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Blueocean build log scrolling behavior is worse than non-blueocean

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    • Blue Ocean 1.4 - beta 1, Blue Ocean 1.4 - beta 2

      To reproduce, have a long job that keeps printing logs, and compare Blueocean behavior with the old UI. In general, the experience with the new UI is not great:

      Both auto-scroll as new logs are printed, ok so fra. But:

      • There are two vertical scrollbars in Blueocean for some reason
      • Blueocean does not stop scrolling in all cases where the old UI would. JENKINS-41885 made it stop the auto-scroll-on-update on a mouse-wheel scroll, but grabbing the slider and scrolling up by that does not stop the auto-scroll, resulting in a poor user experience. Old UI would stop in that case. Same deal with PgUp/ Home key presses.
      • It is not possible to make Blueocean resume auto-scrolling. Old UI resumes auto-scrolling when the view is moved back to the last displayed log.
      • It even seems like Bluoecean stops updating, not just auto-scroling on the mouse-wheel scroll, requiring a page refresh to see new logs after the user has scrolled up.
      • There's a misleading "complete log" link at the top which leads to a truncated log when the build is in progress (in my test the dynamic view is at log line 22000, "complete log" ends at 9700). The old UI defaults to a partial view with live updates and has a "full log" link to a full view also with updates, so this new behavior is surprising.

       

       

          [JENKINS-47318] Blueocean build log scrolling behavior is worse than non-blueocean

          Tomasz Śniatowski created issue -

          Tomasz Śniatowski added a comment -

          tscherler michaelneale fyi, follow-up from JENKINS-41885

          Tomasz Śniatowski added a comment - tscherler michaelneale  fyi, follow-up from  JENKINS-41885

          James Dumay added a comment -

          tsniatowski would you be using Edge or Internet explorer? JENKINS-46632 is a report for double scrollbars.

          James Dumay added a comment - tsniatowski would you be using Edge or Internet explorer? JENKINS-46632 is a report for double scrollbars.
          James Dumay made changes -
          Assignee New: James Dumay [ jamesdumay ]
          James Dumay made changes -
          Sprint New: Blue Ocean 1.4 - beta 1 [ 401 ]

          Staffan Forsell added a comment -

          I'm also seeing the double scrollbars. I'm using Chromium (61) using Ubuntu/Cinnamon Desktop.
          The one nearest the right edge is disabled though, as in it just appears but it does not do anything.
          I also see points 2 and 3
          I can't see point 4, my blue ocean does update the logs after scroll up but it does not auto follow again.
          I'm currently at the point where I tend to not want to look at steps in progress since the UX is annoying me. I typically click on some step that's complete to get UI to stop jumping. Actually good to know about the mousescroll, I always use PageUp and this has annoyed med the most.

          Staffan Forsell added a comment - I'm also seeing the double scrollbars. I'm using Chromium (61) using Ubuntu/Cinnamon Desktop. The one nearest the right edge is disabled though, as in it just appears but it does not do anything. I also see points 2 and 3 I can't see point 4, my blue ocean does update the logs after scroll up but it does not auto follow again. I'm currently at the point where I tend to not want to look at steps in progress since the UX is annoying me. I typically click on some step that's complete to get UI to stop jumping. Actually good to know about the mousescroll, I always use PageUp and this has annoyed med the most.

          Tomasz Śniatowski added a comment -

          jdumay I see these issues on Firefox 55 and Chromium 61 on Linux (Ubuntu), except for 4 as mentioned above which may have been a one-time fluke or just confusion on my part.

          Tomasz Śniatowski added a comment - jdumay I see these issues on Firefox 55 and Chromium 61 on Linux (Ubuntu), except for 4 as mentioned above which may have been a one-time fluke or just confusion on my part.
          James Dumay made changes -
          Sprint Original: Blue Ocean 1.4 - beta 1 [ 401 ] New: Blue Ocean 1.4 - beta 1, Blue Ocean 1.4 - beta 2 [ 401, 426 ]

          James Dumay added a comment - - edited

          There are two vertical scrollbars in Blueocean for some reason

          fkykko tsniatowski can we please get a screenshot of this and have it reported in another ticket?

          Blueocean does not stop scrolling in all cases where the old UI would. JENKINS-41885 made it stop the auto-scroll-on-update on a mouse-wheel scroll, but grabbing the slider and scrolling up by that does not stop the auto-scroll, resulting in a poor user experience. Old UI would stop in that case. Same deal with PgUp/ Home key presses.
          It is not possible to make Blueocean resume auto-scrolling. Old UI resumes auto-scrolling when the view is moved back to the last displayed log.
          It even seems like Bluoecean stops updating, not just auto-scroling on the mouse-wheel scroll, requiring a page refresh to see new logs after the user has scrolled up.

          I suspect you've been bitten by this bug JENKINS-44342 (scheduled)

          I tested the pageup/pagedown keys - you are right that they don't work. Ive raised JENKINS-47654 to fix.

          There's a misleading "complete log" link at the top which leads to a truncated log when the build is in progress (in my test the dynamic view is at log line 22000, "complete log" ends at 9700). The old UI defaults to a partial view with live updates and has a "full log" link to a full view also with updates, so this new behavior is surprising.

          The complete log is for the step you are focused on. The full log of the entire pipeline run can be found under "Artifacts" as "pipeline.log".

          James Dumay added a comment - - edited There are two vertical scrollbars in Blueocean for some reason fkykko tsniatowski can we please get a screenshot of this and have it reported in another ticket? Blueocean does not stop scrolling in all cases where the old UI would. JENKINS-41885 made it stop the auto-scroll-on-update on a mouse-wheel scroll, but grabbing the slider and scrolling up by that does not stop the auto-scroll, resulting in a poor user experience. Old UI would stop in that case. Same deal with PgUp/ Home key presses. It is not possible to make Blueocean resume auto-scrolling. Old UI resumes auto-scrolling when the view is moved back to the last displayed log. It even seems like Bluoecean stops updating, not just auto-scroling on the mouse-wheel scroll, requiring a page refresh to see new logs after the user has scrolled up. I suspect you've been bitten by this bug JENKINS-44342 (scheduled) I tested the pageup/pagedown keys - you are right that they don't work. Ive raised JENKINS-47654 to fix. There's a misleading "complete log" link at the top which leads to a truncated log when the build is in progress (in my test the dynamic view is at log line 22000, "complete log" ends at 9700). The old UI defaults to a partial view with live updates and has a "full log" link to a full view also with updates, so this new behavior is surprising. The complete log is for the step you are focused on. The full log of the entire pipeline run can be found under "Artifacts" as "pipeline.log".
          James Dumay made changes -
          Link New: This issue duplicates JENKINS-44342 [ JENKINS-44342 ]
          James Dumay made changes -
          Resolution New: Duplicate [ 3 ]
          Status Original: Open [ 1 ] New: Resolved [ 5 ]

            jamesdumay James Dumay
            tsniatowski Tomasz Śniatowski
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