Suggestion: links in cells

  • Resolved hj

    (@hj)


    4 years, 10 months ago

    This is an ‘ergonomics’ or usability suggestion!

    My table has 170 rows – ok, in the admin that takes up a bit of space, requiring lots of scrolling to get to some of the table manipulation and options at the bottom of the page. For example, to insert a link in a cell I have to….

    1. scroll to bottom of page (170+ rows down!)
    2. click the insert link button
    3. click the pop-up message about needing to click in the cell
    4. Scroll back up the page to my cell
    5. click in the cell and then do the linkage (which is very good, by the way!)

    It’s a lot of scrolling and clicking…and has to be repeated all over again for the next cell…and the next…because I have to link 170 rows!

    SUGGESTION:
    Is it possible for the right-click function on a mouse to ‘launch’ the link window? (or maybe the advanced editor window). So I could right click in a cell and hey-presto, up pops the link dialogue without any scrolling up and down a long page. It would be SO MUCH quicker!

    The functions offered by table manipulation and options are great! But the ergonomics of accessing them, repeatedly, from the bottom of a long page are very tiring.

    It is just a thought, maybe to speed up the use of TablePress.

    regards
    HJ

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  • Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

    There’s a shortcut to the “Advanced Editor” here ?? Just hold down the “Shift” key, while clicking into a cell.

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter hj

    (@hj)

    Damn…. and I thought I’d made a really useful suggestion. LOL ??

    Thanks, Tobias, you’ve thought of everything ??

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    no problem, you are very welcome! ?? Good to hear that this helped!

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

    P.S.: In case you haven’t, please rate TablePress here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

    Thread Starter hj

    (@hj)

    For sure, I will. For your information, I tried 5 different table plugins – TablePress was the only one to successfully import a (very simple) CSV and immediately present it as a usable table.

    If I might make one suggestions about my ‘suggestion’… Put that ‘shift-click in cell’ (and any other keyboard shortcuts you have) into the Documentation/FAQ. It’s very useful to know these things to speed up working!

    Best regards
    HJ

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for sharing your experience!

    Yes, the documentation about this is lacking behind ?? I’ll try to work on that ??

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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