[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] 0100-top-nav-index

[Dmitri Pal]

Dmitri Pal wrote:
> Adam Young wrote:
>   
>> On 11/19/2010 06:53 PM, Endi Sukma Dewata wrote:
>>     
>>> On 11/19/2010 4:09 PM, Adam Young wrote:
>>>       
>>> This will not work with entities that do not have associated tabs,
>>> e.g. hbacsvc, hbacsvcgroups, sudocmd, sudocmdgroups. For these
>>> entities the IPA.tab_state() will return undefined, so the
>>> ipa_column_widget.setup() will fail.
>>>
>>> To reproduce this problem, try clicking the search results in hbacsvc
>>> or hbacsvcgroups. For some reason it will bring you to the user
>>> search page.
>>>
>>> We need to figure out the proper way to handle these entities. It
>>> probably requires framework modification.
>>>
>>>       
>> Been pondering this during the weekend.
>>
>> I am not a huge fan of burying things like HBAC and Sudo entities so
>> deep.  There is little reason to force a use to search for these
>> things, and so I suspect, over time we will adjust the UI to let them
>> "float" up higher in the navigation structure.
>>
>>
>> Without reordering things now, I propose we allow for a three level
>> structure in the tab_set.  Top level will not be an entity.  Second
>> level will be an entity.  third level will be a nested entity.
>>
>> Nested entities are not related in any way to the entity that they are
>> nested under except by convention.  Thus, sudocmd and sudocmdgrps may
>> get nested under sudorules, but they could easily be placed as peers. 
>> Contrast these with DNS records, that require the  the DNS  Zone value.
>>
>> For 3 level deep nesting, we will need a naming scheme to make these
>> work.  something like
>>     #subtab=sudorule&entity=sudocmd
>>
>> contrast this with
>>
>>     #entity=sudorule
>>
>> Thus, the entity value always points to the object, not necessarily at
>> the leaf node of the navigation tree.
>>
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>>     
> Do I read you right that instead of using actions menu you want to as
>   
use

> another row of the tabs at the top?
> I am not sure I agree with this.
>
>   


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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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