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Change position of "Add" button in Spaces management to make it obvious how to add existing room to space #18949

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ZacharyTalis opened this issue Sep 8, 2021 · 0 comments
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A-Spaces Spaces, groups, communities O-Occasional Affects or can be seen by some users regularly or most users rarely S-Tolerable Low/no impact on users T-Enhancement X-Needs-Design Z-IA Issues relating to information architecture

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ZacharyTalis commented Sep 8, 2021

Problem

The placement of the Add button within the Explore rooms page suggests that it functions similarly to the nearby Remove and Mark as not suggested buttons. The lack of a Select a room below first tooltip and a separate button style isn't enough to differentiate the Add button from its inline button cousins.

In practice, this results in users (me) failing to add an existing room to a Space. I've forgotten the button's functionality even after using it multiple times :(

Proposed solution

I've mocked up a different placement for the Add button that would (probably) communicate its functionality better.

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Alternative solutions

Remove this Add button entirely, and defer to the + buttons beside People and Rooms in the channel tray.

Or if you'd like to go overkill, allow users to drag rooms from the channel tray onto icons in the Spaces tray.

Additional context

This is a low-priority issue.

Element Nightly version: 2021062101
olm version: 3.2.3
@dbkr dbkr added A-Spaces Spaces, groups, communities O-Occasional Affects or can be seen by some users regularly or most users rarely S-Tolerable Low/no impact on users labels Sep 8, 2021
@MadLittleMods MadLittleMods added the Z-IA Issues relating to information architecture label May 10, 2022
@MadLittleMods MadLittleMods changed the title [UI Tweak Request] Change position of "Add" button in Spaces management Change position of "Add" button in Spaces management to make it obvious how to add existing room to space May 10, 2022
@t3chguy t3chguy removed the Z-Labs label Jul 17, 2023
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