[Kimchi-devel] UI Extension Proposal - Same Action on Multiple List Elements

[Jan Schneider]

Hello Samuel,

I did not find a response mail from you - maybe I deleted it by error. 
Therefore I resend this mail.

Kind regards
Jan



On 10/09/2015 11:36 AM, Jan Schneider wrote:
> Hello Samuel,
>
> I think we both agree that from a usage perspective we should support 
> an action for multiple list elements.
> Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> The next question is how to implement this.
>
> We currently have an action combo box for each list element. With an 
> action combo box for the whole list we can do both:
> 1) Action for a single list element
> 2) Action for multiple list elements
>
> Depending on the selection the possible actions may change. There are 
> also actions which can only be executed on a single list element.
>
> We definitely need further discussions on this.
>
> Kind regards
> Jan
>
>
>
>
> On 10/08/2015 09:24 PM, Samuel Henrique De Oliveira Guimaraes wrote:
>> Hi team,
>>
>> When I was updating wok.grid.js and I asked Atreeye to create 
>> wok.list.js we discussed if we should set a parameter to choose 
>> between action buttons on top or left of each item (in case we had 
>> only wok.grid.js) or create this new widget for the Debug Reports and 
>> Repositories. However, when I implemented this in the new-ui and 
>> started playing with these buttons, I noticed some anti-patterns.
>> If you look into the attached images (debug_reports.jpg and 
>> repositories.jpg), you can see that the active line enters in the 
>> "selected" state. When you click outside this area, the list item 
>> keeps selected but the drop-down menu is hidden. In addition to that, 
>> the "Add / Generate" buttons are in the panel context, not just the 
>> active item on the lists. I'm attaching a mockup with these buttons 
>> on top and the context menus on the left (button_top.jpg).
>> There's also the iOS pattern that is recommended on the mobile 
>> mockups that Susan forwarded to me (mobile.jpg). If we agree that the 
>> mobile design should take this pattern, then we'll have to update 
>> wok.grid.js and merge with wok.list.js, adding the suggested behavior 
>> for mobile devices. I think we can use the same pattern on the 
>> desktop, but there are some points that we should agree before we 
>> start developing it. For instance, if I select multiple repositories 
>> and one of them is disabled and the other ones enabled, I believe we 
>> should have action links such as "Enable All / Disable all". For 
>> Debug Reports, I'm not sure If iOS allows to download files so we 
>> could show a "Download All" only for Android devices.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Samuel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kimchi-devel-bounces at ovirt.org 
>> [mailto:kimchi-devel-bounces at ovirt.org] On Behalf Of Jan Schneider
>> Sent: quinta-feira, 8 de outubro de 2015 13:29
>> To: Aline Manera <alinefm at linux.vnet.ibm.com>; kimchi-devel at ovirt.org
>> Subject: [Kimchi-devel] UI Extension Proposal - Same Action on 
>> Multiple List Elements
>>
>> Hello Aline,
>>
>> we often have use cases that a user wants to perform the same action 
>> for multiple list elements.
>>
>> The User Interface Design Specification - Kimchi, 2014-12-23 forces 
>> the user to do this separately for each list element.
>>
>> We should discuss if this meets the user needs (at least for new 
>> functionalities).
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Jan
>>
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