Lack of interest [Suggestion] Sidebar Toggle Feature.

[Vossi]

How about an option for showing/hiding the right side with online users etc (at startpage of forum)?

This would make the forums screenwide. Its just my personal taste, but maybe it makes generel sense.

 

[Shelley]

Any news on this? Or whether this is being considered? thanks.

 

[Trombones13]

I believe this was made by Miko for his themes: http://themesinc.com/community/threads/xeno-collapsibles.14/

 

[Shelley]

I believe this was made by Miko for his themes: http://themesinc.com/community/threads/xeno-collapsibles.14/

Yeah, but that's exclusive to miko's themes.

 

[Trombones13]

Oh, whoops; didn't notice this was a core suggestion and not an add-on request (not that Miko released it anyway). ^_^;

 

[Shelley]

Oh, whoops; didn't notice this was a core suggestion and not an add-on request (not that Miko released it anyway). ^_^;

I had to double check i posted in the correct area.

 

[ragtek]

Preview video of my next add-on (sorry for bad quality^^ )
http://ragtek.org/videos/sidebar.htm

 

[Shelley]

That's looking good Ragtek. One question, does it toggle the twitter & facebook?

 

[ragtek]

That's looking good Ragtek. One question, does it toggle the twitter & facebook?

Yes, the complete right side

 

[Miko]

Yeah, but that's exclusive to miko's themes.

At least till I release a theme first might share the jQuery after that.

Preview video of my next add-on (sorry for bad quality^^ )
http://ragtek.org/videos/sidebar.htm

Looking good
That is where I originally placed the toggle image too.
Still deciding for the perfect location myself

 

[ragtek]

At least till I release a theme first might share the jQuery after that.



Looking good
That is where I originally placed the toggle image too.
Still deciding for the perfect location myself

I'm not sooo happy with the position, i would prefer like vBulletin is doing it, but i have no clue of css, so it's a impossible for me^^

 

[Miko]

Try playing with position:absolute VS position:relative you might be able to move it in different places....
without knowing the template that you are using or the css i'm just guessing

 

[Shelley]

At least till I release a theme first might share the jQuery after that.



Looking good
That is where I originally placed the toggle image too.
Still deciding for the perfect location myself

Nice to here. but I would still like to see a toggle option/feature in the core product. I think it's a standard feature to have and would like to see it added without having to resort to an add-on.

It's one of the few features I feel that is best suited being a core feature.

 

[Shelley]

Any news regarding this whether or not this is a candidate for making it into the core. I see a toggle option as a fundamental feature to have for those that wish to temp minimise it. I can't fully understand why the sidebar area wouldn't have this option as some us would really like this ability.

 

[Markos]

I'm totally agree with Shelley. In IPB/VB is a builtin function.

 

[Sergei]

Very big like. I prefer seeing statistics at the bottom of the forum.

 

[Forsaken]

Very big like. I prefer seeing statistics at the bottom of the forum.

This is collapsing the sidebar, not moving the statistics to the bottom.

 

[Shelley]

It's not because vbulletin or ipb have it I see it as a small feature (coding wise) that gives the opportunity of the user to temporary minimise. I personally don't need to see the stats sideblock and the opportunity to free up more space seems a logical step to take. It's not harming anyone having the feature but giving them the option minimise/maximise. It's a useful feature to have and a practical one at that.

 

[Kier]

I can honestly say I have never had cause to use a sidebar collapsing control on a forum other than to observe the animation effect.

 

[Shelley]

I can honestly say I have never had cause to use a sidebar collapsing control on a forum other than to observe the animation effect.

It's not even about the visuals. For example fixed width styles would benefit hugely from the toggle feature freeing up space. I can't see what the problem is from looking at it on a practicality perspective.

 

[Forsaken]

I can honestly say I have never had cause to use a sidebar collapsing control on a forum other than to observe the animation effect.

How about the ability to collapse content blocks (nodes, sidebar blocks etc)?

There are several categories I rarely pay attention to, and being able to collapse them would be helpful, and I don't pay much attention to certain blocks on the sidebar on other sites.