[Users] Setup Host Network dialog - actions availability [ux][BZ#984737]

[Einav Cohen]

Hi,

This is about attempting to address the difficulty of finding the edit-action in 
the Setup Host Network dialog, as documented in "Bug 984737 - usability: webadmin 
difficulty in assigning client ip, no gateway possible" in bugzilla.
We have a suggestion from Eldan (see attached "HostSetupNetworks-HoverPopUp.png") 
which was described in the BZ (comment #3) and seemed acceptable by the reporter 
(comment #4), however IIUC - one of the main pain points described in the BZ was 
the fact that the user could not find the option to Edit the connection properties 
since he was looking in the wrong place, and needed to hover on the correct place, 
in order to find that option.
So although the idea is somewhat helpful, my concern is that this solution is not 
enough (comment #5).

Another proposal from Malini (comment #6) is to add an "actions" drop-down menu in 
the form of a small "gear" icon-button - see attached "HostSetupNetworks-DropDownMenu.png".
This proposal addresses my concern, however I have a question about another concern 
with this solution:
would the actions-drop-down menu-items panel be revealed appear upon click or upon 
hover?

if it will be upon hover, it might seem weird/be conflicted/be somewhat confusing 
with the hover functionality that reveals the logical-network details pop-up.

if it will be upon click, it means that in order to edit a logical network, two 
clicks will be required in order to get to the edit dialog, as opposed to one click 
in the current state and in Eldan's suggestion. 
maybe having two clicks in order to get to the edit dialog is acceptable, however 
there may be some solutions for that:

one possible solution would be to combine both attached suggestions, i.e. the actions 
within the hover pop-up, as well as the actions drop-down menu, however it means that 
there will be some redundancy of the actions availability.

another possible solution is to keep only the gear + down-arrow icon (or maybe only 
the down-arrow icon), without the actual drop-down menu there, just in order to indicate 
that there are some options available in that area, and have Eldan's pop-up appear when 
hovering on that icon (or even on the entire logical-network area, as happens today with 
the current details pop-up)

thoughts?

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Regards, 
Einav
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