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better interface by changing just the order of 3 form fields
December 27, 2011, 11:50:55 am
hello and sorry for the bad English

so... trying to understand how civicrm permissions works i came to conclusion that the interface can help by changing the default order of 3 fields in the management ACL form

now is:
1. Type of
2. Data [Groups/Profile/Custom/Event]
3. Operation
4. Role

but if it like: WHO do WHAT to WHO
1. Role
2. Operation
3. Type of
4. Data [Groups/Profile/Custom/Event]

changing order between Role and Type of/Data the form fields are placed in a more logical order because Role field:

a) it contains data that the user must first create before continues to the other fields bellow
b) at the top usually we represent the authority over the base (bottom) (Type of/Data)
c) it maches with human text languages:

is more logical to read:
(Role:) Doctors
(Operation:) Edit
(Group:) Patients
(Description:) Doctors can Edit the Patients

than this:
(Group:) Patients
(Operation:) Edit
(Role:) Doctors
(Description:) Doctors can Edit the Patients

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Re: better interface by changing just the order of 3 form fields
December 27, 2011, 04:05:05 pm
This change makes good sense to me. Checking w/ team-mates.
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Re: better interface by changing just the order of 3 form fields
December 31, 2011, 09:13:24 am
Thanks for the excellent (and clearly explained) suggestion. Implemented for 4.1 and will be in next beta release:

http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-9425
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