Item13091: same error message being repeated multiple times
Priority: Enhancement
Current State: Confirmed
Released In: n/a
Target Release:
There are far too many error messages being emitted all over the UI. Even the same ones are being repeated not only twice but sometimes even more on a single screen, e.g.
- at the top of the Security & Authentication tab
- at the top of the Login tab inside the Security & Authentication tab
- at the top of the MyLoginMethod tab inside the Login tab
- per config node on the MyLoginMethod tab
As a first attempt: dump gathering all errors inside of a tab at the top if it. That would mitigate the most of the problem.
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MichaelDaum - 10 Nov 2014
Originally I had the error message only on the item that raised it, and a "there's an error" flag on the tab, but I guess that wasn't "in your face" enough for someone (probably George?)
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CrawfordCurrie - 10 Nov 2014
I think there needs to be a balance. IIRC originally, the intermediate tabs were not flagged, so that you had to click every tab to find where the errrors were. I think maybe flagging the tabs, but not duplicating the messages might be sufficient. Some sort of happy medium:
- At lowest level, flag tab with the red and/or orange icon, and print the message details.
- Propagate just the icons up each level.
As long as the tab icons make it up to every level, messages are just noise other than the lowest level.
If I asked for dup messages at every level, clearly I was a bit befuddled at the time.
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GeorgeClark - 10 Nov 2014
Confirming this, leaving it as Enhancement, won't block 1.2., but nice to have.
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GeorgeClark - 17 Nov 2014