Layout options

[ddorstijn]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The editor provides easy tools to quickly create websites. The only problem I have is for more advanced layouts. For example to docs page. This page has a sidebar, which I don't think to be possible to do with primo yet.

Describe the solution you'd like
For it to work you would have to be able to nest a component. Maybe something like a layout could also work.
Maybe an extra menu item next to the Add content and Add component butten, like Add layout item. Which would then allow to set grid columns or something alike.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Writing the page as one big component maybe?

Additional context
I get that it might be difficult to implement due to complex layering systems. However I do believe it to be crusial for it to work in production environments.

[elemdos]

Thanks for the suggestion. Primo actually did have what you're describing in an earlier version, but there were a lot of downsides:

• Not all the components in the component library could be used as independent sections
• Added complexity in the UI that made content editing & page building more complicated
• Lots of added complexity in the codebase that could have been spent on other features

The biggest benefit was being able to have a content block next to a component - so a docs page like what you've described was smoother than the current situation where you have to write the content in a field (to get the side navigation) - but it was far outweighed by the downsides.

We're planning on getting that benefit back later in a different way that doesn't add the negative usability effects by consolidating component & content sections - so in this case you'd add a 'Documentation' component & edit its content by both editing its fields (to update the navigation items) & write on the page to edit the documentation itself.

[rallisf1]

I know this is an old thread; just leaving a note for whoever looks for a way to implement custom layouts like sidebars etc.

Just apply a CSS grid template on the main wrapper. It won't look pretty in the editor but it works perfect on production.

[elemdos]

Genius! I bet it wouldn't be hard to make the buttons account for the change of position. I'm gonna look into that tonight