Bug 8236 - Tedious to delete objects in Web Admin
Summary: Tedious to delete objects in Web Admin
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Administration (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: LowPrio
Assignee: Bugzilla mail exporter
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Reported: 2023-10-02 14:27 CEST by Samuel Mannehed
Modified: 2023-10-03 13:12 CEST (History)
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Example of how the popup could look with a cancel button instead of delete (134.26 KB, image/png)
2023-10-02 14:31 CEST, Samuel Mannehed
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Example of how the overview could look with a delete checkbox (103.52 KB, image/png)
2023-10-02 14:45 CEST, Samuel Mannehed
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Example showing a delete button appearing on hover (98.15 KB, image/png)
2023-10-03 10:02 CEST, Samuel Mannehed
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Description Samuel Mannehed cendio 2023-10-02 14:27:53 CEST
Currently, you have to:

 1. View the overview lists, decide which items to delete
 2. Open up the popup for each object (subcluster, profile, appgroup etc.)
 3. Check the box and press delete for each one

It is likely that the overview, where you can see the names (and a few details) about the other objects, is a better place to present the decision about deleting objects.

This is similar to bug 8225 which is about terminating multiple sessions at the same time.
Comment 1 Samuel Mannehed cendio 2023-10-02 14:31:03 CEST
Created attachment 1161 [details]
Example of how the popup could look with a cancel button instead of delete

Moving the "Delete" decision to the overview lists would also allow the buttons at the bottom of the popup to look more standard. Having the choices of "Cancel" or "Save" is more common than "Delete" or "Save" in these types of interfaces.
Comment 2 Samuel Mannehed cendio 2023-10-02 14:45:48 CEST
Created attachment 1162 [details]
Example of how the overview could look with a delete checkbox

If we want to follow the style of checkboxes for delete (used in "Introduction Texts") the profile list overview could look something like this.

It should be noted however, that using checkboxes for delete is quite old-fashioned.
Comment 3 Samuel Mannehed cendio 2023-10-03 10:02:38 CEST
Created attachment 1163 [details]
Example showing a delete button appearing on hover

If we aren't concerned about touch devices (which might not be smart?) we could trigger showing a delete button on :hover.

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