As @nathank has neatly described in Poll with ability for user to add their own options - #8 by nathank it is possible to create quite complex polls in standard Discourse - including ‘Doodle’ functionality. Unfortunately, we still find this to be too complicated for regular users to do.
One solution would be to change the ‘one poll option per line’ box from a single box where all options are added, into a list where the user adds the options one at a time AND can specify if they would like to add a) a text option, b) a date, c) an emoji, and possibly others (feel free to suggest).
I’d be willing to throw some developer hours at this unless there are other plans to address it?
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The discussion revolves around making ‘Doodle’ polls more user-friendly in Discourse. uffehe suggests simplifying the poll creation interface by allowing users to add options one at a time with additional features like text, date, and emoji inputs. awesomerobot notes that the team is currently simplifying the poll UI but hasn’t addressed this specific feature yet. uffehe asks about the timeline and requests a date-picker option. codinghorror asks if the recent poll improvements have been tested, and uffehe confirms the updates are nice but don’t meet the ‘Doodle’ functionality needs, sharing a custom UI they’ve developed.
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We’re currently working on simplifying the poll UI and putting the more advanced options behind a toggle… this doesn’t address what you’re talking about, but I’d wait until we complete that work before starting anything else.
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That sounds good. Do you have an idea of the timeline for this?
Any chance I can convince you to add a date-picker option when adding poll options?
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Have you tried the poll functionality recently to see how it changed?
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