I also think that the credentials link should be part of the Manage Jenkins 
section. When improving the UI we should focus on the most widely spread 
Jenkins installations which do not use the folders plugin. I think we will find 
a way to get the credentials hook into a good place if the folders plugin is 
installed.

Am 19.06.2014 um 15:39 schrieb Sandell, Robert <[email protected]>:

> 
> 
> On 19.06.2014, at 12:29, Tom Fennelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>> Can someone explain to me why are the "People" and "Credentials" nav items 
>>> not inside "Manage Jenkins"?
> 
>> Behavior of 'People' depends on the view you're in: Unless you're on the 
>> 'All' view, it only lists users that have been active in the current view's 
>> items. If the view is empty, the list is empty.
> 
>> Credentials are likely there as they're contextual: If you're on the home 
>> page, you configure the instance-wide credentials, if you're in a folder, 
>> you configure the credentials valid within that folder. Hiding the 'main' 
>> Credentials in Manage Jenkins, and having per-folder credentials show up in 
>> the folder sidepanel would be weird.
> 
> Also the "Manage Jenkins" page is only accessible by administrators, so any 
> settings done in there can't be delegated to "normal" users.
> 
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