[Backport 4.0.x] [Fixes #10251] improve feedback to the user and UI experience of batch permisisons assignment

geonode/base/admin.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def set_user_and_group_dataset_permission(modeladmin, request, queryset):
     }
 
     form = UserAndGroupPermissionsForm({
-        'permission_type': 'read',
+        'permission_type': 'view',
         'mode': 'set',
         'ids': ids,
     })

geonode/base/forms.py

@@ -630,21 +630,34 @@ class BatchEditForm(forms.Form):
     ids = forms.CharField(required=False, widget=forms.HiddenInput())
 
 
+def get_user_choices():
+    try:
+        return [(x.pk, x.title) for x in Dataset.objects.all().order_by('id')]
+    except Exception:
+        return []
+
+
 class UserAndGroupPermissionsForm(forms.Form):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.fields['layers'].label_from_instance = self.label_from_instance
 
-    layers = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
-        queryset=Dataset.objects.all(),
-        required=False)
+    layers = MultipleChoiceField(
+        choices=get_user_choices(),
+        widget=autocomplete.Select2Multiple(
+            url='datasets_autocomplete'
+        ),
+        label="Datasets",
+        required=False,
+    )
+
     permission_type = forms.ChoiceField(
         required=True,
         widget=forms.RadioSelect,
         choices=(
-            ('read', 'Read'),
+            ('view', 'View'),
+            ('download', 'Download'),
             ('edit', 'Edit'),
-            ('download', 'Download')
         ),
     )
     mode = forms.ChoiceField(

geonode/base/templates/base/user_and_group_permissions.html

@@ -8,12 +8,42 @@
 {% block body_class %}batch edit{% endblock %}
 
 {% block body %}
+<!-- Required to make select2 fields work for autocomplete -->
+<link href="{% static "vendor/select2/dist/css/select2.css" %}" type="text/css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
+<link href="{% static "autocomplete_light/select2.css" %}" type="text/css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "admin/js/vendor/jquery/jquery.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "autocomplete_light/jquery.init.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "vendor/select2/dist/js/select2.full.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "vendor/select2/dist/js/i18n/en.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "autocomplete_light/autocomplete.init.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "autocomplete_light/forward.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "autocomplete_light/select2.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "autocomplete_light/jquery.post-setup.js" %}"></script>
+
+<script src="{% static "geonode/js/crop_widget/crop_widget_es5.js" %}"></script>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "geonode/css/crop_widget.css" %}">
+
 <div class="page-header">
   <h2 class="page-title">{% trans "Batch Edit" %}</h2>
 </div>
 <form action="/{{ model|lower }}/dataset/permission/" method="post">
   {% csrf_token %}
-  {{ form|as_bootstrap }}
+  <div id="layers_multi_select">                                  
+    <span><label for="{{ form.layers.label }}">{{ form.layers.label }}</label></span>
+    {{ form.layers }}
+  </div>
+  <br>
+  <div id="perms_multi_select">
+    <span><label for="{{ form.permission_type.label }}">{{ form.permission_type.label }}</label></span>
+    {{ form.permission_type }}
+  </div>
+  <div id="set_multi_select">
+    <span><label for="{{ form.mode.label }}">{{ form.mode.label }}</label></span>
+    {{ form.mode }}
+  </div>
+  <div id="id_multi_select">
+    {{ form.ids }}
+  </div>
   <div>
     <input class="btn" type="submit" name="cancel" value="{% trans "Cancel" %}" />
     <input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="{% trans "Submit" %}" />

geonode/base/urls.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from django.conf.urls import url, include
 
 from .views import (
+    DatasetsAutocomplete,
     resource_clone,
     RegionAutocomplete,
     ThesaurusAvailable,
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@
         ThesaurusKeywordLabelAutocomplete.as_view(),
         name='thesaurus_autocomplete',
     ),
+    url(
+        r'^datasets_autocomplete/$',
+        DatasetsAutocomplete.as_view(),
+        name='datasets_autocomplete',
+    ),
     url(
         r'^resource_rights/(?P<pk>\d+)$',
         OwnerRightsRequestView.as_view(),

geonode/base/views.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from django.views.generic import FormView
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib import messages
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -95,11 +96,14 @@ def user_and_group_permission(request, model):
         return HttpResponseRedirect(
             get_url_for_app_model(model, model_class))
 
+    users_usernames = None
+    groups_names = None
+
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = UserAndGroupPermissionsForm(request.POST)
         ids = ids.split(",")
         if form.is_valid():
-            resources_names = [layer.title for layer in form.cleaned_data.get('layers')]
+            resources_names = form.cleaned_data.get('layers')
             users_usernames = [user.username for user in model_class.objects.filter(
                 id__in=ids)] if model == 'profile' else None
             groups_names = [group_profile.group.name for group_profile in model_class.objects.filter(
@@ -123,11 +127,22 @@ def user_and_group_permission(request, model):
                 set_permissions.apply_async(
                     ([permissions_names], resources_names, users_usernames, groups_names, delete_flag))
 
+            messages.add_message(
+                request,
+                messages.INFO,
+                f'The asyncronous permissions {form.cleaned_data.get("mode")} request for {", ".join(users_usernames or groups_names)} has been sent'
+            )
+        else:
+            messages.add_message(
+                request,
+                messages.ERROR,
+                f'Some error has occured {form.errors}'
+            )
         return HttpResponseRedirect(
             get_url_for_app_model(model, model_class))
 
     form = UserAndGroupPermissionsForm({
-        'permission_type': 'read',
+        'permission_type': 'view',
         'mode': 'set',
     })
     return render(
@@ -232,7 +247,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             raise AttributeError("SimpleSelect2View missing required 'filter_arg' argument")
 
     def get_queryset(self):
-        qs = super(views.BaseQuerySetView, self).get_queryset()
+        qs = super(views.BaseQuerySetView, self).get_queryset().order_by('pk')
 
         if self.q:
             qs = qs.filter(**{self.filter_arg: self.q})
@@ -300,6 +315,20 @@ def get_results(self, context):
         ]
 
 
+class DatasetsAutocomplete(SimpleSelect2View):
+    model = Dataset
+    filter_arg = 'title__icontains'
+
+    def get_results(self, context):
+        return [
+            {
+                'id': self.get_result_value(result),
+                'text': self.get_result_label(result.title),
+                'selected_text': self.get_selected_result_label(result.title),
+            } for result in context['object_list']
+        ]
+
+
 class ThesaurusAvailable(autocomplete.Select2QuerySetView):
     def get_queryset(self):
 

geonode/people/tests.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.layers = Dataset.objects.all()[:3]
         self.dataset_ids = [layer.pk for layer in self.layers]
         self.user_ids = ",".join(str(element.pk) for element in get_user_model().objects.all()[:3])
-        self.permission_type = ("read", "download", "edit")
+        self.permission_type = ("view", "download", "edit")
         self.groups = Group.objects.all()[:3]
         self.group_ids = ",".join(str(element.pk) for element in self.groups)