Question

Sorry for a simple question. When editing a topic with a form, there's a user experience issue I'm trying to fix.

When you hit "edit" - the page opens with the form above and a empty topic page below. The user is in the middle of the page, not at the top of the form.

When you hit "WYSIWYG", the empty topic window is above the form.

It would be a smoother experience if these were consistent (i.e form on top) and if the page opened at the top.

Is there a way to set this up in Web Preferences?

Thanks!

Environment

-- LaurenSommer - 22 Aug 2008

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

yes, good question. I have the same problem with the page focus not being at the top.

-- CarloSchulz - 25 Aug 2008

I'm surprised by this, because the same template is used for both plain text editing and for WYSIWYG editing, and the form is at the bottom in both. It sounds like someone has been fiddling with your templates and has managed to move the form in the plain edit, but not in the WYSIWYG edit. the solution kinda depends on what was fiddled with......

-- CrawfordCurrie - 25 Aug 2008

The text area is intended to have focus in both cases. The WYSIWYG editor not having focus is a known issue (TWikibug:Item5620): but that bug is closed (it fixed the raw editor focus only), so you might want to open a new one.

If you want the form to have focus instead, you can do that with javascript and add it to the templates.

-- SeanCMorgan - 25 Aug 2008

CrawfordCurrie is correct. The problem is that the skin was modified to put the form at the top for viewing and for plain text editing. (Being the one that modified LaurenSommer's skin. However, if they are the same file that moves both, I will definitely have to figure out why the heck it only moved it for plain text editing if, as Crawford states it should have moved both. Harrumph....

-- AJAlfieriCrispin - 25 Aug 2008

SeanCMorgan... thanks for your comments, it seems that I missed my users intent here, as to forcing the focus to the tables. I'll check with some of my more savvy web authors and see what I would have to do to make that happen, unless of course you have some script that could easily be modified. Thanks! AJ

-- AJAlfieriCrispin - 25 Aug 2008