Title: [Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] UI api suggestions Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] UI api suggestions * ResolvedPlugin Contributor [Alex Ciobica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciobi/) * (@ciobi) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/) * I know you’re working on improvements on the UI and I’m not sure what you’re planning but I’d like to throw some ideas at you: - Support for asterisk in the search box to show all, or the addition of a show all button. This could either just generate a list with all results or add a drop down with all items to select from to avoid issues when there are too many posts. - The ability to customize all interface elements elements at connection registering. Also, the addition of support for different messages for each post type when reciprocal relations are involved. E.g.: - ``` $args = array( 'from' => 'book', 'to' => 'author', 'reciprocal' => true, 'title' => array( 'Authors', 'Books written by this Author' ), 'label' => array( 'Search authors', 'Search books' ), 'description' => array ( 'Use * to see all authors. Click to add', 'Use * to see all books. Click to add.' ) ); p2p_register_connection_type( $args ); ``` - would result in: [http://i.imgur.com/lblI8.png](http://i.imgur.com/lblI8.png) for the “Add book” perspective. * Tell me if I can help. Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979299) * Here’s what the new UI looks like: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-how-to-add-info-to-connection/page/2?replies=62#post-2002746](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-how-to-add-info-to-connection/page/2?replies=62#post-2002746) * The “Show all” button has been on my mind for some time. Care to make a mock- up with it? * As for the labels, they’re translatable, so they’re already customizable in a way. Will revisit after the UI is more stable. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979316) * I was thinking of adding some tabs, like on the menu page: “Recent”, “View All” and “Search”. * By the way, if you really want to control every character in the box, you can set the ‘box’ argument to your own class and overwrite the box() method. * Plugin Contributor [Alex Ciobica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciobi/) * (@ciobi) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979432) * > The “Show all” button has been on my mind for some time. Care to make a mock- > up with it? * Maybe [something like this](http://i.imgur.com/7NzkL.png) (when the show button is pressed)? And [like this ](http://i.imgur.com/5Ciju.png), when searching for something. The buttons at the bottom could be replaced by tabs. * The info button could show the description in a speech bubble. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979439) * I like the + icon. It allows the title link to always send you to that post’s editing screen, regardless if the connection was created yet or not. Are those icons available somewhere? * With those in place and the “Type to search for books” text, is the info button even necessary? * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979442) * Also keep in mind that it can get pretty wide: * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/0E6yx) * Plugin Contributor [Alex Ciobica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciobi/) * (@ciobi) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979447) * First, lemme say, this is fun! * > I like the + icon. It allows the title link to always send you to that post’s > editing screen, regardless if the connection was created yet or not. * Actually I imagined it as a visual reminder that when clicked, that item is added. [This could be a better solution. ](http://i.imgur.com/IRhng.png) * [The Fields icon](http://markup.io/v/sargy02kb3bb) could launch a speech bubble modal with the list of fields, as for many fields the interface becomes unusable in the narrow column. * > With those in place and the “Type to search for books” text, is the info button > even necessary? * Probably not. Can be dropped. * > Also keep in mind that it can get pretty wide… * [Maybe something like this for the wide version?](http://i.imgur.com/ghPB4.png) The only weird thing is the space after the search input. * [Here are the icons](http://cl.ly/5JfS) * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979450) * Are those icons made by you? If so, awesome! and would you be willing to release them under the GPL? * If not, I need to know the original source, for licensing info. * > The Fields icon could launch a speech bubble modal with the list of fields, > as for many fields the interface becomes unusable in the narrow column. * No no no; modal windows are evil. I’m thinking of automatically making it wide if the number of fields is larger than 1. * [Modesty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modesty/) * (@modesty) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979451) * check [these](http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/) icons * Plugin Contributor [Alex Ciobica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ciobi/) * (@ciobi) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979452) * > No no no; modal windows are evil. * 🙂 * > I’m thinking of automatically making it wide if the number of fields is larger > than 1. * That’ll work. * > If not, I need to know the original source, for licensing info. * Not mine. They’re [Alexey Egorov](http://burlesck.livejournal.com/1567.html)‘ s who’s in dire need of a proper site. * Lemme know if want help with the coding. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979481) * Latest incarnation: [http://i.imgur.com/xln2Y.png](http://i.imgur.com/xln2Y.png)( no “show recent” button yet). * Feel free to make a fork on github to add it, if you’re itching to code. 🙂 * [@modesty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modesty/): Yeah, the silk icon set is very popular, but kind of distracting. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979516) * Lookin’ good 😀 * [owenwalz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owenwalz/) * (@owenwalz) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979579) * Great interface. An auto-fill for relationship fields would be very helpful ( sorry to be redundant here… this was mentioned in another post). * [WPMU DEV – Your All-in-One WordPress Platform](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev/) * (@wpmudev) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979580) * There’s no point in repeating the same request over and over, especially since you created a separate thread for it. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-ui-api-suggestions/#post-1979581) * What WPMUDEV said (which was actually me :P). 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