AdrianW 1052 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 There's a number of locations on the server dashboard/config pages that would benefit with the addition of a back button to make navigation more intuitive. The first one that came to mind is the Users config menu - this is accessed by clicking "Users" in the sidebar, and then by clicking a user name to enter the config for that particular user. If I then want to configure a second user, I have to click on "Users" again in the sidebar (which is already highlighted) to return to the list of users. It's certainly not immediately obvious that you have to click "users" again. I'd like to suggest the addition of a back button, probably to the left or right of the user name (Adrian in the screenshot above). Other pages that I think would also benefit from the addition of a back button are: Plugins config pages (i.e after clicking "Email Notifications" you need to click Plugins again to get back). Individual Notifications config pages (you need to click the "Notifications" tab to get back). DLNA individual profiles pages (need to click "Profiles" tab to get back). Something like the arrow on the Notification slide-out - but flipped would look good as a back button. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I agree some direct navigation to the top of some of these areas might be good. However, it shouldn't specifically be a "back" button unless it is labelled something like "Back to User List". This is a nit, but there already is a "back" button on your browser and it will take you back - but only back one page which may not be where you want to go (you may have gone two or three levels deep in whatever configuration you are in). So, that is just to say that it shouldn't be so much a back button as a "top" button . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 This is a nit, but there already is a "back" button on your browser and it will take you back ... But, sometimes there isn't a back button - most notably on an iPad when you've saved the homepage to the homescreen, or in Chrome when you've saved the homepage as an "application shortcut". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Shouldn't rely on browser navigation anywhere in the application. You cannot guarantee it will be available on all devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Shouldn't rely on browser navigation anywhere in the application. You cannot guarantee it will be available on all devices. I wasn't suggesting relying on back. In fact, I mentioned that it probably wasn't what you wanted anyway. My point was just that the functionality being requested isn't really for a "back" button but, rather, for buttons that navigate to a specific "top" page of a workflow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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