Finishing legacy layout

[jojo12]

I want to discuss:
We offer two layouts:
The old legacy layout with tables
And the new responsive layout with two different looks (modern look and tablelike look).

I propose to finish the legacy layout and to use instead only the tablelike look and the modern look.
What are you thinking?

[Heklaterriol]

Is it actually possible to have several layouts too in the component, like in the modules?

[mckillo]

Yes, see https://docs.joomla.org/J4.x:Template_Layouts
It's possible, but the redesign is major. JEM has a lot of inheritance from this in its structure.
Careful, this could be a major change, especially regarding migration in already configured installations.And it could be a headache.

We would need to maintain backward compatibility at a minimum and only apply it to new installations. We need to run simulation tests to decide if layouts are a solution for the structure. How many users are using JEM? How many are using default or responsive?

The idea seems easy, but inheritance and migration compatibility carry a lot of weight. If we had more money to hire people, that would be a different story, but we're just a small team :-(

For me, this is a changes with low priority.