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krenevla's avatar
krenevla
Contributor
11 years ago

few Ux improvements

Hello, these little tweaks would be handy
A - Property transer dropdown window do not take into account if step is disabled or not
Justification : when there is long test (dozens of steps) being reffactored, I usually disable part from reffactoring point onwards. Then if I was to pick right step for Property transfer, seeing disabled status in this drop-down would be handy because now I just see all steps enabled and it's confusing

B - Property transer dropdown window is very small and should be extended.
Justification : If "readable test step names" are used, it's not possible to see much from step name. Nowadays there is lot of space on screen so there is no reason for keeping it so small

C - when tabbed view is used and tab is closed, focus should be set to tab from which this closed tab was openned
Justification : It's very confusing when there are similar tests opened at once (let say test A and then test B). Then in test A, I open some new tab and do some stuff there. When I close this tab, focus is set to test B which is not good and very confusing. I should be navigated back to test A tab

Thanks, hope at least C will make it to the release

4 Replies

  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    Hi,

    I have created feature request SOAP-1112 for enhancement requests A and B.

    Can you attach screen shots showing what you mean for request C?

    When a tab is closed the next tab that is opened is the one next to it in the horizontal pane.



    Regards,
    Marcus
    SmartBear Support
  • Hi,

    added screenshot with following explanation
    GREEN -> this is flow when new tab is opened, it opens new one just on the most right
    RED ->current flow, when new tab is closed, I am navigated to most right opened tab
    BLUE -> desired flow, I should be navigated back to tab from which I opened that one I have just closed



    Maybe I just use SoapUI in wrong manner but I am having opened multiple tabs at once and this navigation behaviour confuses me a lot.
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    Hi,

    Thanks for your input. I will log this as an enhancement request, but I think this is a minor issue. I would suggest to not have too many tabs opened and use Desktop -> * when needed.




    Regards,
    Marcus
    SmartBear Support
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    I opened enhancement request SOAP-1113 for enhancement C.



    Thanks,
    Marcus
    SmartBear Support