Sort of like the shift+click to select multiple items, or a click+drag in Excel/Calc?
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sonny, > > Not quite, I was just thinking about painting over the VMs that you want to > select before selecting the action. > > Say you have to select 1000 VMs, even though using the APIs is most likely > going to be used, being able to quickly paint over to select them would be > much easier than checking 1000 boxes. > > You probably know about 3tera (http://www.ca.com/us/cloud-platform.aspx), > they had/have some crazy drag and drop on canvas GUI to manage VMs, it might > be worth a look. > > -sebastien > > On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Sonny Chhen <sonny.ch...@citrix.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Kelcey. >> >> Sebastian, >> >> Do you mean drag the selected vm's over the action icons? If so, this is and >> idea we can investigate. We also had a concept in the early days of >> CloudStack where one could group a bunch of vm's to apply actions to them or >> organize them. I'll post some samples if I find them. >> >> Thanks for the feedback. >> >> Thanks You and Best Regards, >> >> Sonny >> ________________________________________ >> From: Kelcey Damage (BBITS) [kel...@bbits.ca] >> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 10:26 AM >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: RE: UI: CloudStack UI Concept 2 >> >> If drag and drop is permissible, considering the workload, I would think >> that might lead to a more intuitive interaction. >> >> KELCEY DAMAGE >> Infrastructure Systems Architect >> www.backbonetechnology.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> kel...@bbits.ca >> >> address: 55 East 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1M4 >> tel: +1 604 713 8560 ext:114 >> fax: +1 604 605 0964 >> skype: kelcey.damage >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:run...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 10:24 AM >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: UI: CloudStack UI Concept 2 >> >> Hi Sonny, >> >> Couldn't we drag over the VMs we want to select, instead (or in addition) of >> the checkboxes ? >> >> -sebastien >> >> On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Sonny Chhen <sonny.ch...@citrix.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Below is a link to another ui concept as well as an idea for multi-vm >>> select actions. >>> >>> As always, feedback is appreciated. >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+UI+concept+2 >>> >>> Thank You and Best Regards, >>> >>> Sonny H. Chhen >>> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems – CloudPlatform >>> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA >> >> >
