Hi Einav, exactly. VMs inherit icons form Templates and their icons can be later edited. I've added some info regarding icon inheritance and pool on wiki.
Jakub ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Einav Cohen" <eco...@redhat.com> > To: "Jakub Niedermertl" <jnied...@redhat.com> > Cc: devel@ovirt.org > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 8:08:34 PM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] [RFC] Introducing VM Icons > > Thanks, Jakub, > > so regardless of VM pools: I understand that a VM will inherit the icon > from the Template it is based on by default, with an option to override > it, obviously (within the New/Edit VM dialog)? > (haven't noticed anything about it in the wiki page) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jakub Niedermertl" <jnied...@redhat.com> > > To: "Einav Cohen" <eco...@redhat.com> > > Cc: devel@ovirt.org > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:46:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] [RFC] Introducing VM Icons > > > > Hi Einav, > > > > current plan is that icon of will not be editable and will be simply copied > > form the template the pool is based on. I believe that there is not much > > need to edit icon of pool since pool are not directly visualized using > > icons > > in Userportal. > > > > AFAIK pools (even those containing multiple VMs) are displayed as one > > entity > > in Userportal. So icon of the pool will be used. Internally there will be > > an > > icon stored in each VM object in case of detaching from pool. Editing the > > icon will only be possible after detaching. > > > > (This is only first shot. It's not supposed to be comprehensive but rather > > small coherent step to improve user experience. Of course there is plenty > > of > > room for enhancements.) > > > > Best regards. > > Jakub > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Einav Cohen" <eco...@redhat.com> > > > To: "Jakub Niedermertl" <jnied...@redhat.com> > > > Cc: devel@ovirt.org > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 5:00:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] [RFC] Introducing VM Icons > > > > > > Hi Jakub, > > > > > > Is this also expected to affect VM pools? I.e. will I be able > > > to associate an icon with: > > > > > > - the VM Pool object, which will affect the icon for a pool > > > when displayed in the user portal? > > > > > > - all VMs created within a VM Pool (i.e. via the Add/Edit > > > Pool dialog), which will affect the icon for all pooled-VMs > > > once displayed in the user portal (and can this icon > > > potentially be overridden for each VM individually via the > > > 'Edit VM' dialog)? > > > > > > ---- > > > Thanks, > > > Einav > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jakub Niedermertl" <jnied...@redhat.com> > > > > To: devel@ovirt.org > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 10:44:37 AM > > > > Subject: [ovirt-devel] [RFC] Introducing VM Icons > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I started to work on new engine UI feature - VM icons > > > > (http://www.ovirt.org/Features/VM_Icons). It allows to customize > > > > Userportal > > > > icons of VMs and Templates using uploaded images. Any comments are > > > > welcome. > > > > > > > > Jakub > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Devel mailing list > > > > Devel@ovirt.org > > > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel