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So invisible, but so practical – Expand&Collapse functionality


In this post I want to show you some little but very useful hint for making your usage more elegant.

What you might have not noticed is one very handy tip-off which will make your work space spacier.

Have you ever used the ProjectOffice.net Expand/Collapse functionality?

If not, it is time to start using it. You will get more breathing space for managing your projects and tasks.

How it is arranged?

There is nothing new and innovative here. It is up to the functional aspect only.

For example, some of you might find the Dashboard full of information that actually you never use. Then why would you want to see this kind of information in your screen?

What you can do is to click the “-“ symbol in the top right corner of the section, and this information would collapse. But, you don’t know if you will need this information in the future. That is why you can expand the section which you have previously collapsed and you gain access to the needed data.

So, let’s resume:

    1.    By clicking on the "-" icon in the top right corner of every section in the application, you will collapse the section.

For example, if you only want to see and concentrate on the "Recent Changes" in the Dashboard you can collapse all other sections:

         

Therefore, they'll not get your space and attention unnecessarily:

          

    2.    When you will need some of the collapsed information, just click on the "+" icon in the same top right corner and they’ll expand.

What is most important, you can do this in all screens in all modules and you will arrange your working space as you want.

And another hint here is that you can collapse and expand part of the sections.

For example, in the “Issues” Module, besides the ability to collapse  the whole “Issues List” section, you can also collapse the issues filters if there are taking a lot of your space in the section.

          

What you get is more space for managing all of your issues:

         

If you want to reach your issues filter again, just click on the “+” icon in the right corner to expand it.


So simple, but so useful and practical.



Print | posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 1:15 PM | Filed Under [ Announcements ]

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