OpenRefine / OpenRefine/OpenRefine
Place 'edit' and 'create' functionalities within the same menu tier
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Description
Currently, you have to navigate to 'edit column' first in order to add a new column. I found it a bit counterintuitive to have 'create' functionality as a subset of the 'edit' functionality; to me, they are two separate kinds of actions on par with one another. To my mind, creating is not a sub-function of editing the data you can already see, but a different one on the same level.
I'd like to propose adding the 'add new column based on this column' functionality - or any kind of functionality that involves creating new information - to the first menu that pops up, not the second.
Here's a screenshot for reference:
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Research direction
Start by inspecting the column menu shown in the linked screenshot and trace how its first and second tiers are assembled. Move the add-new-column action, and other explicitly identified creation actions if supported by the existing menu, into the first tier, then verify that the menu hierarchy matches the requested separation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100