This issue the result of conversations at the Drupaldelphia2019 Layout BoF session.
With long content being previewed in the layout manager, it becomes difficult to navigate/drag/rearrange the layout elements, and with the preview content off, it can be hard to know what a field actually looks like.
Add an option to show abridged/shortened views of the content, so the user gets a sense of the content, without it making the interface unusable.
Add a UI element (checkbox or dropdown) to enable the abridged/shortened preview of the content, effecting a CSS change like
.layout__region--content {
max-height: 200px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
/* whatever else we need to gradient-fade out the bottom of the div if overflowed */
}
This would change the display from:
to this:
None
None, unless you want to remember the preview state, per layout or site
Provide abridged/shortened layout preview mode
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It's likely this issue predates Contrib.social: some issue and comment data are missing.
This seems like a great idea! This issue has been quiet for over 4 years so just giving this a bump to see if others have thoughts on this.
I'm presonally leaning towards this being a great idea for a contrib project, I'm unsure if it should be in core.