Forum Discussion
Multi-column Designs
Right now Rise is a single column design tool where you add new blocks directly below existing content to form a single column of blocks. Are there plans to allow double or triple column designs so you can have side-by-side (multiple column) elements in landscape that rearrange to single column in portrait on a phone?
I think the design interface would show the + marks both below and to the right of existing content so you could build out either way. Just a thought.
Thanks Brett - I hadn't thought about something like that, but it's a cool idea I can share with our product team! I wonder if you could share a bit more behind the "why" for this column format - how does the horizontal columns help or change your design within Rise vs. the current vertical layout? It's that type of information which is really helpful to our team as they look at designing updates and new features as then they can dig into the why and all the possible solutions!
Hi Ashley. There are probably lots of ways a multi-column options could be useful. It makes a nice design feature to have items side by side and works well for comparisons, for example. I think of Rise in more of a web design/development way where in landscape you may want to have a few columns of items, whether images, text, video, or any combination that then rearrange themselves when viewed in a portrait. You'll notice this behavior in lots of websites and it would be great to be able to do something similar with learning content.
+1 For multi column designs!
Thanks Brett - I'm sure that'll be helpful for our Product team!
I would really like this feature as well. I created a course in Rise that has the pdf of the handout and I would like our learners to be able to take notes next to the handout. Currently it sits below the pdf and my team thinks the learner will struggle scrolling up and down so much during the course. Hope this makes sense.
Yes, please for columns. We'd love to place a button element next to a photo element.
Hi Jay and Chantal,
Thanks for sharing some additional insights on this here. I took a look at what we have in Rise, and noticed we've got a button with text, and based on the device you're using we'll reflow the content as shown:
Could you share a bit more detail on how the button next to an image fits with your course design? I'd be happy to pass that along to our team, but you can also feel free to detail those ideas more through a feature request!
Hiya,
Basically would love to be able to drop a picture into the area where the
text goes in the button element.Thx!
Thanks Jay, good to know that this same set up would work for you, as the image/button would have to reflow similar to the text/button set up shared above. I'll pass your feature request to our product team!
+1 for this feature. Some of your competitors have this ;-)
I'm putting my hat into the ring for a two column feature - say when I have two success stories and I want them to live on the same block for the user to choose.
Thanks for chiming in, Lawrence. I'll be sure the rest of my team hears about your idea!
