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Hi. Good to see the workflow editor being improved. There are still some basic issues though. You will need to consult a UX designer moving forward with the workflow editor design. For starters:
- Action texts are way to cramped now.
- Action icons way too small. You need to be able to identify the action when squinting your eyes not being able to read the text. Also make icon outline white or black.
- Arrow and “add new action” in-between actions are not the same icon theme.
- Click are on close icon in search field too small. Very difficult to press / hit.
- Scroll to trigger not resetting when clicking the X mark in search field.
- Some trigger icons not centered properly. Will recommend using Ionic icons throughout the entire editor. Looks like the old font awesome. Which is not very elegant.
- Everything is now called “flows”. Don’t add “flow”. Its completely unnecessary text.
- Pressing “new” workflow, does not focus on the search input. Bug here. Fix it.
- Clicking away from a brand new workflow with no changes made to it, should auto delete it again. No need for additional garbage left there.
- Redundant text when no workflow selected. Remove the first line. The second line is enough.
- Can’t deselect workflow action.
- Colors in context menu does not match icon colors
Also, they are butt ugly. Use a proper tool for selecting modern colors. eg. https://colorhunt.co/ (nb. a UI professional need to do this, not an engineer. They they think blue is #0000ff and just cant feel the difference between any of the 10.000 other shades of blue - Sorry guys). Also the colored dots in the context menu needs to be 2x+ bigger.
Features:
A. Overall overview of all workflows. Once again, instead of one overview, we now have two… complicating things. We could use an extended view or for them to be merged into a board of sorts. Like www.make.com but with all workflows on 1 board.
B: Sort workflows by TRIGGER TYPE. This would improve the general overview of the workflows and make finding eg. errors, condition, element clicked triggers much easier.
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This is fascinating!
Could it be that, even when man (or whoever) invented the wheel, people complained so much? I think…
Haha I know, brutal post above. “Really need to get a ux designer”
Whoever is the current if designer, keep at it, I started as not a fan but with compact mode, icons, colours and your constant iterating + listening to feedback I think your doing a great job. I love the new editor now and if you keep doing what your doing I’m sure I’ll love it more.
This, the latest update was a universal step in the right direction. Try things out, see how people feel. Just don’t force everyone onto it too early before it’s ready!
In this case, though, we’re moving from a round wheel to a square one and being told it’s better because the paint is pretty. There’s cause for complaint because the tool sucks and doesn’t fit its purpose.
It’s in Beta yeah? you can toggle on and off. Is that not letting people try it out?
Hello!
Have you thought about the possibility of allowing you to change the order of fields in the workflow?
We often need to delete and add each field to be filled in one by one to maintain logic in the structure.
What do you think?
Just to mention that on MAC the copy/cut/paste keys are wrong.
It should be command key + X etc but it’s currently assigned to Control key, which is not consistent with Mac.
Thanks for sharing this! I’ve long been frustrated that the command-key shortcuts that appear in the context menu don’t work.
I now see the “Shortcuts list” from the “Help Center” that pops out when you select the header bar’s question mark icon does say “CTRL” for some actions and “CMD” for others.
Loving the new workflow editor so far. One suggestion would be to improve the visual cues for disabled workflows. It kind of just makes them dimmer, but an icon or strike-through might make it clearer when looking through lots of workflows
Hey @kate.mcnally - can we have the option to delete a workflow from the active workflow pane?
Having the same context menu that appears from the list of workflows available in this toolbar would be helpful.
Just ran into a situation where my workflow wasn’t visible on the left but was the actively edited workflow. I wanted to delete it but had no option (how I got here was filtering for an action in the workflow that was subsequently deleted).
Thanks!
Amazing all the great input given here. What a change from the initial delivery. Makes you wonder, would it not have been faster to get a room, perhaps even digital room, get some people in there like yourself, go over some Figma designs, change them on the fly and then implement it.
Very fascinating to see that the more money and people start working inside Bubble, the more they actually indeed seem to work…inside. Which is what you see with every company that grows by the way. More money, more people, less time one on one with customers. Fascinating.
They do do user research - the compact view was first trialled in a user research demo before being built/released in the beta.
Seems the wrong users or wrong executing then. Anyway, glad we are getting there.
With all this room, just let me select multiple workflows at once, so I can view them side by side. It’s now more difficult to manage multiple worflows at once and the only thing holding me back from switching
Hi Bubblers!
I’m excited to share an update on some new features we’ve just launched for the Workflow Tab beta experience, along with a preview of upcoming improvements.
- We just shipped the ability to organize your workflows by folder or event type! This new toggle is located in the top-right corner of your workflow list, allowing you to switch between views whenever you want.
- We have also rolled out several bug fixes, most notably an enhancement that makes the Notes icon on actions clickable so you can access the Notes panel quickly. If you encounter any issues, please continue to report them — your feedback is invaluable.
Here’s a sneak peek at some features currently in the works:
- Grid view: We’re adding a grid view to the left-hand workflow list, providing a clear overview of all workflows on your page at a glance.
- Zoom controls: Zoom in and out of your workflow canvas to adjust the view to your screen size, giving you more flexibility and control.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue rolling out new features and improvements!
Zoe
PSA, this sounds small, but I saw it in a UX research beta and it helps so much with understanding the ‘geography’ of your app. Objectively, it shows the same info as a list, but it just feels easier to understand, as someone used to the tiles in the workflow tab of the past few years.
