Backend UI improvements for 2.5
From LimeSurvey Manual
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Denis on Mantis: https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=10077
Tweaks
- Next/previous button in edit question
- Option to always keep the side-menu open (it's irritating to manually open and close it all the time)
- Adaptive design: You open it manually one time and it stays open.
- Put two small icons visible at hover on the side-menu:
- Activate/stop survey
- Test/run survey
- Start to think in terms of Ajax: Which pages can be loaded async? Side-menu is always the same. Load side-body and menu-bar async? E.g., when clicking on question in side-menu, we can blur side-body (main content), show a loading gif and fetch all HTML async.
- Add a list of most recently visited surveys (visited in backend), like in word processors. Add this list to survey drop-down in top menu ("Create, import, list surveys"). The purpose is to make it easier to switch between 2-3 surveys you are currently working on.
- Keep more advanced bar menu even in edit mode (plus save, save-and-close, close):
New features
- Customizable quick-menu (quick menu?) where you can choose which buttons to show, visible at all time (or on different pages?).
- Drag-n-drop buttons from a list to add and change order
- Interactive tutorial (not unlike those found in games) to a users first survey creation. http://bootstraptour.com/
- Extend the dashboard with what? Customizable information?
- Provide the possibility of making a question mandatory (not only show it or not) under certain conditions
New design proposal
https://app.moqups.com/tammoterhark@gmail.com/VMOrJNLtR0/view (several pages available, see pages button in left hand column)