[virt-tools-list] [virt-manager PATCH] details: disable "Remove Hardware" popup menu for USB controller

Cole Robinson crobinso at redhat.com
Thu Apr 17 16:12:40 UTC 2014


On 04/17/2014 11:13 AM, Chen Hanxiao wrote:
> From: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
> 
> We could not delete USB controller by "Remove" button.
> But we could delete it by right click option.
> This patch will disable remove popup menu for USB controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhanxiao at cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  virtManager/details.py | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virtManager/details.py b/virtManager/details.py
> index 2e8991b..beb2dcd 100644
> --- a/virtManager/details.py
> +++ b/virtManager/details.py
> @@ -1081,7 +1081,8 @@ class vmmDetails(vmmGObjectUI):
>              return
>  
>          rmdev = self._addhwmenuitems["remove"]
> -        if hasattr(devobj, "virtual_device_type"):
> +        if (hasattr(devobj, "virtual_device_type") and
> +                devobj.type != "usb"):
>              rmdev.show()
>          else:
>              rmdev.hide()
> 

This would require duplicating all the logic in two places. And this fix isn't
exhaustive, since for example it will still allow right-click removal of ps2
mouse which is also disallowed.

Can we do something like check if the 'remove' button is sensitive or visible?
And make the same change for the popup window.

- Cole




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