James Cocker

Thinking about it, it's not just about technical load, but also UX. Showing a dropdown list of 100 items to a user isn't very useful, it's unlikely they'll manually look...

For the time being, I have created a module that adds an alt text field to the image asset: https://github.com/purplespider/silverstripe-asset-alt-text

> Not opposed to having the Alt field within the main Details panel, provides the majority of the value to users for sure and a lot easier to manage. Was...

> this might be related to an issue that was recently resolved in 1.7.x and 1.8.x of silverstripe/asset-admin. See: #1213 @brynwhyman Yep, looks like you're right! I just tested my...

@emteknetnz While the issue mentioned in the previous 3 comments has been fixed (when using my module, modified placement alt text no longer gets overridden upon updating the placement.) I...

I should mention, that the ideal here is that when adjusting an UploadField image, the details fields are immediately editable, rather than read-only. Then we don't even need to display...

@micschk Maybe you are experiencing this bug?: ["(Edit) Details" button only visible if grid shows the page of selected file #1136](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-asset-admin/issues/1136)

> Are you running the CMS on an ipad? Nope, I primarily use an iMac & MacBook (all Mac desktops and laptops have HiDPI displays and have had for several...

This area definitely needs a re-think, it's quite confusing in multiple ways at the moment. @micschk's suggestion to just display the details as text instead of read-only fields does actually...

> the "Edit file" link could go next to the "Insert/Update" button possibly I like this, and feel it solves many of the issues (at least until a more significant...