I am designing web application which needs 4 levels to manage the flow charts which is the main purpose of the application . The structure is something like this:
Company names - folder
Component names - sub-folder
Group name - sub - sub - folder
List of flow charts
The problem is the user has to make 4 clicks to reach its main task how should the levels be grouped or restructured to make the process efficient
You could use Mega Menus.
Maybe also some kind of "Favorites" or "Recents" on the landing page could help to bring the users to their last task more quickly.
Use dropdown menus with an autocomplete-enabled text search, and only show the next selection level of the previous has been selected.
Company: ▼ ACME inc
Component: ▼ Foobar
Group: ▼ Bazgroup
Offer the option to bookmark selections (maybe even incomplete selections like
folder subfolder ___).
Usually I would advise against dropdowns, but in combination with a text search with suggestions/autocomplete, this solution would provide the users with an easy way to make their selections. New users can skim the (alphabetically sorted?) dropdowns for their target choice, tenured users can use their bookmarks or just type the first couple of letters of the item they want.
Hint: there are multiple ways to make suggestions, I personally think that sublime text does a great job with this.
