Topics: Layout enhancement and categorisation
- Layout of topics
Right now topics in Spaces are ordered horizontally with a progression bar underneath. I find that it's not user-friendly since you can't see all the topics at first glance.
- Topics categories
I would also like categories and subcategories of topics, so that they are easier to find and navigate
But this is cool already; users can scroll to see the rest of the topic.
Again, it will prevent clusters for those creating close to 20 topics
Bryan William agreed
I disgree; I believe that the layout could be different altogether. I can imagine a list of topics to scroll down, or topics ordered in a cloud shape. I think it would be far nicer looking than that scrollbar from left to right
Anne-Sophie W I will look into expanding this with other styling options in my plugin. Currently you can hide unused topics, and style the background and text colors. I will be updating it to include the ability to disable scroll and have them stacked instead.... but will see what other layout options I can include.
Jeff Brigman amazing news, Jeff! Thanks for letting me know!
Anne-Sophie W quick tinkering, but will have to dive into it further later. Dot's will be colored but faded, active will be not faded, hover will be I don't know yet.
Just one quick style.
Jeff Brigman would you consider creating topic categories and subcategories ? :)
At the very least, an "arrow" is missing to indicate that there are other topics. This was already requested some time ago. Or perhaps a popup with a search field...
I have a "fix" for this and actually meant to include it in my plugin but forgot to until I seen your post.
However since that will be in one of the paid add-on in my plugin, I will simply share the css you need to style it like the screenshot I've attached. It will be a little while as I'm working on other things.
.fcom_space_topics .fcom_topics_filters {
display: block !important;
}
.fcom_space_topics .fcom_topics_filters .el-button {
margin-bottom: 10px!important;
}You can paste this in your FCom Settings -> Customizations -> Custom CSS
Jeff Brigman I just saw this. That's brilliant and thank you very much for sharing a part of your work! That's very generous of you. And that's exactly what I had in mind. :)))))
I ended up doing it myself lol. It's exactly how I wanted it: right arrow first, then the left arrow appears once you reach the end. (Except on mobile, no left arrow since you swipe; the right arrow there just indicates there are more topics available)
Claudy Scoufy Nice job, how did you achieve that, and hope you don't mind sharing
I have the same concerns. I want to switch from a conventional Forum to FC, but conventional Forums are more organized and it's more obvious where to find topics, as well as tracking threaded conversations.