Moodle 2 files repository breaks breadcrumb trail

Moodle 2 files repository breaks breadcrumb trail

by Howard Miller -
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I was rather disturbed to realise that the new file repository completely breaks the breadcrumb trail.

I've been telling people for years not to press the back button, rather to click on the course short name in the breadcrumb trail.

Unfortunately in Moodle 2.0, going to the course files area actually bounces you out of the course and into the file browser. There's no (easy) way back into the course. Worse, clicking on the course short name just takes you further up the file repository to who-knows-where (don't get me started on how confusing the new file repository is. What do all those folders do again?).

Or, is it just me wink

Anyway, if anybody cares - MDL-22194
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Re: Moodle 2 files repository breaks breadcrumb trail

by Mary Cooch -
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No Howard; it's not just you

And I care !smile

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Re: Moodle 2 files repository breaks breadcrumb trail

by Martin Dougiamas -
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The whole concept of the course files area is deprecated in Moodle 2.0 and will only be useful for accessing files in older upgraded courses. New courses will never see it, because files always go straight into resources, forums etc.

The file browser you see there now is really just a proof of concept from a year ago - it totally needs some work. Navigation being a big one, since the new navigation stuff is far more recent.
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Re: Moodle 2 files repository breaks breadcrumb trail

by Howard Miller -
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Thanks for the clarification... a couple of questions then...

* will this be dropped from the (rather imminent) beta release?

* How I discovered this was trying to upload a backup file. This rather implies a completely different use case. If I want to do things like upload a backup file or upload a zip file (to be unzipped) how/where will I do that?
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Re: Moodle 2 files repository breaks breadcrumb trail

by Martin Dougiamas -
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It won't be dropped, it'll be fixed. Backup/restore is one of the last things being finished right now, but I'm pretty sure you'll copy them into your "personal files" area (via filepicker, from any source) and then restore them from there.
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