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[Aaron Wells <1317320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Eclipse IDE works kind of like that, for docking dialogs. If you
drag a dialog on top of another one, it adds it as a tab to that dialog.
But if you drag a dialog to the edge of another dialog, it instead adds
it as another row/column alongside that one. Of course it can sometimes
be a little tricky to figure out where the "hot zone" is.

But with Mahara's simplified row/column layout system I guess it
wouldn't be too bad. Horizontal edge of a row adds a column to that row.
Absolute bottom of the page, below the bottom row, adds another row.

I'm also considering a major redesign of the page builder and layout
system for Mahara 1.11, but I'll keep this idea in mind as well.

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Title:
  wishlist: ability to add rows in page edit mode

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hi All,
  I would like to pick up on a number of points with the process/tools for laying out pages.

  Currently there are two ways to customize the layout in Mahara -
  layout form or directly on the page.

  Layout form: many times I have created a layout - added content and
  then changed the layout in the form again, Sometimes I get an error,
  sometimes the layout doesn't change, and I have also seen pages
  refusing to load again after a layout change.

  Layout in directly on page: this works well for columns, but there is
  no option for adding rows. Worse however, the in-page layout changes
  are not captured by the layout editor form, none of the options are
  selected or created based on what I do directly on the page. This
  means that once I begin making changes directly on the page the layout
  editor is of no use to me.

  Both approaches have limitations/bugs, is it possible to have just one
  approach? I would opt for flexibly laying out directly the page.

  In which case my wishlist is 1) that layout editing is consolidated
  with page editing with the ability to add-remove rows added, and 2)
  the "edit layout" page/system is hidden/removed/made redundant.

  In addition I would also like the option to save any layout I make as
  a template layout (with a name I choose) so I can use it on other
  pages - like I can with a skin or theme. Maybe even share layouts with
  ratings and intended purpose attached!

  This approach may save dev time having to maintain two ways of laying
  out a page.

  Thanks,
  Shane.

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