[katello-devel] multi-select in lists

[Jeff Weiss]

On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 14:09 -0400, Eric Helms wrote:
> On 11/02/2011 12:50 PM, Tyler Smart wrote:
> > Tom, I agree with you. A user should not have to have a blank list before ctrl clicking.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom McKay"<thomasmckay at redhat.com>
> > To: katello-devel at redhat.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 11:54:59 AM
> > Subject: [katello-devel] multi-select in lists
> >
> >
> > I'd like to raise how multiple items are selected in a list since it seems a bit non-intuitive to this user.
> >
> > Currently to select multiples the steps are:
> > 1. Have nothing selected in list
> > 2. Ctrl-click or shift-click to get the first item
> > 3. Ctrl-click or shift-click to add more items
> >
> > It's that first step that really threw me off. The way list selection works elsewhere (every where else?) is:
> > 1. Click an item
> > 2. Ctrl-click or shift-click to add more
> >
> > Is there a reason for the difference in our list selection behavior?
> >
> > To further confuse the issue, ctrl-click of an already selected item does not unselect it but instead selects it, thus clearing all other selected items. In our current paradigm this now-selected item needs to be unselected before other items can once again be multi-selected.
> >
> > Hopefully that reads as bad as it feels to me. :)
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
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> Agreed that ctrl-click of an already selected item should un-select it 
> (in the multi-select case).
> 
> The reason for having to ctrl-click an item when none are selected to do 
> multi-selecting is due to the tupane paradigm.  Say you normal click an 
> item from the list.  You get the details page that slides out and 
> obstructs the right pane actions - the actions that were added last 
> sprint and can affect multiple items (e.g. for the systems page, Remove 
> Systems).  Then, if you keep selecting items you can never perform 
> actions on them unless you manually click the 'close' button.  I could 
> potentially see an argument for:
> 
> Nothing Selected:
> Click an item - tupane details slide out
> ctrl+click another item - tupane details slide back in and the user is 
> left in the 'mutli-select' state
> 
> Nothing Selected:
> ctrl+click item when none selected provides current behaviour
> 

+1