Make challenges appear open by default

[carpentries]

Make challenges appear open by default

[tracykteal]

As a note, I think we should keep the 'hide' option. It's good for the 'solutions'. It just seems less useful for the 'challenge' and maybe also 'discussion'.

You can see what this looks like at the bottom of this lesson
http://www.datacarpentry.org/sql-ecology-lesson/03-sql-joins-aliases/

[tbekolay]

I'm also +1 for challenges shown by default and solutions hidden by default.

Not to veer too off-topic, but it might also be nice to provide a "show / hide all challenges" link to show or hide all challenges at once.

[rgaiacs]

With the challenges being click to open, there has been some confusion about where the challenges are until people realize they need to click on the arrow.

I don't have any training in user experience/user interface so I can't what we should use and I fail to locate the issue where I and @gvwilson talked about hide or not the challenges and other call out boxes. What I remember is that the decision to hide challenges and call out boxes was to not "distract" self-learners and workshop attendees from the main lesson/text.

Should that be the default behavior in the template?

I think that all Carpentry lessons should have the same fell. We should hide challenges in all or don't do it in any.

If people prefer to have un-hide challenges by default I would request to un-hide all the call out boxes for sake of consistence and reduce our code base.

[tracykteal]

Thanks @rgaiacs then I would advocate for unhiding them by default. In discussion sections we've had people mention it as an issue. Since they already look separate in their box, they don't seem to be a distraction in the flow of reading. Happy to put in a PR if this is the decision.

[rgaiacs]

Happy to put in a PR if this is the decision.

I can do the PR but I want to ask more people about their preferences. I will copy you on the email.

[gdevenyi]

I'm okay with show by default with a hide button

[orchid00]

I like to show challenges by default and hide solutions by default. The aliases example looks good @tracykteal

[gcapes]

I think the solutions should be within the challenge callout box - as they currently are. This looks neater. The SQL lesson has them as a separate box.

I don't feel strongly about whether the question is shown or hidden by default, or whether it is hidable at all.

[tracykteal]

You're right it is better to have them together and agree that should be the default. I put in a PR. That update is viewable here http://tracykteal.github.io/sql-ecology/03-sql-joins-aliases/

PR is merged, so the example has the solution in the same box as the challenge.

[naupaka]

I'm +1 for challenge shown by default and answers to challenges hidden by default.

[rgaiacs]

So far the we have

Show by default (with questions hide)

• @tracykteal
• @gdevenyi
• @orchid00
• @naupaka
• @tbekolay

Resolution

I'm sending a pull request soon.

[rgaiacs]

Close by #120.