• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Component/s: pipeline
• Labels:

  • regression
  • user-experience
• Environment:

  workflow 1.11

[JENKINS-31585] worflow editor cannot be expanded any more

Jens Wilke created issue - 2015-11-16 22:08

Jens Wilke made changes - 2015-11-16 22:09

Environment

New: workflow 1.11

Jens Wilke made changes - 2015-11-16 22:10

Description

Original: Disclaimer: I have mixed feelings opening this issue, since there is lot work to do for fixing bugs and the functionality of workflow..... Since there is no immediate need for action I mark it with low priority. With the new workflow version (1.11) the editor contains syntax highlighting and line numbers. This is very helpful. However, the editor box cannot be expanded any more. Actually, I think this is a bug :( Font size: After working with workflow for a week now, I constantly get problems with my eyesight in the middle of my workday. One cause is the font size of the workflow editor being very tiny. It seems to be smaller then all the other editor boxes in Jenkins. Personally I think it should be the same font size then any other editor box, at least this should be the default. A little bit more 'visionary': When defining a workflow actually the most important part is the workflow part. However, to see it after clicking the job, you need to scroll down all the time. From an interface ergonomics point of view this is very cumbersome. The major information seems to be the 'Build Triggers', however the SCM information is buried somewhere in the workflow anyway. Ideas: Move 'Build Triggers' to the bottom, move all of the additional project configuration to the bottom and put the workflow on top.

New: Disclaimer: I have mixed feelings opening this issue, since there is lot work to do for fixing bugs and the functionality of workflow..... Since there is no immediate need for action I mark it with low priority. With the new workflow version (1.11) the editor contains syntax highlighting and line numbers. This is very helpful. However, the editor box cannot be expanded any more. Actually, I think this is a bug :( Font size: After working with workflow for a week now, I constantly get problems with my eyesight in the middle of my workday. One cause is the font size of the workflow editor being very tiny. It seems to be smaller then all the other editor boxes in Jenkins. Personally I think it should be the same font size then any other editor box, at least this should be the default. A little bit more 'visionary': When defining a workflow actually the most important part is the workflow part. However, to see it after clicking the job, you need to scroll down all the time. From an interface ergonomics point of view this is very cumbersome. The major information that shows up in the middle of the screen seems to be the 'Build Triggers', however the SCM information is buried somewhere in the workflow anyway. Ideas: Move 'Build Triggers' to the bottom, move all of the additional project configuration to the bottom and put the workflow on top.

Collapse comment: Jesse Glick added a comment - 2015-11-17 00:53

Jesse Glick added a comment - 2015-11-17 00:53

This seems to be two bugs plus an RFE. For ease of tracking please use one JIRA issue per distinct change request. I will interpret this going forward as a regression about the impossibility of resizing the text area.

Expand comment: Jesse Glick added a comment - 2015-11-17 00:53

Jesse Glick added a comment - 2015-11-17 00:53 This seems to be two bugs plus an RFE. For ease of tracking please use one JIRA issue per distinct change request. I will interpret this going forward as a regression about the impossibility of resizing the text area.

Jesse Glick made changes - 2015-11-17 00:53

Assignee

Original: Jesse Glick [ jglick ]

New: Tom FENNELLY [ tfennelly ]

Jesse Glick made changes - 2015-11-17 00:53

Labels

New: regression

Jesse Glick made changes - 2015-11-17 00:53

Issue Type

Original: Improvement [ 4 ]

New: Bug [ 1 ]

Jesse Glick made changes - 2015-11-17 00:53

Summary

Original: worflow editor cannot be expanded any more / general UI improvement considerations

New: worflow editor cannot be expanded any more

Jesse Glick made changes - 2015-11-17 00:54

Link

New: This issue is blocking JENKINS-28769 [ JENKINS-28769 ]

Collapse comment: Tom FENNELLY added a comment - 2015-11-17 08:30, Edited by Tom FENNELLY - 2015-11-17 08:31

Tom FENNELLY added a comment - 2015-11-17 08:30 - edited

cruftex Yeah, the lack of expand is a bit of a pain. I was playing with a longer flow yesterday and I missed it. I'm sure/hope ACE has this as an option.

On having to scroll down the page to see the flow .... yeah, agree again. This annoyed me enough when I first experimented with the ACE Editor that I played with adding tabs to the config pages. I was able to do this (without breaking form submission) and so bring the user straight to the flow, while at the same time generally making it easier to use the config. See short 30 sec video.

Expand comment: Tom FENNELLY added a comment - 2015-11-17 08:30, Edited by Tom FENNELLY - 2015-11-17 08:31

Tom FENNELLY added a comment - 2015-11-17 08:30 - edited cruftex Yeah, the lack of expand is a bit of a pain. I was playing with a longer flow yesterday and I missed it. I'm sure/hope ACE has this as an option. On having to scroll down the page to see the flow .... yeah, agree again. This annoyed me enough when I first experimented with the ACE Editor that I played with adding tabs to the config pages. I was able to do this (without breaking form submission) and so bring the user straight to the flow, while at the same time generally making it easier to use the config. See short 30 sec video .

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