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Feature request (a small UI enhancement): when the path field is uneditable, say why

Open LinuxOnTheDesktop opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

A user who has selected 'Edit Folder' might reasonably expect to be able to edit the folder path. Yet, one cannot do that. The path is greyed out. That is some indication that one cannot edit the path, and, yet, one is within the 'edit folder' option. So how about adding text that says that the path is uneditable? The window already shows a note about the path - see this screenshot:

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The ideal text for the note, it seems to me, would be something like this: 'The path is editable only when the folder is first added to Syncthing.'

The problem that such a note would solve: user confusion.

Alternative ways of solving that problem: one could put something in the documentation (if the existing documentation extends to the GUI - does it?); but having explanation within the GUI itself is better.

LinuxOnTheDesktop avatar May 12 '22 10:05 LinuxOnTheDesktop

Related: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/4555, https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues/4309.

Personally, I'd suggest expanding this to cover both folder path and ID, and also device ID, as all three share the same characteristics here. Maybe they could all be comprised in the same sentence (meaning less to translate).

tomasz1986 avatar May 12 '22 11:05 tomasz1986