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elFinder much worse at helping the user to insert the file just uploaded (compared to former interface) in real production sites such as doc.t.o

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elFinder much worse at helping the user to insert the file just uploaded (compared to former interface) in real production sites such as doc.t.o
Version
12.x
13.x
14.x
Category
  • Usability
  • Community projects
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
Feature
Edit interface (UI)
File Gallery (elFinder or standard UI)
Resolution status
Fixed or Solved
Submitted by
Xavier de Pedro
Lastmod by
Xavier de Pedro
Rating
(1)
Description

If you are in a site with some "documentation" activity (a bunch of images already in the default folder), it's not easy for the end user to insert the image he/she has just uploaded to Tiki thorugh the toolbar icons/actions.

With the former file gallery interface to upload a file, you see the thumbnail or icon of the image/file just uploaded, so that it's very easy to find it and click on it to get the corresponding wiki syntax inserted in the text area, so that the file is used within the text.

With elFinder, this simple task becomes difficult, annoying, and time consuming (plus irritating at some times, if you can't seem to find the image you have just uploaded and you KNOW it's there somewhere).

Usual case (can be easily reproduced in doc.t.o):

  1. Log in doc.t.o
  2. Edit a documentation page
  3. Click at the toolbar icon to insert a new image from your local harddisk. elFinder interface is shown.
  4. Click at the icon to insert the file from your harddisk. Select your file, upload it.
  5. Once the file has finished uploading, you have no clue where the image is, and it's way more complicated to have your image inserted for you in your wiki page or text area.
    • You have to start scrolling and scrolling there in the elFinder window to look for something... I know my image was called (real example from today) "tiki13_tracker_events_00.png".
    • I typed "tiki13_tracker_events" in the search box, and nothing was shown (!).
    • I typed "tiki13_tracker" in the search box, and nothing was shown (!).
    • I typed "tiki13" in the search box, and dozens of images where shown (!!!).


At this time, my annoyance started to increase quite a lot, as you can image...

We need to make the lifer easier for the end user (and for the *.t.o Tiki contributor)

Expected behavior with elFinder:
  • Once the file has finished uploading, we expected to have elfinder automagically search for that file name ("tiki13_tracker_events_00.png"), and display the end user JUST the icon/thumbnail of that file just uploaded, so that this human being can easily click on it to have it inserted.


Thanks for improving this lovely elFinder interface! 😊

Solution
Fixed by Jonny in r53652. thanks!
Importance
7
Easy to solve?
7
Priority
49
Demonstrate Bug on Tiki 19+
Demonstrate Bug (older Tiki versions)
Ticket ID
5535
Created
Monday 26 January, 2015 10:13:54 UTC
by Xavier de Pedro
LastModif
Monday 26 January, 2015 15:32:54 UTC


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