[Craft 5] Option to stack element cards #14202
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The Reasons the grid style view can become problematic:
The order in a single column layout is much clearer:
There are of course cases where the grid style is preferable, so I would propose to have an option for the display of cards ( Thanks for considering this! |
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I tought that too.. :) Perhaps just add setting when choosing that option. similar to field.. width |
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+1 |
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We discussed this internally and the consensus was that we should just always show cards in full-width regardless of context or screen size. It’s clearly easier to reorder them when in single-column, and even in places where they aren’t sortable, it’s good to be consistent. Craft 5.0.0-alpha.9 was just tagged with that change. |
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Exactly. I don't actually think the AX w/ sortable, multi-column element cards is fundamentally different from, say, "Large thumbnail" asset fields in Craft 4, and nobody has ever had a problem with those. I.e. for simple "related elements" type fields, the multi-column grid view is easily the most compact and effective. For page builder-like content, however – where each element typically represents a full-width component on the front end – multiple columns will likely provide a much more confusing AX, for the reasons outlined by @thupsi. A field setting is the perfect solve IMO. In general I don't think authors are necessarily thrown off by inconsistency across similar types of input; some UI variation is completely OK if it makes a thing more intuitive in the context of the specific content being edited. |
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Alright, I brought back multi-column card grids, and added a new “Show cards in a grid” setting to Matrix fields (disabled by default), for the next release. 
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Wow, this conversation exploded and I missed it! Pretty happy with the result though 🙂 |
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5.0.0-alpha.10 is out with those changes. Thanks for all the feedback, everyone ❤️ |
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Just released Craft 5.0.0-alpha.12 with a “Show cards in a grid” setting added to relational fields, too. |
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We discussed this internally and the consensus was that we should just always show cards in full-width regardless of context or screen size. It’s clearly easier to reorder them when in single-column, and even in places where they aren’t sortable, it’s good to be consistent.
Craft 5.0.0-alpha.9 was just tagged with that change.