[Lens] Implement drag and drop between layers #132018

mbondyra · 2022-05-11T12:06:26Z

Summary

Enhances drag and drop to be able to move between layers.
It's not as big as it seems, most of it is tests and refactoring.

demo.mov

Refactoring

Simplifying arguments passed to getDropProps and onDrop - the params were consolidated to source, target and the others.
Reusing some helper functions between noDatasource and datasource-involving onDrop, eg. isOperationFromCompatibleGroup

Points of tests - I paid attention to those edgecases, let me know if I might have skipped something

Formulas all drop options
Moving average option
Top values sorted by value field (referencing another column)
When having two dimensions with non auto axis side and moving one to another column, I don't move this setting (so the column gets auto axis side)
A11y
a. How focus is placed (a11y)
b. Announcements

elasticmachine · 2022-06-18T14:19:42Z

Pinging @elastic/kibana-vis-editors @elastic/kibana-vis-editors-external (Team:VisEditors)

drewdaemon

Wow @mbondyra , this looks like the culmination of a huge effort! Everything I tested works great. It's fun to have a tour of code I haven't seen before.

Ran out of time today, so I'm leaving a partial review which I can pick back up on Monday.

x-pack/test/functional/apps/lens/group3/reference_lines.ts

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization_helpers.tsx

drewdaemon · 2022-06-18T16:35:09Z

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.tsx

+    if (!targetLayer) {
+      return props.prevState;
+    }


When does this condition occur? I can't think of a context within the UI where a drop occurs outside the context of a layer...

So I am actually not sure how to tackle these kind of problems nicely.

I refer to the problems when

we pass some kind of id of object to the function

We then look up the object with this id in an object or find it an array

We're sure that the object exist, but typescript will complain...

So we either have to force it with ! or make a check if (obj[id]) return or throw an error.

Sometimes it happens in Lens that something is implemented in desynchronized way (for example switching layers) and then actually the impossible happens so I got a habit of checking if something exists even if I am sure it is so at least the editor doesn't break for the user 😅 . I would be happy to have a conversation about how to tackle these cases smarter 🙂

You've articulated the dilemma well. Thinking out loud here.

When we make code robust to situations that should never occur it sometimes creates harder-to-find bugs than if we just let the code obviously crash and burn.

On the other hand, as a user, I don't want a minor (possibly inconsistent) bug to become so disruptive that the application is no longer useful (or worse, that I lose my work).

Thinking about this drag-and-drop case, I agree that it seems like the handling should be bullet-proof because, like you say, the impossible could happen and the best thing for the user is probably to shove it under the rug.

If I'm dealing with a different instance of the same pattern you described I might feel differently. For example, if a visualization I'm expecting to be in the visualizationMap isn't present, that's a big enough issue that I think the best thing for the user is to make the problem obvious so that we catch it early before the release.

And maybe our release cadence and development process inform these decisions, too. For example, maybe obvious bugs become more attractive with a slow release schedule because we have a long time to catch things before actually putting software in front of our users.

Someone must have written a book about this. It could be a good discussion to have as a team.

But, I think how you're doing it in this case makes sense. 👍

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/visualization.test.ts

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_datasource/operations/time_scale_utils.ts

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_datasource/operations/layer_helpers.ts

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_datasource/operations/definitions/index.ts

x-pack/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_datasource/dimension_panel/droppable/on_drop_handler.ts

...lugins/lens/public/indexpattern_datasource/dimension_panel/droppable/on_drop_handler.test.ts

drewdaemon

Looked through everything now. No further comments on my part 👍

mbondyra · 2022-06-22T09:18:46Z

@elasticmachine merge upstream

kibana-ci · 2022-06-23T07:00:09Z

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stratoula

This works fine Marta! I cant find any regression, great enhancement 👏

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Refactoring

Points of tests - I paid attention to those edgecases, let me know if I might have skipped something

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