redpanda-data
Feature request: Persist columns settings
I usually have to change the column settings. And I'm annoyed that I have to reconfigure them all the time.
Would it be possible to store them in the local storage so at least it's stored in the browser and when I navigate I always have the same columns displayed.
The settings should be applied to all topics.
I'm happy to help with the implementation.
Yes makes sense to have this functionality. Commonly we have the discussion whether this should be stored per topic or across all topics globally. I guess this could be different from user to user. But maybe you can shed some light onto what changes you apply to the columns?
cc @jvorcak
For a particular use case I always want to check the partition and offset. I agree that this is not common.
I also like to have a relative time instead of the local time.
For me, it's not useful to have this stored per topic. It would on the contrary be annoying still since I would like to have this config on multiple topics.
What about having a "default columns settings" config somewhere in the "user preferences" modal? Could be a new tab.
@gaetancollaud thanks for the input.
What version of Console are you using? In the recent versions we’ve implemented the following:
Sorting is taken from the URL params, which lets users save different configurations externally by bookmarking or sharing the URL.
When sorting changes, we also store it as a default in per-topic local storage. When the user navigates to a topic, the URL params are then restored from this local storage.
I think users differ on whether they prefer a global or per-topic setting. A “default columns settings” section in user preferences might be tricky from a UX perspective. What do you think about keeping the current behavior (remembering sorting after the user changes it) and adding a simple setting that lets users choose whether sorting should persist per topic or globally across all topics? WDYT @weeco ?
Yes seems reasonable to me. May be tricky to make the URL parameters play well together with the global settings, but if you have an idea, let's do it.
Thanks for the answer @jvorcak I'm using multiple versions actually. But I saw that the settings are stored by topic. But I'm a kafka operator, I change topics all the time. And I have my preferences.
What do you think about keeping the current behavior (remembering sorting after the user changes it) and adding a simple setting that lets users choose whether sorting should persist per topic or globally across all topics?
For me this would be fine. I don't really care where the settings are located in the UI as soon as I can have them saved globally.
@gaetancollaud let me discuss this further this week and I'll follow up on how and when we will be able to implement this. I'll follow up here, I just wanted to give an update it's on my TODO list.
@gaetancollaud we will try to implement a user setting as discussed above, user will then choose whether these settings are auto-saved per-topic or globally. I can't give you the timeframe yet, but I'll try to implement as soon as I have some free time slot for this.