Collapsed Topics
An interchangeable topic or week (day for 2.3.1+) based format that solves the issue of the 'Scroll of Death' when a course has many topics / weeks. All sections except zero have a toggle that displays that section. One or more sections can be displayed at any given time. Toggles are persistent on a per browser session per course basis but can be made to persist longer by a small code change. Full installation instructions, code adapt-ions and credits are included in the 'Readme.md' file.
If you have a course with more than fifty two sections then currently the toggle persistence will not work for the fifty third section and above. Then you need to upgrade to the Moodle 2.5 version+.
Support:
The format comes with NO support. Please see the 'Support' section in 'Readme.md' file that comes with the format. This is because the format is complex and I regret that I don't have the time / resources to freely assist with questions pertaining to specific enhancements / changes / knowledge improvement.
I will investigate genuine bugs and issue fixes in a timescale set by myself. When reporting issues you MUST clearly state the full version and release of both Moodle and the Collapsed Topics format as contained within their 'version.php' files - if not it takes me longer to figure out, often resulting in me asking for the details anyway and slowing the process of solving your problem down. It really helps to read the 'Reporting Issues' section in the 'Readme.md' file and upload and describe in detail the issue you are having on the 'Course formats' forum.
Book:
NEW: 'The Complete Guide to Collapsed Topics' (and 'Blurb') book is now available, covering: installation, upgrade, uninstallation, course and global features, resetting, capabilities, language strings, overriding icons / styles in a theme and adding a new icon set.
NOTE: The latest version incorporates functionality to support new UK / EU Cookie Law which is implemented as a user acceptance in the 1.9 version and no 'cookie' is used at all in 2.x versions.
Screen casts:
Privacy API support starts with V3.3.1.2 for M3.3 and V3.4.0.2 for M3.4 where the API has been implemented in the minor release of Moodle.
Screenshots
When we installed the Collapsed Topics format a couple months ago, we changed the following options to #FFFFFF (sorry if I wasn't clear here earlier):
Toggle foreground color
format_topcoll | defaulttgfgcolour
Toggle foreground hover colour
format_topcoll | defaulttgfghvrcolour
Toggle background color
format_topcoll | defaulttgbgcolour
Toggle background hover color
format_topcoll | defaulttgbghvrcolour
And Toggle all icon hovers was set to YES
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I see what you mean when you asked why we set them all to white. That doesn't make sense. Even though these are set to white, when running the previous version of Collapsed Topics, the section titles are actually not white (that's probably why we didn't dwell on the default color settings). They are using the color from our custom theme (note that if I switch the theme to the Clean theme, the titles do go white; when I switch back to our custom theme, the titles are visible again, using our the color from our theme). It's only after installing the updated Collapsed Topics do the titles go to white.
I think it's interesting, using the previous version and before installing the update, the section title color was essentially ignoring the course format's settings and instead used our custom theme's color setting. It's only after installing the upgrade does it all sort itself out.... the format's color settings are respected. So I suppose there isn't anything necessarily wrong with the course format. We will have to update the default color settings (i.e. don't use white for text).
Does this make sense? I apologize if I led you down the wrong path, trying to find an error where one doesn't exist.
Thanks... Brian
Thank you for the information.
A recent fix: https://github.com/gjb2048/moodle-format_topcoll/commit/3cd8a1d0641419158d76a11a6725329d7e1a6b02 caused the incorrect data to manifest itself.
Kind regards,
Gareth
RE: Can it do nested collapsible topics?
No.
Kind regards,
Gareth
I think I may have come across an actual bug with the 2.7.4 update (for Moodle 2.7). This problem becomes evident after upgrading a Moodle 2.7.11+ (2014051211.02) site to Collapsed Topics v. 2.7.4 (from 2.7.3.2). The problem/bug is seen in courses with orphaned activities sections, after the 2.7.4 update has been installed (there is no problem with the 2.7.3.2 version). In these courses, the collapsed topics format behaves properly when those viewing the course (e.g., the toggle icons open and close the sections). However, the problem/bug comes into play when editing is ON. With editing on, you see the dimmed orphaned activities section at the bottom of the page (as expected). The problem is that the individual section open/close icons DO NOT open the section (though the Open All and Close All icons do work). Also, with each section, the "edit summary" (gear) icons don't work. Clicking on them does nothing, except highlight the word "Orphaned" in the now-visible orphaned activities section at the bottom. Also, the "Add an activity or resource" link in each section doesn't work.
It it helps, I can add post to the course formats Moodle forum, along with a couple annotated screenshots. Please let me know if this would be helpful, or if you have any other questions.
Thanks.... Brian
Thanks for the report. The 2.7.4 version had fixes for things in the header that were conflicts. Please do post annotated screen shots in the course format forum as this will help me replicate the issue faster and thus be in a position to find a solution.
Kind regards,
Gareth
Tested locally on Chrome emulation of iPhone 6 and working. Tested on Safari on iPod Touch 4th generation and working. Both times with Clean theme. No access to the physical devices you state. Thus until any further evidence / validation from others, assume is working.
Kind regards,
Gareth