Protocol editor: reorder the steps of an active protocol, type their number, full width and colored sections

2026.10.23-editeur-etapes-glisser-numero-couleurs · 2026-10-24

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Changes

Steps of an active protocol can be reordered like those of a draft: drag and drop with the mouse or keyboard, arrows, duplicate and insert. Saving keeps its change note, and the schedule slots follow the renumbered steps. A submitted or archived protocol stays locked.
Each step has a number field: type the position you want, then Enter (or Tab) and the step moves there. An out-of-range number is refused with a message, Escape restores the real number, and you can chain several moves in the same field.
The Content tab uses the full page width: the materials table stretches, and expected results and notes sit side by side on large screens. On a phone, the tab bar scrolls and the materials table scrolls horizontally.
Each section of a step (duration, reagents, equipment, measures, signature, parametric day, instructions, image) has its own tint and icon, always with its label. The header of a collapsed card shows badges for duration, day, reagents, measures, signature and image.
On a phone, a step title stays readable and the buttons wrap onto a second line; the card is no longer stretched while dragging.

Drag and drop was checked in Chrome with replayed pointer events and with the keyboard, not on a physical trackpad or other browsers.
Reordering an active protocol through a change proposed by Otto, saving as an administrator and the file list were not re-checked in this version.
Two section icons (equipment and measures) stay a little pale in the light theme; their label remains readable.