sub menus

[ValWood]

When the sub-menus are opened it's a bit difficult to notice which are sub menus.

If these could be coloured slightly differently it might help?

[ValWood]

not necessarily more noticeable , but might be better if they were better differentiated.

[PCarme]

Would it be possible (and interesting) to have a 3-levels menu, kind of like this :

[kimrutherford]

but might be better if they were better differentiated.

We could indent them more?

[kimrutherford]

For comparison, we have a sub-nested menu in the documentation: https://www.pombase.org/downloads

[kimrutherford]

Link this ticket to the other suggestion

#1940 (comment)

I think the plan is to highlight the menu item(s) as they scroll into view.

[kimrutherford]

There are many bugs still though

There are fewer bugs now so I've released the changes.

For now the highlighting is quite subtle but it's easy to change. Also all the sections that are on screen are highlighted in the menu, not just the first. That was easier to implement so I thought we could give that a go first.

Let's chat about it on the call.

[kimrutherford]

There are fewer bugs now so I've released the changes.

It's only implemented for gene pages so far. I'll add it to the other pages (publications, terms, genotypes, alleles) once we've had a chat about it.

[ValWood]

I just noticed this, nice.
I think the highlighting could be stronger.
@PCarme what do you think? (compare to SGD)

[PCarme]

I think that's pretty neat too !
The highlighting seems clear enough with the darker edge on the right, maybe it could be stronger, but I don't think it needs to be as obvious as on SGD.
I noticed that sometimes a section is highlighted even though it doesn't appear on screen (like Modification in the image below)

[kimrutherford]

Hi Pascal. Which browser is that?

[kimrutherford]

I think the highlighting could be stronger.

I thought I'd start with quite subtle highlighting and then we can make it stronger if needed. It's a very easy thing to experiment with live on a call sometime to try a few options.

[PCarme]

Hi Pascal. Which browser is that?

Hi Kim, I'm using Safari.

[kimrutherford]

Hi Kim, I'm using Safari.

OK, thanks. That's the one browser I can't test.

Firefox and Chrome don't seem to have the same problem.

In my desktop version I've made the sensitivity a little bit lower. Could you try my desktop version and see if you have the same issue?: https://desktop.kmr.nz/gene/SPAC20G8.05c

Thanks!

[PCarme]

In my desktop version I've made the sensitivity a little bit lower. Could you try my desktop version and see if you have the same issue?: https://desktop.kmr.nz/gene/SPAC20G8.05c

I think it worked, I couldn't replicate the issue on your desktop version. When the previous section highlights, it is already partially on screen. The image shows the point at which the previous section starts highlighting now:

[kimrutherford]

When the previous section highlights, it is already partially on screen.

It's difficult to get the balance right.

I've changed the sensitivity again to a half-way setting. The change will be on pombase.org in the morning. When you are back at work could you test it again? Thanks.

[ValWood]

I think it's better. For me it could still have more contrast but see What PAscal thinks.

I notice that Expression, modification and Interactions are 'linked" is that intentional?

[PCarme]

I've changed the sensitivity again to a half-way setting. The change will be on pombase.org in the morning. When you are back at work could you test it again? Thanks.

That's better now. The previous section doesn't light up until it noticeably appears on screen, at least in Safari.

[PCarme]

For me it could still have more contrast but see What PAscal thinks.

Maybe ? Personally, I think it is noticeable enough as it is

[kimrutherford]

I notice that Expression, modification and Interactions are 'linked" is that intentional?

Could you provide an example page where that happens?

That's better now. The previous section doesn't light up until it noticeably appears on screen, at least in Safari.

Excellent. Thanks for checking.

For me it could still have more contrast but see What PAscal thinks.

Maybe ? Personally, I think it is noticeable enough as it is

Let's have a chat on Zoom sometime. If it helps we can try a few different styles while we chat.

[ValWood]

on this page modifications and expression are linked (but not interactions)
https://www.pombase.org/gene/SPAC1610.01

[ValWood]

https://www.pombase.org/gene/SPBC19F8.04c

clicking expression has the vertical bar also on interactions and homologs

sequence and transcripts identifies external references

[kimrutherford]

Yep, for me too because they're all on screen at the same time:

That's how it's implemented at the moment: #2271 (comment)

Also all the sections that are on screen are highlighted in the menu, not just the first.

[ValWood]

Lets chat about this briefly tomorrow