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3 Replies Last post: Apr 8, 2008 1:59 PM by Stephano  
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kevind
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Jun 29, 2007

Apr 3, 2008 7:09 PM

Clicking Edit menu

When editing an item, you have to select the 'edit' from the 'edit' menu. For this particular menu, it would be nice to just 'click' on the edit menu icon to edit. I frequently find myself doing that, then moving the mouse quickly. I then get the unexpected result of 'enable e-mail notification' success instead of editing the item. (The Actions menu is just left of the edit menu item - so it thinks I'm now selecting that menu).
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Stephano
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Jan 14, 2008
1. Apr 4, 2008 5:12 PM in response to: kevind
Re: Clicking Edit menu
Two things we are contemplating for the next release: Double click the item details to edit, and move "copy" and "delete" into the Actions menu. Both of these address your problem. I think you will really like the double click idea. Either way, we are working on making editing quicker, with less mouse clicks.
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kevind
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Jun 29, 2007
2. Apr 8, 2008 12:58 AM in response to: Stephano
Re: Clicking Edit menu

I do mean a single click. Somewhat like the 'new' button for sending e-mail under Outlook - although you could choose other 'new' stuff, the default is a new mail item (or whatever is context sensitive). The menu items for Action, Edit look similar, so my mind says 'single click' for quick edit action.
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Stephano
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3. Apr 8, 2008 1:59 PM in response to: kevind
Re: Clicking Edit menu

I'm sorry that I was unclear above. By double-click, I mean on the actual textarea of the item. It is just in the "idea" phase for now, but we all really like the concept. When you open an item, we think it would be nice to interact with it directly, double-clicking on the white space or text to open the edit screen. It saves you the time of looking for a button, and allows a more tactile experience in editing.

Getting the edit button out of the drop down is the other option. It's more traditional, but certainly takes an extra click out of the process.

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