Refining the Document Editing Experience with ManagerManager and Select2

This old ManagerManager example showed a very practical philosophy: instead of rewriting the whole manager, improve the editing form where editors actually spend their time.

What the Customization Did

• loaded Select2 for better select-field UX
• reordered important sections in the document form
• adjusted field widths and textarea sizes
• surfaced editor selection controls more clearly
• integrated content history into a more accessible tab flow

A Snippet of the Approach

$e->output(includeCSS($modx->config['base_url'] . 'assets/js/select2/select2.css'));
$e->output(includeJs($modx->config['base_url'] . 'assets/js/select2/select2.min.js'));
$e->output('$j(".sectionBody select").select2({minimumResultsForSearch:20,width:"element"});');

Why This Matters

This was not just visual polishing. It was a concrete attempt to make the document edit screen match the real editing workflow more closely. The best manager tweaks usually work exactly like this: many small improvements that remove friction every day.

Source: Manager category on Extras.Evolution.