[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-3951) portlets are not transparent in the components Help system

["Anil K Patel (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Anil K Patel commented on OFBIZ-3951:
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This issue has been open since 2010 with only one comment in 14 years, suggesting limited community interest.

The underlying concern — that the Help system displays internal portlet IDs rather than visible screen labels when a portal page is active — is a UX issue, not a functional bug. The Help system and portal/portlet system both still exist in current trunk, so the issue is technically still present.

However, the Help system in OFBiz sees very limited usage and maintenance activity. Investing effort to align portlet help labels with visible UI names is difficult to justify without evidence of real user impact.

If no one from the community can confirm this is still a pain point or is willing to work on it, we propose closing this issue. It can always be reopened if there is renewed interest.

Feedback welcome.

> portlets are not transparent in the components Help system
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-3951
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3951
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: ALL COMPONENTS
>    Affects Versions: Release Branch 10.04, Trunk, Upcoming Branch
>            Reporter: BJ Freeman
>            Priority: Major
>
> when a portlet has replaced the current component widget the under lying Help that may exist is nullified.
> Also when Help is shown for a portlet is uses Portlet names for the help that has no relationship to the actual UI as the user sees it.
> This counter intuitive and cause confusion to a User.
> from the Dev mailing list
> Hans Bakker sent the following on 9/22/2010 2:46 AM:
> > Have a look in the party profile, which is almost also a portal page.
> I looked and it was confusing and not intuitive on the help
> First question from a users point of view
> What is a Portal, as I search the page for something that says portal.
> So I am interested in help on the User Names
> I look at the list and see nothing that refers to User names.
> Again I look around the page to see anything label as User Login Portal.
> Now because I am familar with ofbiz I guessed the user Login Portal is the one for User Names.
> I have not run one of my apps that call party pages against this version.
> I expect i will have to modify. That does not make me happy camper with 50 apps to do that with.



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