column values in bugtask column are inconsistent (link to the object or popup to edit)
Bug #253851 reported by
Martin Pool
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #568768: Text in bug "Affects" table cells behaves inconsistently.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
In the task table on a bug page, each of Affects, Status, Importance, Assigned to and Milestone have some text + an edit icon.
There is a disclosure triangle to unfolds the form to edit the task on the left hand side. For some columns such as Affects the text (e.g. 'Launchpad itself' in this bug's Affects column) links to the referenced object. Other columns such as Status and Importance have the text trigger the edit popup widget.
Analysis
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This inconsistency does probably surprise people and it would be easy enough to fix. Most consistent with the rest of LP would be to always link to the object; for Status and Importance linking to a same-context search of that status, or that importance, would be reasonable.
Revision history for this message
| Björn Tillenius (bjornt) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in malone: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in malone: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| summary: |
- status and importance words in bug task table should link to searches + affects column in bug task table is a link rather than edit-widget-popup |
| summary: |
- affects column in bug task table is a link rather than edit-widget-popup + column values in bugtask column are inconsistent (link to the object or + popup to edit) |
| description: | updated |
| tags: | added: confusing-ui trivial ui |
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I'm marking this as Triaged, because it's clear what the bug report is about. This doesn't mean that we're going to fix it, though. I'm not 100% convinced it's a good idea, but we're going to review the UI soon. There could be some changes related to this coming out from that.