[FELIX-4677] Web Console Configuration plugin is confusing about default values & optionality of elements

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: webconsole-4.2.2
• Component/s: Web Console
• Assignee: Valentin Valchev
• Reporter: Valentin Valchev
• Created: 22/Oct/14 08:27
• Updated: 26/Nov/14 11:04
• Resolved: 17/Nov/14 13:07

Description

Currently if you have an empty configuration with metatype, then when the editor is open, the default values from metatype are filled in.

However, the user cannot determine if the configuration value is set or coming from metatype.

So there should be an indicator, that the value is the default and is not actually stored in the configuration.

There is also problem with optionality of the elements. In case there is an optional property, there is no way the user to set all other properties, but a selected, optional property.

So there should be some checkboxes allowing the user to select which properties to save, and which not.

Issue Links

• supercedes: FELIX-3857 [Web Console Configuration] Display default values for properties if available