Hi all, im wondering if we should publish some guidelines for settings. There are several ways now one could add settings to the UI:
- a tab
- add a block to an existing section
- create a new section
Are there any strong opinions on when a plugin should use one of those 3 methods? Im writing a plugin now where im doubting between a tab or just adding a new section. I dont think I should use a block in an existing section because the settings could potentially be very long which could push down settings from other plugins.
We dont want too many plugins to use a tab though, because the tab real estate is quite small.
Regards,
Cor
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On 19.06.2010 09:33, Cor Bosman wrote:
- a tab
- add a block to an existing section
- create a new section
Are there any strong opinions on when a plugin should use one of those 3 methods?
We dont want too many plugins to use a tab though, because the tab real estate is quite small.
If you have only a few simple options, create a block or place them in existing block(s). If you've got more options create a section. Because the space for tabs is limited, plugins shouldn't create them. It's possible that we'll add more tabs for core features in the future and we could have problem with this. From the other hand it would be hard to pack e.g. managesieve UI inside a section frame. So, use tab only if it's not possible to create an UI to fit the section frame.
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Cor Bosman