Improvements for Upload dialog

When I saw the the screenshot of the new uploader I was quiet optimistic that this could be a really nice feature. But when I tried it for the first time, sadly it wasn’t what I’ve hoped for. I really, really hope this is just the first stage and there are improvements to come, but for now it mostly just adds an additional click to the workflow.

It would make more sense to me if the upload-dialog only appears when:

• it’s set in either in the fileblueprint e.g.:

  mysection:
    label: Files
    type: files
    dialog: true

• or in the config (and yes please more global field- and sectionoptions in the config)

  'sections' => [
    'files' => [
      'dialog' => true
    ]
  ]

• or the uploaded file already exists. When file already exists there should be three options, dismiss, replace and rename.

It’s one of the most inconvient things in Kirby that you can’t replace multiple files at once and probably the only thing other CMS handle better.

Since there is no detailed reference until now, it’s possible that the requested features are allready implemented. I really love Kirby, but handling uploads and files in the panel still has room for improvements.

@Tom Could you please create a separate ticket for the replace multiple files suggestion? Bundling multiple suggestion into one ticket makes them hard to act upon. Thanks!

@Nico sorry in my mind these things where kinda one topic. But I’ve created a new topic here (https://feedback.getkirby.com/634) for the file replacement suggestion. I hope this helps you to keep track of it.