I agree. Labels are great for grouping, beyond PGs. Processor colors individually add value. E.g. flow terminator colored in red was a very common pattern I used. Besides, labels are not grouped with components, so moving things and re-arranging is a pain.
Andrew On Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 11:21 AM Joe Skora <jsk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rob, > > The labelling functionality you described sounds very useful in general. > But, I miss the processor color too. > > I think labels are really useful for identifying groups of components and > areas in the flow, but I worry that needing to use them in volume for > processor coloring will increase the API and browser canvas load for > elements that don't actually affect the flow. > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Rob Moran <rmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What if we promote the use of Labels as a way to highlight things. We >> could add functionality to expand their usefulness as a way to highlight >> things on the canvas. I believe that is their intended use. >> >> Today you can create a label and change its color to highlight single or >> multiple components. Even better you can do it for any component (not just >> processors). >> >> To expand on functionality, I'm imagining a context menu and palette >> action to "Label" a selected component or components. This would prompt >> a user to pick a background and add text which would place a label >> around everything once it's applied. >> >> Rob >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Jeff <jtsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I was thinking, in addition to changing the color of the icon on the >>> processor, that the color of the drop shadow could be changed as well. >>> That would provide more contrast, but preserve readability, in my opinion. >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 6:39 PM Andrew Grande <apere...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Rolling with UI feedback threads. This time I'd like to discuss how >>>> NiFi 'lost' its ability to change processor boxes color. I.e. as you can >>>> see from a screenshot attached, it does change color for the processor in >>>> the flow overview panel, but the processor itself only changes the icon in >>>> the top-left of the box. I came across a few users who definitely miss the >>>> old way. I personally think changing the icon color for the processor >>>> doesn't go far enough, especially when one is dealing with a flow of >>>> several dozen processors, zooms in and out often. The overview helps, but >>>> it's not the same. >>>> >>>> Proposal - can we restore how color selection for the processor changed >>>> the actual background of the processor box on the canvas? Let the user go >>>> wild with colors and deal with readability, but at least it's easy to spot >>>> 'important' things this way. And with multi-tenant authorization it becomes >>>> a poor-man's doc between teams, to an extent. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any feedback, >>>> Andrew >>>> >>> >> >
