Hi, On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 09:49:11AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > > ah, IC what I've done wrong. Still, the filter possibilies are far > > from beeing sensible. That is because I either must bookmark your > > URL or use the unintuitive and inefficient way to filter with the > > formular. > > (Just to point out here, because I've seen it crop up in a lot of > recent mails, formular is not an english word. I'm guessing "user > interface" or similar is what is meant, but it's definetly not clear.)
indeed, the proper word is 'form'. > > IMHO it has the following flaws: > > > > - It requires to query the 'database' several times before I get the > > wanted result > > - It requires more steps as neccessary on the user side > > - It is really unintuitive that I have to submit a query in order to set > > a filter. > > - I need to spell out the severity grades, which is uncomfortable and > > errorprone > > All of these are done that way just because it was simpler to > implement, and a more complex implementation requires javascript. So > yes, these flaws are known and remain present because of my limited > time. > > > So as a better solution I'd suggest to make at least the severity > > grades checkboxes. > > Not possible without javascript and a much more complex setup. [And it > certainly wouldn't be checkboxes either; it'd have to be a selection > menu.] > > The reason why it has to have javascript (or pretty complex css) is > because the possible options that can be selected depends on the state > of the selection menu on the left. Patches accepted to implement this, > of course. Hu? Why does selecting severity grades depend on the selection menu on the left? IMHO its a choice on its one, which can certainly be implemented without using javascript. Its not that it have to be part of the dropdown box, you already have. > Feel free to file a bug against debbugs asking for the ability to > filter on bugs which have a filled or unfilled done field. Why don't you just clone/reassign this ticket? ;) Best Regards, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
