Improve Group Permissions to show all on a single page

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Improve Group Permissions to show all on a single page

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The Group Permissions screen (mode=setting_group_global) could be improved so that it presents as a single page rather than dropdown menu of 3 choices which requires an admin to navigate through a dropdown menu for each of User permissions, Global Moderator permissions and Administrative permissions.

For comparison, look at how Group Forum Permissions (mode=setting_group_local) operates for multiple forums. The single page makes it far easily to manage.

I’ve tried to mock-up a screenshot of how it might look:
 
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"Group Forum Permissions" is only addressing one of the 5 types of permissions.
The Dropdown on the "Group Permissions" is used to differentiate between the three types of global permissions you address there, just like the User Permissions page does.
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Perhaps because I've been busy Auditing group permissions and roles on upgraded boards I've been spending lots of time and effort (i.e. mouse clicks) on the Group Permissions pages.

That's where this perspective that it would simplify the management and administration of Group Permissions is all were presented on a single page.

I suspect most admins set and forget their Group Permissions.
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Well, the dropdown has Group User permissions, Group Admin permissions, and Group Global Mod permissions. Each of those grids would be completely different from one another, unlike the Forum permissions where the grid for each forum is identical to the others on the page.
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Fair point.

Permissions are powerful but can be complicated.

I'm just suggesting an improvement to the interface that I feel might be useful to make them easier to manage because there could be fewer mouse clicks and screens involved.
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Re: Improve Group Permissions to show all on a single page

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From someone who has had to navigate those permissions, having everything in a single page would be very helpful.

The page could be dynamic, meaning to change the content based on the permissions selected.
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