Re: Improve UX of YUM/DNF download form

On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:33 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:25 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
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>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:11 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>>> Here's another updated patch:
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>>> - Don't use an id of "script"
>>> - Add a button to the top-right of the script area to copy the contents
>>> to the clipboard. Once clicked, the label changes for 3 seconds to indicate
>>> to the user that the action occurred.
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>>> If folks are happy with this, once a consensus is made on the issue of
>>> whether to include the client install separately, I'll update if needed and
>>> push.
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>> Sweet, I like it. The one thing I'd like to see improved is that the
>> script could be without the comments, making it more clear for the "pasted
>> into terminal" results.
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> Yeah, that might need some minor futzing to deal with, as copying to the
> clipboard is handled by selection ranges. Might have to copy the code into
> a dummy hidden div, remove the comments, and copy it from there.
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Yeah (well, copy the data there without the comments in the first place,
I'd say, so you don't have to remove them).

I did notice a pre-existing problem in the Ubuntu/Debian downloads -- it
>> doesn't actually contain the step of "apt-get install" when one uses the pg
>> apt repo. It probably should, if nothing else then for consistency with the
>> RedHat ones. (And they should also do the same wrt installing the client)
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> Yes, I just spotted that. It's actually a little further down. I'll see
> about cleaning that up.
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Yeah, it's weirdly in a different section.

//Magnus