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Changes between Version 20 and Version 21 of TracProject/UiGuidelines


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Mar 10, 2023, 8:16:16 AM (14 months ago)
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figaro
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Cosmetic changes (still needs work, not Jinja2 compliant)

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  • TracProject/UiGuidelines

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    33= Trac User Interface Guidelines
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    5 == Navigation
     5== Introduction
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    7 ''These guidelines aren't official. This document is an analysis and a proposal initially written by ChristopherLenz, and is open to comments and suggestions from the community.''
     7This document is an analysis and a proposal for adding consistency between module navigation and local navigation. This proposal was drafted by ChristopherLenz and is open to comments and suggestions from the community. These guidelines aren't official.
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    9 === Current Situation
     9== Current Situation
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    1111While the navigation interface provided by Trac is in general clean and minimalistic, some problems of redundancy and inconsistency can be identified. The goal of this proposal is to clean-up and unify the navigation interface, and ultimately to establish guidelines for how Trac modules should hook into the navigation, so that they integrate nicely with the rest of the system.
     
    4242  When viewing the list of available reports, two module navigation links are available: ''Available Reports'' and ''Custom Query''. Both remain available when opening a specific report. However, when viewing the report list or the custom query, only the ''alternative'' view remains selectable.
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    44 === Conclusion
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    46 As noted in the introduction, the navigation story in Trac is inconsistent especially when it comes to differentiating between module navigation and local navigation.
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    48 === Possible Solutions
     44== Possible Solutions
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    5046For usability purposes there is a need to fix these inconsistencies in the navigation. Apart from layout details, such as the different look of local navigation links in the browser than in the reports module, there are a basically two drastically different options: