On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:47:48 +0200 (CEST) Steffen Winterfeldt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2020, Ancor Gonzalez Sosa wrote: > > > The interface of the YaST Partitioner has reached a point in which is > > really hard to deal with it. We need to find a way to move forward. > > > > As a first step, we have created this document that explains the problem > > and we hope it can be used as a base to discuss the future of the > > Partitioner interface. > > > > https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/blob/master/doc/partitioner_ui.md > > What I've never understood is why format/don't format and mount/don't mount > are selections and not simply checkboxes. Surely it's a binary decision. > > So it could look like this: > > ┌Formatting Options──────────────┐ > │ │ > │ [x] Format device │ > │ [x] Encrypt device │ > │ │ > │ Filesystem │ > │ XFS▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒↓ │ > │ [Options... ] │ > │ │ > │ [x] Keep existing password │ > │ │ > │ New encryption password │ > │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │ > │ Repeat encryption password │ > │ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │ > │ │ > └────────────────────────────────┘ > > ┌Mounting Options─────────┐ > │ │ > │ [x] Mount device │ > │ │ > │ Mount point │ > │ [Fstab options...] │ > │ [Crypttab options...] │ > │ │ > │ [Subvolume handling] │ > │ │ > └─────────────────────────┘ > > And the partition id is definitely misplaced in an fs formatting dialog. It > would fit more into that otherwise rather empty partition 'role' dialog. > > > Steffen > Hi, seeing your pictures, it maybe even make sense to use checkbox frame which can fit ever nicer there. For example how it looks like see https://documentation.suse.com/sles/12-SP4/html/SLES-all/images/yast2_bootloader_options.png ( part with password protection - do not ask me why our style has hidden border ) and mayb also for that keep existing password...change it to reset password checkbox frame and if not checked, it auto disable that password text fields. Josef -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
