UX: Changing display type about woocommerce-blocks

[claudiulodro]

I think we should wait and monitor feedback on this before making any changes for now.

Agreed. Let's get real user feedback before changing this screen (again!). Closing this issue for now. I'll reopen if feedback says it's a problem.

[claudiulodro]

The main advantage with the way we have it set up now is it's easy to cancel the display change. If it just went back to the first screen you would have to remember which setting you were in and select that setting again. The options and look are the exact same for the two screens. cc @jameskoster

[WPprodigy]

That's true.

I always read through settings the first time I see a grouping. So when there is a difference like this, I'm thinking it will cause a slight slowdown as they'll need to examine a "new" set of options.

Possible alternatives could be to highlight the arrow on the first screen showing where they came from, or something similar (like a go back link). Definitely understand it's purpose now though. Just an idea :)

[jameskoster]

Yeah Claudiu hit the nail on the head.

You're right though, there could be some slowdown the first time the author works through this flow.

Possible alternatives could be to highlight the arrow on the first screen showing where they came from, or something similar (like a go back link)

The problem with that is that it only helps them in choosing the top level scope. If they had a bunch of categories or attributes selected it's going to be pretty annoying to reconfigure all of that.

Another solution could be to go back to step 1 but also include a cancel button which would just take them back to the previous screen. That could also be disruptive though. I think we should wait and monitor feedback on this before making any changes for now.

[WPprodigy]

The problem with that is that it only helps them in choosing the top level scope. If they had a bunch of categories or attributes selected it's going to be pretty annoying to reconfigure all of that.

I think I tried forcing it back once, and it still remembered all of my selections if I navigated back to the same scope, fwiw. Definitely possible to achieve/keep with React.