Document guidelines around Settings changes
Proposal
Based on gitlab#275969 (closed) and ux-research#1215 (closed)
Document in Pyjamas on patterns that should be used for Settings.
- Reduce the overwhelming amount of information on a page
- Introduce an explicit action to reveal area to add content gitlab#275969 (comment 457597275)
- Introduce a summary view of settings gitlab#275969 (comment 457597377)
- Use the side by side layout to help separate sections gitlab#275969 (comment 457831237)
- Align tables to a common layout gitlab#275969 (comment 467694098)
- Improve discoverability of settings by showing all settings in a page
- Eliminate the need of the expand & collapse pattern gitlab#275969 (comment 457597426)
- Introduce a summary view of settings gitlab#275969 (comment 457597377)
- Navigating to settings
- Maintain familiarity of existing location of Settings and sidebar menu gitlab#275969 (comment 457598042)
- Introduce new ways to get to Settings within the product gitlab#275969 (comment 457598156)
- Introduce way to navigate back to original page from Settings gitlab#275969 (comment 457598156)
Video
Video breakdown of the areas to address with settings documentation https://www.loom.com/share/2612865fb8df4aa684e74ea60f4966ff
Design docs
Edited by Michael Le