contao/test — Issue #908: FileTree widget -- show existing thumbnail and add "locate selected" option
Author: importer
Created: 2011-11-29 07:00:25+00:00
State: open
Labels: backend, Feature

I have been asked this question so many times by my clients!

Since TL stores the last opened + on the filemanager control, which is almost never the same folder as the item currently being edited, when the client wants to change the image, they have to know which folder the item is located in before seeing the radio (or checkboxes) for the selected items.

The client wants to visually see the image currently selected, so

1. provide this display inside the control itself as an image, possibly show some type of array of images of the current selection. Maybe add a "fake folder" at the top called, "current selection" and show each item with its path, OR

2. provide a link (next to the "change select" link) at the top of the control, to locate the currently selected files in the filetree, and auto-expand ONLY those folders. This will make it easier for clients to spot the currently selected items. In fact having an option in the eval => ('showCurrent'=true) or something similar would allow us to immediately show the selections (when expanding the control)

I realise that the code for the checkbox condition will be the most work, as it will link to multiple files/folder.

Related issues: #867

--- _Originally created by thyon on July 24th, 2009, at 01:10pm (ID 908)_