[Zope3-dev] RFP: menu item ordering

[Jim Fulton]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> Perhaps it would help if there were some specific use cases being 
> addressed. 

That's an excellent point.

 > Steve's old proposal addresses the use cases "it would be
> nice for menu items to be grouped by category", and "it would be nice to 
> be able to order the categories".  Priorities, on the other hand, sound 
> like a kludge to bump things up or down and an ongoing source of annoyance.
> 
> If the intent is to be able to require that an item appear before some 
> other item, or after another, then item constraints might be the way to 
> go.  If the intent is to allow someone precise control over total 
> ordering, then a different tool is needed.  Is order dynamic, per 
> object, per menu, or is there some total ordering of menu items in the 
> abstract?
> 
> At this point, the goals are too vague to be able to pick a "best" 
> approach.

Agreed. I'm pretty OK with the current system. :)

Perhaps folks who aren't happy with the current system should
help us brainstorm goals and/or use cases.

Jim

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