now we have been trying to get used to Desktop 2.0, which has not been easy.
With some collected review, I am proposing here an extension that might work more use friendly again: the average ERPNext user has some ~10 Doctypes she/he frequently uses (e.g. Timesheet, Task, Issue, Customer, Sales Order, Delivery Note). With the current configuration, either she/he has to
use the search bar and type
remember which module the doctype belongs to and shortlink
open the module and search for the doctype
Why not have a top section of the (per user) most used doctypes, like a dashboard showing the open documents on a red dot? Alternatively, let the user choose which are the favorites and pin them.
What I would like to achieve is that the user can click top left Desktop and then in one click open the Doctype where he/she wants to work on… The menu option is actually very close to the top right open items menu, which currently is highly used as a workaround to the missing simple desktop navigation (people keep documents of all relevant types open and then jump top right menu > Doctype)…
I like all of the ideas, but none of them make v12 any easier to use on a small tablet or mobile screen. Adults have big fingers and this crowded card and drop-down menu system has proved very difficult for my mobile clients. I have not been successful getting any of them to switch to v12 because they cannot easily access the things they use the most.
Would be nice if we could make new cards on the desktop that directly open a function instead of having to try to navigate the menu on small screens.
Thanks for your efforts toward making this easier to use, but we still have far to go.
thanks for the note on the shortcuts. However, in practice they are not too helpful. Firstly, you still have to first think - which module to click for. Then, aiming for the small arrow of the dropdown is not very speedy. And configuration of the dropdowns still has open issues (see How I broke my desktop dropdown menu) So in essence, we need something that is short and user friendly…
Thank @harshit-30, this is a clean version of the previous red button at the top right…
However, it does not really bring a favorites function… Refering to topics like Multiple Issues with V12 Desktop! I think we are again making things worse by making something simple more complicated…