I agree it is easy to move it delete something by mistake. Some flows are huge or are using,more resources and are slower to load and you can accidently do something by mistake. I believe the "are yous sure u want to delete?" its a good start. On Aug 7, 2015 10:31 PM, "Joe Witt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Team, > > We've been hearing from users of nifi that it is too easy to > accidentally move something on the flow or delete large portions of > the flow. This is the case when panning the screen for example and > accidentally having a processor selected instead. > > What is worth consideration then is the notion of making the flow > 'read-only' by default. In this case the user would need to > explicitly 'enable edit mode'. We would then also support a > confirmation dialog or similar construct whenever deleting components > on the flow. > > Anyone have a strong objection to this concept? If so, do you have an > alternative in mind that would help avoid accidental movement? > > Thanks > Joe >
