0000621: Improve the way config dialog box validates the config data

MantisBT - Doomseeker
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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0000621	Doomseeker	[All Projects] Suggestion	public	2011-11-11 20:22	2018-09-29 14:37

Reporter	Zalewa
Assigned To	Zalewa
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Platform		OS		OS Version
Product Version
Target Version	1.1	Fixed in Version	1.1

Summary	0000621: Improve the way config dialog box validates the config data
Description	Currently, when Doomseeker detects invalid information in the config dialog box, the validation is performed after user presses OK and then a custom error information is displayed. I propose to make following changes to validation mechanism: [list] [] Validation should occur immediatelly after the data is inserted, or when user leaves the current config page, or when user presses either "OK" or "Apply" buttons. [] Validation should produce either errors or warnings. Errors will disallow user to save the configuration. Warnings will give an option to ignore them. [] Errors should be produced wherever Doomseeker can be 100% sure that the inserted data is incorrect. [] Warnings should be produced wherever inserted data might be incorrect. For example: a warning should be issued if user points a path in one of the game's configuration to a binary with odd name. For example user might specify that Skulltag's executable is "/bin/bash", which is most likely an error, but we can't say for sure that is not what was intended. [] Once an error/warning is issued, config box should immediately switch to the offending config page and visibly mark the offending variable with an icon. Hovering a mouse cursor over that icon should display a tooltip describing the error. [/list] Additional features: [list] [] Validation could also occur when the configuration box is opened. This would help to detect potential configuration errors that were caused by external events. For example: removing a directory from filesystem will now render that directory invalid in WAD paths. [/list]
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-11-11 20:22	Zalewa	New Issue
2011-11-11 20:23	Zalewa	Description Updated	bug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=1189#r1189
2011-11-11 20:23	Zalewa	Description Updated	bug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=1190#r1190
2016-11-12 10:47	Zalewa	Assigned To	=> Zalewa
2016-11-12 10:47	Zalewa	Status	new => assigned
2017-01-01 15:40	Zalewa	Note Added: 0016583
2017-01-01 15:40	Zalewa	Status	assigned => needs review
2017-01-01 16:06	Zalewa	Note Edited: 0016583	bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=16583#r10011
2017-01-08 14:18	Zalewa	Note Added: 0016625
2017-01-08 14:18	Zalewa	Status	needs review => needs testing
2017-07-03 17:38	Zalewa	Status	needs testing => resolved
2017-07-03 17:38	Zalewa	Fixed in Version	=> 1.1
2017-07-03 17:38	Zalewa	Resolution	open => fixed
2018-09-29 14:24	WubTheCaptain	Status	resolved => closed
2018-09-29 14:37	WubTheCaptain	Target Version	=> 1.1

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