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Tweaking the CP for productivity
- Posted by Jim Wyse
- July 24, 2009
- 5 people have found this tip helpful.
Have you ever been enjoying your favorite beverage at a fine establishment while working on your laptop, only to grimace every time you have to scroll down the screen to get to the Update button for a template.
Solution: Make a copy of the buttons on top of the page.
In the file: /system/cp/cp.templates.php
At Line 3139 add the code between the comments.
.$DSP->input_hidden('template_id', $template_id); /// Line 3139
////// copy of buttons to top of page
$r .= $DSP->div('templatebox');
$r .= $DSP->qdiv('itemWrapper', $DSP->input_submit($LANG->line('update')).NBS.$DSP->input_submit($LANG->line('update_and_return'),'return'));
$r .= $DSP->div_c();
/////// end copy of buttons
You will now have update buttons at the top of the form and won’t have to scroll down to update templates on wide aspect ratio or small screens.
I’m sure this approach can be applied in many other places.
Looking forward to trying this with the new view files in v1.6.8
ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 Build: 20090211
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Batdelfuego — 17:28 on 07.24.2009
And how frustrating is it when working on the laptop, trying to scroll with your track pad and the textarea content scroll instead of the page… then you have to move away form the text area!
Wow! How lazy is that?!
That’s a nice tip tho… already modified the code on one of the site I’m working for and it works perfectly!
thanks!
Sean Smith — 13:00 on 07.26.2009
could this be made into an extension? would rather do that than hack the core files.
Jim Wyse — 15:22 on 07.26.2009
I have no doubt that it could be done. Time I don’t have right now. I agree that hacking a core file is probably not the ultimate long term way to go. As busy as I am right now, it was a 5 min fix and I use it constantly. Learning how to write extensions is on the to do list.
Jim
JimInHolland — 21:12 on 07.27.2009
As a point, 1.6.8 is a no-go. The function seems to get called at 3138 but it also didn’t work, but as I’m in the office now it’s not the time to play.
I’ll give it a shot later.
Jim Wyse — 08:50 on 07.28.2009
I just did an update to 1.6.8 on a site and applied the hack.
Seems to work fine. Same code.
One note: in v1.6.8 line 3139 would be line 3138.
Jim
tim deSilva — 22:24 on 10.30.2009
Love this tip - Thanks for the heads up!
PS - For me it was line 3144.
Natalie — 16:23 on 02.17.2010
Thank you so much! Line 3143 for me.
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