196373 - Document the possibility of using relative dates in queries

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, defect)

Description

[Antonis Christofides]

The functionality added in bug 149246 permits the user to specify relative dates
in the "where any of the fields ... changed between" query fields. However, this
functionality won't be very useful if you don't know it's there.

Comment 1

[Antonis Christofides]

Attachment: Patch with simple UI corrections

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Comment on attachment 116578 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch with simple UI corrections

Hmm. queryhelp.cgi is a horrible hack, and needs to go away. I was hoping to
replace it with the context-sensitive help system, but browsers suck, and so
that doesn't work too well. Hmm.

Also, as far as I can see, this patch is going to distort the relevant box on
the query form.

A third question: doesn't this "new function" relate rather closely to the
function of the field just above - "Bugs changed in the last X days"?

Gerv

Comment 3

[Antonis Christofides]

Help system: The problem with context-sensitive help is that you don't know it's
there, whereas the "relative dates", being a link, tells you "I've a hint for
you here". But context sensitive help should also be changed.

Distortion: You are right, I hadn't noticed that the box is aligned.

Relation to the "changedin" field: Yes, it's related. It's so much related that
maybe I shouldn't have filed a separate bug for this. And it's a long story: bug
37749 comment 26.

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Comment on attachment 116578 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch with simple UI corrections

Bug 37749 now has the discussion of how this should work.

Gerv

Comment 5

[Antonis Christofides]

This has been fixed by the fixing of bug 37749. What do we do? Mark it a duplicate?

Comment 6

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

per comment 5