Things List: Add multiple search, select all. Inbox: Go to newly approved Thing(s)

[jimtng]

There are several changes wrapped up in this PR because they are somewhat interdependent.

Filtering/Searching + Selections

• The Thing count is updated to reflect the number of matches found when performing search/filtering

• When filtering, the invisible Things (i.e. Things that do not meet the filter criteria) will be deselected. Only Things within the filtered result can be selected and acted upon (Remove, Disable, Enable). So if you first selected all your things (e.g. 100 things) then perform search/filtering which result in 5 things, then the total selected Things will now be just 5, and when you hit Remove, only those 5 will be removed.

  This is a change in behaviour. Originally, the selected Things remain despite the search/filtering, so whilst the user may see 5 Things checked on the list, they can be removing other Things.

• Add Select All / Deselect All. This also works in tandem with search/filter. When the filtered result shows only 5 Things, Select All will only select those 5 Things and not all the available Things on the system.

Here's an example of a filtered result + selection:

Search for Multiple Things

• It is possible to search and display multiple Things by separating the search terms with a comma. This is implemented to make it possible for multiple Inbox items to be approved (through multi-selection) and then the user be presented with the list of those newly approved things.
• Essentially it acts as an OR operator, e.g. searching for broker1,broker2 results in showing Things that match either broker1 or broker2 combined into the result list

Preload Things List search

• This allows navigating to Things List page with a pre-defined search terms, also to support the inbox approval feature

Inbox approval

Single Thing Approval

• Add as Thing and Add as Thing (with Custom ID) are merged into just Add as Thing. The subsequent dialog will prompt for both the Thing ID and the Label in one dialog, removing multiple steps.
  

• Thing UID / ID validation is performed within the Add a Thing dialog, and the validation status displayed instantly under the Thing ID input
  
  It also checks against full UID conflicts against existing Things
  

• Here, the user is given two OK buttons.

  • OK -> Edit will approve the Thing and redirect them to the Thing Details page for that Thing
  • OK will approve it and bring them back to the same page (Inbox)

Multiple Things Approval

• When multiple inbox items are selected and Approve is clicked, the user will be redirected to the Things List page, with pre-set filter to show all and only the approved Things.

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[jimtng]

Perhaps to make it super flexible, offer two approve/OK buttons:

[Cancel] [Approve and Edit] [Approve]

[Approve and Edit] brings the user to the Thing Details page
[Approve] keeps the user in Inbox.

WDYT?

[rkoshak]

Seems reasonable. I like having the option and having that option might be less disruptive to the workflow some people might be used to.

[jimtng]

OK I'll add that here. Switching to Draft, it'll be force-pushed until it's ready + reviewed

[jimtng]

Another option:

I think I like this version. I'll go with this

[jimtng]

Changed and original post updated with new screenshots