[Bug 460530] New: yast ncurses: improving layout of repo config
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460530 Summary: yast ncurses: improving layout of repo config Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: ke@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com CC: gs@novell.com, kmachalkova@novell.com Found By: Documentation Created an attachment (id=261102) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=261102) Configured Software Repositories The all-time visible help pane is gone (yipeee!) and the next space consumer arrived :-((( The dialog I'm talking about is "Configured Software Repositories" where the most important info ("Name") is heavily truncated; see the attachment. 1/3 of the screen we are wasting for the mostly empty navigation pane ("Services" and "Repositories"), more than the next 1/3 is consumed by simple check boxes or rather short digits (why do we need to print "(Default)" all over the Prio column?). I'd like to propose to turn "Services" and "Repositories" into tab titles and alle "Name" to take at least half of the screen width. Shrink the other column titles, either literally at the source code level (Prio, Enab, Autoref) or better let the UI shorten it at display time. I fear implementing this usability improvement is rather difficult. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Lukas Ocilka
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Ladislav Slezak
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--- Comment #2 from Katarina Machalkova
more than the next 1/3 is consumed by simple check boxes or rather short digits (why do we need to print "(Default)" all over the Prio column?).
'Default' keyword is rather useless in the table, if we really have to display it, it can be as well done in the summary under the table, where the information about repo priority is duplicated anyway. I thought the order of the columns could be changed to [Prio] [Name] [Enabled] [Autoref] (instead of current [Prio] [Enabled] [Autoref][ Name]) ... but what would happen then in ncurses would be that 'check-box-like' columns would scroll away from the screen due to overly long repo URL. And it would no longer be easy to see which repos are enabled/set to autorefresh by quick glance at the table. What would be feasible imao is abbreviating [Enabled] and [Autorefresh] column titles and explaining the abbreviation in the help. Moreover, both of these information are also duplicated in the summary under the table. Exactly as you propose ;-) (we use abbreviations for column labels, esp. in case of flags quite heavily in y2-storage).
I'd like to propose to turn "Services" and "Repositories" into tab titles and alle "Name" to take at least half of the screen width.
The reason why space-consuming tree has been used in this case was introduction of services - each of them can consist of one or more repositories. At the end, these will be visualized as sub-branches of 'Services' main branch.
or better let the UI shorten it at display time.
I'm afraid this is not doable with current facilities UI offers ...
I fear implementing this usability improvement is rather difficult.
Nothing for SLE11, right -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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