On 8/24/20 2:59 PM, Stasiek Michalski wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 14:56, Ancor Gonzalez Sosa <[email protected]> wrote: >> As you all know, we recently got to the conclusion of adding a menu bar >> to the YaST Partitioner and getting rid of several entries we have in >> the left-hand tree. Check >> https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/blob/master/doc/partitioner_ui.md#agreed-plan-so-far >> >> >> We are in the process of implementing that, but we are not sure how to >> represent the screens that are now a misplaced entry in the tree: Device >> Graphs, Installation Summary and Settings. >> >> Option 1: as pop-ups (even if they are full-screen pop-ups) >> >> In this option, "Settings" will be likely accessible through the >> "System" menu (which we are considering to rename to "Partitioner") and >> the other two would live in a "View" menu. See screenshot at >> https://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng/pull/1120 >> >> We would consider that the normal view is the one with the devices tree >> at the left, the tables of devices at the right and the menu at the top. >> The other three views (settings, graph and summary) would be rendered on >> top of the normal one (if we use classic pop-ups) or hiding it (if we >> use the current approach of full-screen pop-ups). The menu bar would not >> be accessible from such views and the user would need to close the >> (maybe full-screen) pop-up using an "Ok" button to get back to the >> normal view. >> >> In the current Partitioner, double-clicking in a node of the Device >> Graph takes you to the entry of such device in the tree. I guess it >> would keep doing the same, so it would be an alternative way of closing >> the pop-up. > > +1, it's a shame there are some views you can't have open at the same > time as the main UI (like partition creation, settings etc), so I will > support the view that makes it more convenient to preview two at once ;)
So you advocate for using real pop-ups everywhere instead of the current "full-screen pop-ups" that actually substitute the content of the window while they are open. Isn't it? Cheers. -- Ancor González Sosa YaST Team at SUSE Software Solutions -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
