Closed Bug 171475 Opened 22 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Flag UI is confusing

Categories

(Bugzilla :: Attachments & Requests, defect, P3)

2.17
defect

Tracking

()

RESOLVED FIXED
Bugzilla 2.18

People

(Reporter: bugreport, Assigned: mkanat)

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(1 file)

In the UI for setting up flags (editflagtypes.cgi), it is not clear that the
default if nothing is either specificically included or excluded is that
everything is excluded.  Since the drop-down fields look very inclusive by
default, this should either be explicitly stated in the text of the UI or else
the default when a new flag is created should be to make it included in all.

Also, the whole flags feature needs a serious doc update or a good explanation
in the UI.
I think defaulting to all categories for a new flag type is reasonable.  Here's
a patch that does that.
Comment on attachment 104755 [details] [diff] [review]
patch v1: defaults to all categories for new flag type

r=joel

Flags still needs a doc update
Attachment #104755 - Flags: review+
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Priority: -- → P3
Target Milestone: --- → Bugzilla 2.18
Checking in editflagtypes.cgi;
/cvsroot/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/editflagtypes.cgi,v  <--  editflagtypes.cgi
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done

Reassigning to barnboy for the docs work.
Assignee: myk → matthew
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
This should go to the Documentation component and have its dependency dropped,
since it's "fixed" in terms of code.
No longer blocks: rt-clean-up
Component: Attachments & Requests → Documentation
Matthew is still going to be around to help out, but Jake is taking over the
day-to-day front-line triage type stuff for Documentation
Assignee: matthew → jake
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
*** Bug 191163 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Jake is leaving for a while (Reserve unit got called up), and we don't have a
new docs owner yet.  Anyone interested in helping out, please add
documentation@bugzilla.org to your watch list in your email preferences in Bugzilla.
Assignee: jake → documentation
Um, as far as I can see, there isn't any flags documentation at all, now... I'll
write it, but I wanted to know if there's something I should be modifying, or if
I should just create it out of whole cloth.
Assignee: documentation → mkanat
> Um, as far as I can see, there isn't any flags documentation at all, now...

Yeah. Those are bugs 198019 and 198020.
per comment 9, this should be resolved as fixed
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Component: Documentation → Attachments & Requests
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Nothing in comment 9 says this is fixed...  those bugs are about documentation,
not better UI.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
OK, you're right.  I should read the whole bug. :)  Comment 4 is where it says
so though. :)
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago20 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
QA Contact: matty_is_a_geek → default-qa
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