Changing Direction...
When the UXD team was tasked with identifying UI improvements for Foreman one of the major improvements we could see was with the navigation. As it stands now, Foreman uses the Horizontal Navigation Pattern <http://www.patternfly.org/pattern-library/navigation/horizontal-navigation/#_> found in PatternFly (see example below). Our reasons for improving the current UI include better adaptability for additional menu items and a friendlier responsive design layout. As you can see from the below screen, the current menu does not react well to screen constraints, dropping menu items onto a second line. There are some notes worth addressing when contemplating moving towards a vertical nav from a user experience perspective. Firstly, though vertical nav supports a tertiary level, currently no nav item is in need of it. It’s nice to know it’s available if desired. Secondly, the current vertical nav is at its best when nav items are given groupings and titles for those groups. The current horizontal nav inconsistently groups items. Possible solutions could be to provide groupings alternatively you could leave them as is. In the below mockup we can see a secondary nav that has one untitled grouping and three titled groupings (In Bold - Provisioning Setup, Templates, Compliance). Additional information about the vertical nav and its functionality can be found on the PatternFly blog <https://blog.patternfly.org/vertical-navigation-finding-your-way/>. An additional note: the idea of a vertical nav was based on our perspective from a user experience team. I know that there will also be additional considerations from a technical perspective. I’m looking forward to everyone's feedback. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to foreman-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
