Still...it can be difficult to find items in GUI tables when you have a bunch of rows.
It would be nice if we solved that problem at some point with some sorting capability. I suppose right now people just use our filtering capability to find what they need. On Friday, December 19, 2014, Abhinandan Prateek < abhinandan.prat...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Thanks Gabor, Probably I should have read the full thread before > responding. > > -abhi > > > > On 19-Dec-2014, at 4:48 pm, Gabor Apati-Nagy < > gabor.apati-n...@citrix.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Well, thanks Abhinandan, I have just noticed I did not emphasize that I > was not talking about the GUI in general or any other screens. What I > talked about is only that one specific dropdown where users can select a > domain on the Advanced Search panel. > > > > Definitely, for the UI in general this is not right approach. For many > screens, api calls, we already use pagination, server side sorting - what > is good practice. > > For this dropdown though, I wouldn't say we should change the API, > because sorting at GUI side is easy and would work fine. > > > > Sorry for the confusion. > > > > Cheers, > > Gabor > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Abhinandan Prateek [mailto:abhinandan.prat...@shapeblue.com > <javascript:;>] > > Sent: 19 December 2014 01:23 > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: CLOUDSTACK-6543 Sorting the domain list in UI > > > > We should give it some more thought as UI side sorting is limited in its > capability in case the data is huge and there is pagination. > > There could be some default ordering that API’s implement. On top of it > we could further have UI/javascript level sorting and searching. > > > >> On 18-Dec-2014, at 10:47 pm, Mike Tutkowski < > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> +1 on GUI-side sorting (ideally it would be nice if we could sort by > >> clicking a column header in a table...maybe some reasonable column > >> header would be selected by default for each table) > >> > >> On Thursday, December 18, 2014, Gabor Apati-Nagy < > >> gabor.apati-n...@citrix.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >>> My point here is: unless the API supported sorting as a parameter, we > >>> should not rely on any expected sorting done by the API. It is really > >>> the presentation layer's job to show the results in an order it wants > >>> to. So instead of changing the API, I would suggest let's just sort it > at UI side. > >>> > >>> I see why sorting by name would be good in some cases, but if the > >>> same names exist in different domains it could easily become > >>> confusing. Or it can be even more confusing if someone tries to find > >>> something by hierarchy > >>> - not knowing it's exact name, but knowing where it should be. > >>> > >>> As a future feature, there could be a "browse domains" or similar > >>> selector where a popup could show them in a searchable grid or > >>> similar where users could search by name for instance. > >>> > >>> So I am +1 for sorting at UI side and -1 for changing to "Name (Path)" > >>> format. And +1 for having the same format everywhere. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Gabor > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Remi Bergsma [mailto:rberg...@schubergphilis.com <javascript:;> > >>> <javascript:;>] > >>> Sent: 18 December 2014 12:16 > >>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > >>> Subject: Re: CLOUDSTACK-6543 Sorting the domain list in UI > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> The reason I’ve put the name upfront is because it allows for easy > >>> navigation using a keyboard. But I see your point. > >>> > >>> About the format, it is not consistent now, as most lists display the > >>> path whereas others display just the name (which is really not what > you want). > >>> For example when dedicating a zone to an account. I'd suggest > >>> changing then all to the same format. > >>> > >>> As an alternative, would sorting it at the API level be better? Then > >>> we wouldn’t have to do it client side and we’d only have to change it > >>> at one place only. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Remi > >>> > >>> > >>> On Dec 18, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Andrija Panic <andrija.pa...@gmail.com > <javascript:;> > >>> <javascript:;>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> +1 for sorting - somwhat painfull to find domains in current > situation... > >>>> > >>>> On 18 December 2014 at 11:35, Gabor Apati-Nagy > >>>> <gabor.apati-n...@citrix.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I think sorting would be good to have, but I would not change the > >>>>> display format because that would remove hierarchy (as a sorting > >>> criteria). > >>>>> > >>>>> Wouldn't it be good to sort just by path? (To me sorting looks like > >>>>> an improvement, changing the format is more like a change that may > >>>>> cause problem for some.) > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Gabor > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Remi Bergsma [mailto:rberg...@schubergphilis.com > <javascript:;> > >>>>> <javascript:;>] > >>>>> Sent: 18 December 2014 08:40 > >>>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > >>>>> Subject: CLOUDSTACK-6543 Sorting the domain list in UI > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> In our employee cloud most of our employees have their own Domain > >>>>> to spin up machines. Since we have 150+ domains and the lists are > >>>>> unsorted, it is very hard to find the one you need. The order > >>>>> returned by the API is the order they were added. > >>>>> > >>>>> Without any knowledge of the CloudStack UI, I decided to spend some > >>>>> spare time on this, to figure out a way of fixing this issue. I > >>>>> succeeded, as in my dev environment it now shows alphabetically > >>>>> ordered lists. Although, I discovered that the javascript code that > >>>>> does the select for the domains is on many places in the code base > >>>>> (25+ > >>> occurrences, with 3 or so variations). > >>>>> Am I supposed to fix this "ordering" on all these occurrences or am > >>>>> I missing something? > >>>>> > >>>>> First, I fixed it on the most obvious parts that bother us most: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://github.com/remibergsma/cloudstack/commit/af3a7755a26e13d36a > >>>>> 36 > >>>>> 00f16acac61085a1fa50 > >>>>> This I have verified works well. > >>>>> > >>>>> Then did a search and altered the others as well: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://github.com/remibergsma/cloudstack/commit/f0a2e09df4b9887d77 > >>>>> 12 > >>>>> 50dc8682739b8728952b > >>>>> This I still need to test/verify. > >>>>> > >>>>> Before I proceed, could you let me know if this is the way to fix > >>>>> it (without refactoring the whole thing into a single shared > function). > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Remi > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Andrija Panić > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> *Mike Tutkowski* > >> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > >> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;> > >> o: 303.746.7302 > >> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud > >> <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™* > > > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related > services > > > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build< > http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > > CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> > > CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > > CloudStack Software Engineering< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> > > CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are > intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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