nextcloud/forms

Confusing arrow "button" near "technical name" input field

matthijskooijman opened this issue · 2 comments

matthijskooijman commented

I previously posted this as feedback on a PR before it was applied (#1758 (comment)), but since this issue really seems unrelated to the PR itself, I'm reposting it here separately.

Describe the bug
When clicking the dots menu for a question, there is a "Technical name" input field, with a "right arrow" button. However, it is unclear to me what that button is supposed to do. I thought maybe a "save" or "apply" button, but clicking it does not give any feedback, and even when not clicking it changes seems saved.

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Expected behavior
I would expect clicking the button gives some kind of feedback that the value was saved.

Or, if data is automatically saved without clicking the button, I would expect the button to not be there.

Nextcloud:

  • Nextcloud-Version: 28.0.1
  • Forms-Version: 4.0.0 with PR #1758 applied

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Linux Ubuntu 23.04
  • Browser: Firefox
  • Version: 121.0.1

Browser log
No entries in the log in response to opening the dots menu or clicking the button.

susnux commented

@nextcloud/designers I think this is a general design / UX desicion also for other placed (e.g. core settings):

  1. Should there be only an explicit save button
  2. Or show save button + auto save but give feedback when value is saved
  3. Or only auto save + show saved indicator?
szaimen commented

3. Or only auto save + show saved indicator?

In this case here, I would choose this option.

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