Certainly not the first time this has been brought up... in fact, there's already a JIRA for it [1]. Use of double click on the connection is a great counter point for consistency between the components.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1580 On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Lee Laim <lee.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't forget about connection behavior. > > Double-click on a connection places a movable vertex on the connection. > Double-click on a vertex deletes it. > > Very intuitive once you realize it's there. > > Lee > > > > On Oct 24, 2016, at 8:21 AM, McDermott, Chris Kevin (MSDU - > STaTS/StorefrontRemote) <chris.mcderm...@hpe.com> wrote: > > > > I like this, Matt. It has often find myself double clicking to try to > configure, or view configuration. It just seems natural. > > > > > > Chris McDermott > > > > Remote Business Analytics > > STaTS/StoreFront Remote > > HPE Storage > > Hewlett Packard Enterprise > > Mobile: +1 978-697-5315 > > > > > > > > On 10/24/16, 9:50 AM, "Matt Burgess" <mattyb...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > +1 for avoiding confusion or changing existing behavior, but I think a > > good compromise is to leave the Configure option on both context menus > > (right-click, e.g.) and add the double-click behavior to the Processor > > to open the configuration dialog. In that case, the default > > (double-click) option for both Processors and Process Groups is no > > longer "nothing" and "Enter Group" respectively; rather it is > > conceptually something like "Drill-down". For PGs drill-down is Enter > > Group, for Processors you can't drill down any further than the config > > dialog, so that becomes the default action for double-click. > > > > Thoughts? Thanks, > > Matt > > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Pierre Villard > > <pierre.villard...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yep, that's a good point and I agree we should avoid confusion with > >> different behaviors depending of the components. > >> > >> Thanks Matt! > >> > >> Pierre > >> > >> 2016-10-24 13:44 GMT+02:00 Matt Gilman <matt.c.gil...@gmail.com>: > >> > >>> Pierre, > >>> > >>> Currently the double click action is used to enter a Process Group. > >>> There's been discussion in the past on this mailing about possibly > using it > >>> to configure. My only hesitation there would be the inconsistency > between > >>> action on the different components. Unless of course we also switch the > >>> action for entering a group. Then I start to worry about confusing the > user > >>> with changing up the existing behavior too much. > >>> > >>> Matt > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On Oct 24, 2016, at 7:39 AM, Pierre Villard < > pierre.villard...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I was wondering if there is any reason why the double click action is > not > >>>> used in the UI? I think this could be a nice shortcut to access > >>>> "Configure/View configuration" view from elements on the canvas. > >>> Thoughts? > >>>> > >>>> Pierre > >>> > > > > >
