Use icons in tabs of sub apps instead of action names
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Key: MGNLUI-482
URL: http://jira.magnolia-cms.com/browse/MGNLUI-482
Project: Magnolia UI
Issue Type: Improvement
Security Level: Public
Components: content app
Affects Versions: 5.0 Alpha1
Reporter: Andreas Weder
Priority: Critical
Fix For: 5.0
Attachments: 01_01_Page_Editor_Select contact 1.png, Edit in Tabs
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We use tab names like "EDIT Andreas Weder", "PREVIEW /about", "EDIT /about" and
"ADD untitled" for sub apps currently. I'd like to change that to use icons
instead of those action names, because:
* more space is available for the item title
* once a tab is open and has calculated its width, that width remains constant
* its immediately apparent what state a sub app is in, without having to read
anything (you just glance at the icon)
* we can use icons to neatly indicate the state a tab is in (edit or preview)
and without changing the tab changing
In order to remain useful, we should restrict the number of icons we are
allowed to use to only a very small set. I'm thinking of:
* the plus icon, when new items are added
* the stylus icon for edit sessions
* the eye icon, when a session shows an item preview
We might find we need one or two more icons (e.g. for a diff view). But for
most uncovered cases, I'd say that we won't use any icon at all, but show only
text (e.g. "USERS", "GROUPS", "ROLES" in the Security app - no icons there; a
diff view could be '"About page" (V1 <> V3)' or similar). That even makes the
regular cases using icons stick out some more.
Please find attached various visual designs showing such tabs.
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