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

[Dmitri Pal]

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

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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