Enlarged boxes on the Manage Icons page

[anyssia]

Title:
Enlarged boxes on the Manage Icons page

Area:
icons

Summary:
Enlarging comment/description/keyword boxes on the Manage Icons page

Description:
I just realized, while updating my icons, that the boxes on this page have a set size, which isn't easy to use, because I can't see all my text/description.

Especially when you add the "username=blah, site=blahblah" script in the box.
It very annoying to have to use the arrow keys every damn time to rename/modify my 100+ icons so I can credit properly everybody.

Would it be possible to enlarge the boxes so we could see more of what we are writing?

Poll #7083 Enlarged boxes on the Manage Icons page

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 59

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Should be implemented as-is.
35 (59.3%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
6 (10.2%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
1 (1.7%)

(I have no opinion)
17 (28.8%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[allen]

I voted 'with changes' because the manage icons page can get pretty long as it is if you have a lot of icons. Making all the text boxes larger would just make that worse. I'd prefer it if we kept a more compact display for the icons by default, but, say, when you enter a text field to edit it, it dynamically expands to a larger size.

[instantramen]

+1

[sally_maria]

This.

[arethinn]

the manage icons page can get pretty long as it is if you have a lot of icons. Making all the text boxes larger would just make that worse.

I think the OP means make them wider, so more of what's entered is visible. On my screen, at least (and I'm only talking 1280px here), you could make them a LOT wider without affecting anything else vertically.

[anyssia]

(sorry for the late reply ^^)

Yep, that's what I meant. My screen is 1600px so there is a lot of space to expand the boxes ;p

If the dynamic expand thing doesn't work, there is also the option of adding a link at the top of the page with two options:

- either you want to keep the usual box size with two columns

- or load a new version of the userpic page, with one column and very large boxes

[matgb]

Two thoughts have occured.

One, for those of us on small screens (I normally use either my netbook or my phone), this will be annoying.

Two, many browsers these days, including the most recent Firefox & Chrome, allow text boxes to be expanded at will, I'm pretty sure Safari-on-Mac does as Denise has mentioned in the past that she can do it (before I could in Fx).

So I don't think actively making the current boxes larger is a good plan, given user agents should be able to do it.

[anyssia]

many browsers these days, including the most recent Firefox & Chrome, allow text boxes to be expanded at will

Really? It's doesn't change the boxes sizes for me and I use Firefox 4.0.1 Is it something you have to turn on from the settings?

[matgb]

I didn't need to, it was just there when I upgraded, there's a little triangle of spots in the bottom right of my text input box (including this one) and I can make it as big as I like.

It may be some other setting you've got has turned it off, but pretty sure it's a built in feature--there's a small chance it's from an addon I've got that added it as a fature and I didn't notice I guess, I shall check.

[anyssia]

Ah yes, I do have the triangle thingies in the corner of my comments boxes, but it isn't in the userpic page

[matgb]

Hmm, yes, you're right, I should've checked. I see no reason in the code that it shouldn't be there, but my knowledge of HTML forms is limited at best. My alternate is therefore to fix whatever issue stops the expander working on those forms but allows it on this one, if it's possible.

Weird.

[anyssia]

Yep, that's a good one. But there's also the problem that it would get tedious to have to re-size every box each time you want to add something... It's getting complicated ^^;;

I wonder if the 'two pages: one like it is already, one with one icon per line and large boxes' wouldn't be easier finally. But it does pose the problem that we would have the "Upload Order | Keyword Order | Large boxes upload order | Large boxes keyword order" or something. It's might be a little confusing.

[azurelunatic]

I think it may be down to the type of text-insertion box it is, actually. You'll notice in the subject line for comments, there's no little expansion-dots, though in the message box, there is.

I would be all for changing the type of box to both make it a little larger (it bugs me too) and make it so it can be resized client-side, but not so large that it's a hardship for people with small screens.

[montuos]

+1

[goodbyebird]

+1

[turlough]

+1

[syderia]

+1