917263 - Redesign: Folder indicator icons in zone nav seem backward

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Design, defect)

Description

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

This is a frequently-mentioned point in IRC. The little arrows at the right edge of the zone nav box seem backward. Pointing upward seems to imply that clicking will close it, and pointing downward seems to imply that it will open.

I'll also point out that the indicator is very dim and hard to see; might be nice to darken it up just a tad.

Comment 1

[Jean-Yves Perrier [:teoli]]

This need to block the beta launch.

Comment 3

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

This does not need to block the beta launch. As for the user interface, my recommendation would be to have the arrow pointing to the right when closed, and pointing down when open, as this is a well established convention.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2248/usertree2.jpg

http://www.liquidlight.co.uk/fileadmin/uploads/ll/Photos/News/4-TYPO3-pagetree.jpg

http://www.tigerlogic.com/tigerlogic/omnis/developers/images/technews/tree07deflineswindow.jpg

Comment 4

[ali spivak]

this is a blocker for launch. We've received a lot of feedback that it is confusing. We should implement the change as suggested in Comment 3.

Comment 5

[[github robot]]

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/kuma

https://github.com/mozilla/kuma/commit/74781b6d36b5a63ee0f60391f7785ea053c9221f
fix bug 917263 - Change up arrow to right arrow in togglers

https://github.com/mozilla/kuma/commit/7dba71116c6739302973d21ceb22b61fdd80284d
Merge pull request #1514 from darkwing/folder-arrows-917263

fix bug 917263 - Change up arrow to right arrow in togglers