symphonycms/symphony-2 — Issue #848: UI: Duplicator
Author: nils-werner
Created: 2011-10-19 21:07:31+00:00
State: open

Following Nick's example I've pushed a few changes to [my `duplicatorstyle` branch](https://github.com/nils-werner/symphony-2/tree/duplicatorstyle) for you to have a look at.

I really like what nick did in #847 so these are to be considered an addition to his style.

The changes are

- The duplicator control bars (the before and after the duplicator instances) have a gradient
- Gives them a more beveled feel, almost like a [paper scroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll)
- While reordering duplicator instances the active one gets a fat dropshadow
- Emphasizes what's currently happening: "picking up the instance and dragging it around"
- the same could be done for reordered table rows

Unrelated but still in the same branch

- More space for the context bar (the one with the breadcrumbs)
- I felt the "create new" and "edit section" buttons were too close to the menu, too much stuff going on in that corner
- Slightly darker main menu
- there's a big hierarchical step in between the menu and the context bar but they were too close together hue-wise
- No more brownish tone throughout the backend
- I am not sure about the complete desaturation. To me the new style felt like we were getting rid of the brown and the current duplicator colors felt kinda misplaced.

To preview these changes in a special branch `nilswernerstyle` on your local installation simply do the following

git branch nilswernerstyle integration
git checkout nilswernerstyle
git pull git://github.com/nils-werner/symphony-2.git duplicatorstyle