Redmine Enhanced UX Plugin

Overview

This is a plugin for Redmine. This plugin is designed to improve the user experience within Redmine by providing various usability enhancements.

Features

• Additional JavaScript and CSS resources are loaded to enhance the visual aspects of the interface.
• Each enhancement feature can be individually enabled or disabled, allowing administrators to fine-tune the experience via the plugin settings.
• All enhancements are compatible with Redmine ViewCustomize plugin, allowing you to directly use the source code by copying and pasting it.
  • Source code is stored in the following directories
    • app/views/enhanced_ux (*.html.erb)
    • assets/javascripts (*.js)
    • assets/stylesheets (*.css)

Feature Details

Module-Specific Customization

Issue Index View Customization

• Custom issue list - Enhance the issue list view to keep list headers fixed with CSS ( position: sticky ), seamless updates using AJAX to avoid page reloads, and a compact criteria box for improved usability.

Issue View Customization

• Custom issue - Customize issue views with additional fields and options, including tab display, Side By Side mode, and Quick note feature (also compatible with RedmineRT).
• Copy issue form link with data - Copy a link to an issue form while retaining its current data.
• Fixed submit button - Keep the submit button fixed on the screen for easier access.
• Issue attributes to link - Convert issue attributes to clickable links.
• Scroll to top or bottom - Add quick scroll buttons to navigate to the top or bottom of the page.

Issue Gantt View Customization

• Custom gantt chart - Enhance the issue Gantt chart with seamless updates using AJAX to avoid page reloads, including a compact criteria box and other usability improvements.
• Enhanced gantt entry click function - Improve click interactions on the Gantt chart for better usability and enhance performance for faster response times.

Other View Customizations

• Custom roadmap and version - Adjust the roadmap and version views for seamless updates using AJAX, CSS (position: sticky) for header fixation, and other usability enhancements.
• Custom calendar - Enhance calendar functionality with drag-and-drop movement of elements, a compact criteria box.
• Custom issue note list - Enhance the Custom issue note list plugin (currently in development at https://github.com/sk-ys/redmine_issue_note_list).
• Local storage manager - Adds the ability to view and delete values stored in the browser's local storage to the "My account" page.

Wiki Customization

• Add copy button to the pre block - Add a button to copy the contents of pre blocks easily.
• Enhanced list button - Improve the ordered / unordered list button, including changing hierarchy levels with the Tab key, and automatically adding hierarchy markers when adding lines with the Enter key.
• Image insertion modal - Provide a modal for easier image insertion in wiki pages.
• Insert attachment tag - Quickly insert attachment tag in wiki pages.
• Responsive table scroll - Make tables in wiki pages scrollable for better viewing on smaller screens.

Global Customization

• Compact notice bar - Display a compact notice bar for a cleaner interface.
• Direct edit on issue list - Allow direct editing of issues from the list view, extending the context menu.
• Fix tooltip position - Correct tooltip positioning for better visibility.
• Popup anywhere - Enable popups for various internal links with Ctrl + Click.
• Show only opened issues - Filter the issue list to show only open issues using a checkbox.
• Simple menu bar - Simplify the top menu and application menu for a more compact experience.
• Two pane mode - Split the screen into two panes for easier multitasking.
• Fixes for RTL design - RTL design fixes for some pages (excluding Gantt chart).

Installation

When using git

1. Clone this repository to your Redmine plugins directory.

   cd YOUR_REDMINE_DIRECTORY/plugins
   git clone https://github.com/sk-ys/redmine_enhanced_ux.git
   

2. Restart Redmine.

When not using git

1. Download zip file from the release page or the latest main repository.
2. Extract the ZIP file to your Redmine plugin directory. The name of the unzipped directory must be redmine_enhanced_ux.
3. Restart Redmine.

Uninstallation

1. Navigate to your Redmine plugin directory.
2. Delete the directory for this plugin.

   rm -r redmine_enhanced_ux
   

3. Restart Redmine.

Usage

Once installed, the plugin automatically enhances the user interface.

Configuration

To access the plugin's settings:

1. Navigate to Administration → Plugins.
2. Click on Configure under the "Redmine Enhanced UX Plugin" entry.

Compatibility

Redmine

• Redmine 5.1 (Note: This plugin has been tested with Redmine 5.1 only.)

Theme

• Default
• Alternate
• Classic
• Bleuclair

Support

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for further improvements, feel free to open an issue in this repository.

License

This plugin is released under the GPL 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for more details.