporting this on behalf of many students that I have received feedback from who find editing the layout in Mahara frustrating. Below is an excerpt from an email I received from a student that does a good job of describing what I have heard from many students re: editing the layout of a page.

"Basically all my issues arose from the Edit Layout portion of the site. It’s incredibly difficult to get an idea for how you want to arrange the info when you have to go to a different page and create a new layout every time you want something changed. Personally, I feel that a “modify existing layout” button would be super helpful, and if that could be added somewhere to the page that you’re working on (instead of another tab) then that would be even better."

[Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner)]

Hi Allie,

Thank you for the report. Does activating "Show controls to add and remove columns when editing a page" in the account settings help? It would add buttons to add and remove columns directly on the "Edit page" screen.

Cheers
Kristina