I would even like to find a way to hack the code to place "number of courses" above that column, as in http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2574249/Screenshots/2010-03-14_1107.png

I made some layout changes to display category name and number of courses. The new layout combine category name and number courses into 1 column.

Please refer to the screenshot for the new layout.

I attempted your adaptation using the course/lib.php file in Moodle 1.9.8+ ..... $Id: lib.php,v 1.538.2.80 2010-02-25 10:16:15 stronk7 Exp $

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2574249/Screenshots/2010-04-08_0731.png

No output showed when the " echo $OUTPUT->spacer(array('height'=>10, 'width'=>$indent, 'br'=>true)); // should be done with CSS instead" line was used so I used the existing " print_spacer(10, $indent);" line instead.

The output is as shown in the attached link ... notice that there is no subcategory indentation and the color is not changed.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/2574249/Screenshots/2010-04-08_0739.png

Thanks for your modification and help
larry

Hi Rosie,

There is an underlying weakness in this approach I'm afraid. It's the assumption that organisations call Moodle courses "courses". In practice courses are given a variety of names, often more than one on the same site, depending upon how they are used. Forcing the use of the word course here (or whatever single alternative is substituted in lang editing) will diminish the flexibility and appeal of Moodle.

Great point Ray. Perhaps a generic term such as "offerings" could be used. I do like the idea of user-defined, as many will prefer to use "courses"

Hi Larry,

Thank you reviewing the patch.

The patch is used to fix version 2.0.

the $OUTPUT->spacer function is implemented in version 2.0 and using it in 1.9.8 version will throw an error and skip the indentation output.

Rosie

Rosie
Can there be an easy fix for the Moodle 1.9.8 version?
Thanks
larry

Hi Larry,

you should be able to use print_spacer function for 1.9.8 version. However, in order to use it properly, you might need to set the third parameter to 'false'.

I created a new patch for 1.9.8. Please apply it to your version and let me know if it solve the issue.

Thanks
Rosie

Added Olli, Nick, Chetz and Leena as watchers.

Your comments / feedback on this issue would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Rosie

accessibility qa site is located at http://access.moodle.net/

Rosie

Can you send me the section of code to paste into the lib file to test? I am not over proficient with the patch command

Larry,

Please take a look the text attachment for the section of code and let me know if it works for your 1.9 version.

Hi Rosie

Yes it works fine in 1.9.8+ (latest weekly).

One small suggestion is to make the "- x Courses" italics and perhaps a font size smaller

larry

Sentences with numbers don't work well in all languages. More standard for the web would be:

Category A (3)
Category B (5)
Category CCC (10)

The numbers can have alt text (tooltip) with "number of courses" ...

update patch to apply Martin's suggestion.

+1 for checkin

Commit changes to moodle 2.0.