Currently in UI if an, Action X has an associated message Y. For example say X is changing a global variable and Y can be message that prompts user to restart the Management Server.
If user changes 3 global variables he will be presented with 3 message boxes; all displaying same message ! See the reason for proposal here... https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12572005/msg%20box.jpg Proposal :: Approach (The most commonly found in UI based tools - But - Different than what we have in place now) is to have only one "Save" button for group of actions that produce same message. Now 2 common Scenarios:: Upon clicking "Save" button :: User changes gets realized and relevant message box is presented. Due to fact that each web page has similar actions and thus have similar messages this makes life very easy. (Multiple global variables changed and only one box presented requesting to restart MS) Upon navigating away from page without clicking Save :: Present a warning and if accepted, discard changes and continue with requested navigation; else ignore navigation request and present user the same page and wait for user to click "Save" button or to perform another action. (Repeat till either Save is clicked or user accepts warning) Current implementation:: We can see that small green "correct/right" ticker (Screen: ticker) next to global variable input box as the Save button. Clicking which our changes gets realized message pops up. But the problem with our current approach is of association. We have associated each message with each action. If we associate set of actions that produce the same message; say the whole table that contains Global Variables and associate only one Save (And in turn which results into associating only one message) with it then we can achieve what I am trying to propose here. I believe this is most common approach in UI based tools. Suggestions / Inputs? Track it here :: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-1506 Thank You, Parth Jagirdar Software Test Engineer Datacenter & Cloud Division Citrix Systems - Powering Mobile Workstyles and Cloud Services.<http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/home.asp>
