Hi Matt, we definitely need guides around truncation, not only on server names but in general.
It's always a grey area how and when to truncate. If working on Tendrl you can come up with some refomendations we can apply them to our patterns. Let me know if I can help in any way, we can test things up in different use cases to see if it works Thanks! On Monday, 10 October 2016, Ju Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > This generally works for most names except I've found in certain contexts > from previous experience that truncating in the front made more sense, e.g. > "...xyz" for MAC Addresses and SAN nicknames as it was less useful doing it > as "xyz..." since the beginning portion was repeated a lot and didn't help > so much with uniquely identifying the object. > > An interesting consideration is if there is a need for truncation of an > IPv6 addresses, how do we tackle this. I know IPv6 already includes > truncation in the spec, but there are going to be circumstances where we > may need to go beyond this. Thoughts? > > Regards, > Ju > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Greg Sheremeta <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Hi Matt / all, >> >> This gets tricky when you have machine names in your listings! >> my_super_important_vm_1 >> my_super_important_vm_2 >> his_super_important_vm_1 >> >> ^ Either way you truncate that "column", someone's going to lose some >> important info, and looking through the column will be frustrating for the >> users. >> >> In oVirt, we take the simple approach and truncate at the end. And, in >> most places where there is truncation, hovering over the truncated string >> shows you (via tooltip) the entire string: >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> My recommendation for PatternFly: recommend / default to end truncation >> with "...". I like the hover-show-full-name feature -- that's something UX >> people should discuss re: if it should exist and what it would look like. >> (We use PF tooltips, but I could see other widgets being useful.) >> >> Best wishes, >> Greg >> >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Matt Carrano <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> Hey Patternflyers, >>> >>> I am currently working on the Tendrl storage console project and need to >>> come up with some guidance on how to truncate long names that may appear in >>> our UI. I'm thinking of things like hostnames, disk names, and other types >>> of objects that may take on a potentially long path name based on user >>> naming. PatternFly currently provides some general guidance, but no >>> specific rules. >>> >>> I'm curious how you are handling this on other projects as I know it's a >>> common problem. Do you truncate in the middle of the string, the end of >>> the string, or have another method? >>> >>> Any advice or examples will be welcome. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> -- >>> Matt Carrano >>> Sr. Interaction Designer >>> Red Hat, Inc. >>> [email protected] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Patternfly mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/patternfly >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Greg Sheremeta, MBA >> Red Hat, Inc. >> Sr. Software Engineer >> [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Patternfly mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/patternfly >> >> > > > -- > Ju Lim > Red Hat > Office: 978-399-0422 > Mobile: 781-507-1323 > Email: [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > IRC: julim > >
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