Hi, playing with the GeoServer configuration months ago I got annoyed that it wasn't possible to just apply a configuration change, check the results, and then go straight to do some changes. Or else, it was possible only in the styles page...
So I spent a few of weekends (well, 1-2 hour a weekend really) to add an apply button to many configuration pages, covering most of the core ones. On review Niels noticed inconsistent button order, the styles page has Apply/Submit/Cancel, while in most of the other pages I did Submit/Apply/Cancel. I'm inclined to agree, the Apply/Submit/Cancel order seems like a better option... but before moving to do changes, I wanted confirmation, it's not a small change to do. Niels also noticed that there is a mix of submit and save buttons around... changing the code variable names to make them consistent would be a lot of work, but making just the user experience consistent is hopefully just a matter of changing a i18n translation. So, submit or save? I'd go for "save". There is a downside of this, lots of GUI images to be re-snapshotted, and possibly quite a bit of text to be modified. In the Apply PR I had to go through that already, for some I took new pictures, for others I just removed the buttons from the image, they were not actually adding much info. It's a bit faster than re-snapshotting the GUI, especially for plugins that one might not have handy (in my case, it was datastores). If we go for the submit/save inconsistency elimination, is there anyone that would help with the text and GUI screenshots rework? Cheers Andrea == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A 55054 Massarosa (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- *Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail.*
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