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[Richard Mansfield <721316@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stacey,

Do you want to move this discussion to the forums,
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=2157

As you suggested on irc, let's create a new bug once we've agreed on how
to fix this.


** Changed in: mahara
    Milestone: 1.4.0 => None

** Changed in: mahara
       Status: New => Opinion

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Title:
  collection and view access/share 1.4

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Re: http://wiki.mahara.org/Roadmap/3_Views - 3.3 Improvements to
  Access Control as it currently is in 1.4dev.

  With the new UI if I have a single independent page and a collection
  containing other pages I found the following:

  - I went to the 'Share' tab and there was only an edit access icon
  next to the single page not the collection.

  I would expect that I could edit the access for collections as well as
  individual pages?

  - when I clicked to edit the single page I was taken to the access
  page as expected, but in here there are two checkboxes at the top of
  the page: one for the collection and one for the page I was expecting.
  Both selected by default.  Unfortunately I only saw these too late and
  ended up changing the access for everything - collection and single
  page.

  I only wanted to change the access for my single page (partially LIES!
  this was actually the only thing I was given the option to edit on the
  previous page).

  This appears to be a change in aid of bulk access editing, though
  there is still no mention of this on the page and I only wanted update
  the access for a single page.

  Having these checkboxes here and selected by default means that I
  either need to make my selection twice with the second "selection"
  being a matter of "de-selection" or once (if we eliminated the
  original screen) and then only by a process of "de-selection".

  Selection of pages/collections to be updated should IMO only happen on
  one page - so we should either eliminate the first screen or remove
  the boxes from the second.

  To remedy this mess I had to select to change access for my single
  page again, deselect the page that I have just selected to change
  access for, so that only the collection is checked, and then update
  back to what I wanted. Wash, rinse, repeat if there had been any other
  collections/pages (which would have been painful!). Though admittedly
  I might have noticed as the checkbox list would have been larger and
  more obvious.

  I would personally prefer to be able to choose the item(s) I wish to
  update and then be taken to a page knowing that it is just for my
  selected items. A la the old access UI but with the addition of being
  able to select bulk lots somehow.

  At the very least collections definitely should be showing an Edit
  Access button of their own on the first screen.

  Don't want this current setup to slip through to release in April and
  cause problems with existing accesses ...