[4] Add system information quickicon to Home Dashboard

[PhilETaylor]

Pull Request for Issue # .

Summary of Changes

Fill the wasted space in the System module on Home Dashboard, by default, with 4 boxes and not just 3 by introducing the System Information quick icon (after all, this is the SYSTEM module of quick icons!)

Testing Instructions

See Home Dashboard - toggle the new icon on/off

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

A Missed opportunity of space

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

By default, on new installation, there are now 4 icons in the System box on Home Dashboard.

There is a new option that can be toggled on the edit screen:

Documentation Changes Required

[richard67]

@PhilETaylor You should change also the params for the quickicon in the 4.0.0-2019-07-13.sql script so they are created in the right way when updating from 3.10-dev:

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/blob/4.0-dev/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/4.0.0-2019-07-13.sql#L70

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/blob/4.0-dev/administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/postgresql/4.0.0-2019-07-13.sql#L69

The params there should be exactly the same as in the base.sql for the same module.

But as I can see the params are outdated there also for other quickicons, e.g. "header_icon" values differ to a new installation.

So maybe I have to make a separate PR for that if you don't want to clean that up here.

[richard67]

The next question is if something to be done for updating 4.0 Beta 7 or earlier. But that's always a hairy thing, updating json parameters, so I have to think about that.

[richard67]

I wanted to put at least some awareness on these update aspects because people are messing around much recently with params here and there and don't care about the update script, so what I find when digging deeper is a mess.

[brianteeman]

A Missed opportunity of space

Massively depends on your screen size.

On my screen this PR just created extra space

[richard67]

We want to have a 4.0 RC soon and things like this PR may look easy at a first look .. but only if you don't care about updating and leave all database stuff alone.

Do we really need this so soon before we want to go RC?

I currently think all that stuff should be labelled as new feature and shifted to 4.1.

We should focus on bugs now.

But that's just my personal opinion.

[brianteeman]

Much more interested in your mail template thing

[richard67]

I think the actual maths will show that I have reported and worked on many bugs as well as things like this.

@PhilETaylor That's right, and that's much appreciated, and I haven't said anything else.

[brianteeman]

There is another PR that adds a lot more optional quickicons but I think it was merged into 4.1 as the maintainers deemed it a new feature

[richard67]

The one which was merged into 4.1-dev was a small one, #32223 . The bigger one for 4.1-dev is still open: #32671 .

[richard67]

Is there actually a decision and a date or is this pie in the sky still?

I'd say it's something in between those 2 :-)

[richard67]

@PhilETaylor It's only me being a normal maintainer and not official speaker so I don't want to make official statements. All I can say is we are close to it.