Bug 49115 – inform user about time consuming background data retrieval i.e. for drop downs

Bug 49115 - inform user about time consuming background data retrieval i.e. for drop downs


Summary:	inform user about time consuming background data retrieval i.e. for drop downs

Status:	NEW

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UMC (Generic)
Version:	UCS 4.4
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	UMC maintainers
QA Contact:	UMC maintainers

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Reported:	2019-03-27 11:48 CET by Ingo Steuwer
Modified:	2019-04-11 08:10 CEST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:	48889
What kind of report is it?:	Bug Report
What type of bug is this?:	2: Improvement: Would be a product improvement
Who will be affected by this bug?:	4: Will affect most installed domains
How will those affected feel about the bug?:	1: Nuisance – not a big deal but noticeable
User Pain:	0.046
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Description Ingo Steuwer

2019-03-27 11:48:54 CET

We have various drop downs in UMC that show dynamic entries which need to be retrieved from the server in the background. There are some cases where the retrieval takes some time, but the user is not informed that there is something going on in the background - and might be surprised by the results.

Examples are:
* loading of available disk images in UVMM (Bug #29423)
* loading of available PPDs in the printer object (took 2-3 seconds to load all drop downs in my test)

Other potential situations in larger environments:
* primary group of a user
* users and groups defined for the permissions of a file share

We should have a generic solution for these cases, like a waiting animation for drop downs and other "information retrieving widgets" that need more than 1 second to load.