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connection count in details panel has visually duplicate rows #1844

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davkal opened this issue Sep 2, 2016 · 3 comments
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connection count in details panel has visually duplicate rows #1844

davkal opened this issue Sep 2, 2016 · 3 comments
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chore Related to fix/refinement/improvement of end user or new/existing developer functionality component/ui Predominantly a front-end issue; most/all of the work can be completed by a f/e developer

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davkal commented Sep 2, 2016

After #1843 is merged:

When you have multiple containers of the same name connect to the Internet, you easily get to this:

Inbound Remote Port Count
X    IP1       PortA    2
Y    IP2       PortB   2
Y    IP2       PortB   2
Y    IP2       PortB   2
X    IP3       PortA    2

Having multiple rows with all values identical looks confusing.

UX remedies:

  • aggregate counts to one row if all other fields are the same (would lose clickability for drilldown)
  • add a column for a field that varies across the rows (IDs are usually wide and pretty useless to see)
  • add a hover over the name with a field that distinguishes the rows
  • add a column for IDs or a distinguishing field, but keep it really narrow (maybe dont even show the value, only on hover)
@davkal davkal added component/ui Predominantly a front-end issue; most/all of the work can be completed by a f/e developer chore Related to fix/refinement/improvement of end user or new/existing developer functionality labels Sep 2, 2016
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rade commented Sep 2, 2016

This isn't specific to the Internet node, surely. e.g. two containers with the same name, connected to a third will show up as two identical rows in that container's inbound connection list, no?

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rade commented Sep 2, 2016

This isn't specific to the Internet node

indeed it isn't:
screenshot_2016-09-02_15-28-38

The obvious discriminator would be the sub-label, which is how these nodes are distinguishable in the graph view. (except that isn't sufficient there either)

@rade rade added this to the 0.18/1.0 milestone Sep 15, 2016
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rade commented Sep 28, 2016

Of the options listed by @davkal, "add a hover over the name with a field that distinguishes the rows" seems like the least worst and presumably is also the easiest. And I suggest the tooltip is "label (sub-label)".

Not perfect, but a definite improvement.

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