RE: [Prototype] System operations from system list
> Ok, looks like a very good start and /very/ useful. I have a
few
> suggestions that could make this a bit more usable, I think, and they
> are all just presentation related.
>
> Currently there's a row of buttons on the top of the page. Some depend
> on what is selected, some allow multi selections, some do not. I think
> that is a bit confusing, or it was to me at least.
>
> What I would recommend is that:
> -- The "Add" feature only be available from the left hand side sidebar
> as it was before after your first couple of patches.
> -- An action like "Copy" or "Rename" that can only take one at a
time be
> shown on each line, with each system record. Let's do the same with
> edit, so you have on each line:
> -- For multi-select options, move those buttons to the bottom of the
> list and make some header called "batch actions" that shows
> -- Remove the "edit" link that surrounds the system name and move it to
> a button
>
> If I may show this in really bad ASCII diagrams:
>
> | System: | Edit Button | Template:
> | View Rendered: | Copy | Rename
> checkbox | systemname1 | edit | kickstart template |
> rendered kickstart | copy button | rename button |
> checkbox | systemname2 | edit | kickstart template |
> rendered kickstart | copy button | rename button |
> checkbox | systemname3 | edit | kickstart template |
> rendered kickstart | copy button | rename button |
> checkbox | systemname4 | edit | kickstart template |
> rendered kickstart | copy button | rename button |
>
>
Correction, remove "kickstart template" from the above.
per-system-templates are a fringe feature and don't need to show up there.
> (empty space)
>
> batch actions on checked systems:
> power control | netboot status | delete
>
> Basically that would give it just a little bit better idea of whether
> clicking a button would do that particular action to the particular
> system or would be a batch action.
>
> Also if we do that we can remove the "Edit/Rename" logic from the
> system_edit pages along with the delete buttons on those pages.
>
> I would definitely be interested in seeing that.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll have a look at it.
Peter
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