[Erp5-dev] [PATCH] use big icons for workflow actions

[bartek]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:49:56 +0400
Boris Kocherov <bk at raskon.org> wrote:

> If the field  "Icon URL (formatted)" in
> portal_workflow/test_workflow/transitions/test_action/manage_properties
> is fulfiled by the icon url, then the icon appears in top right
> conner (near the save button) of the documents which have the
> test_workflow

I think it is a very good idea - I once did a similar thing myself, it
is still available on sourceforge
(see
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/addons-erp5/wiki/PatchsetContents#save_and_process_button
- the implementation is maybe a bit hackish, sorry for that). 
It was done on a client's request, to speed up user's work. I went a
bit farther then you, because I combined workflow action with saving,
to  prevent the user from losing his changes should he forget to save
before proceeding. The client was very happy because it saved two
clicks and one round-trip on every operation, which means a few seconds
every time, and for some users it can sum up to half an hour a day.
Plus, plus it eliminated many issues like "shucks, I did a worklflow
transition but I forgot to save".

Hope you find it useful.

Bartek

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