Removing/Hiding shared workflows/histories
Hello, I've finally pulled the latest changes - kudos for the history search feature - I like it a lot. Now, as usual, some usability questions: 1. How do I remove or hide or delete workflows and histories other people shared with me ? Sounds like a silly question, but it's an aspect in *my* galaxy account over which I have absolutely no control. I found no way to remove a shared workflow except asking the person who shared it with me to stop sharing it. If somebody wanted to play a trick on me, he could share hundreds of histories with me and I'll have no control over it - making it hard for me to find the actual shared histories I'm looking for (this is of course an absurd scenario, but I'm trying to make a point). The real-world scenario is that I'm the go-to guy for galaxy in our little lab, and everybody who has a problem in his history or workflow shares it with me and ask me to take a look at it. After I'm done fixing it - I don't want to see it any more. Asking to user to "unshare" the history is technically OK, but I don't think that's the way it should work. If I don't want to see a history/workflow in my galaxy account, I should be able to do it myself, without asking it from other users. 2. consistency in the workflow management screen "Workflows shared by others" appear as a link (underlined) - clicking on the does the default (and expected) action of "run workflow". "Your workflows" (mine, that is) - are not links, although they do get a rounded-box-frame when hovered upon - clicking on them does nothing. One has to pin-point the tiny triangle to run/edit/etc on my workflow. If one clicks on "Workflows"->"All Workflows" from the tools menu, then all workflows appear as clickable-links. So it's only a tiny matter of consistency. Thanks, -gordon.
1. How do I remove or hide or delete workflows and histories other people shared with me ?
History sharing is currently getting another overhaul and will be more consistent with workflow. In both cases there will be a link to "unshare" workflows that have been shared with you. (I thought this link existed for workflow's and was called "Forget", but it doesn't appear to be there).
2. consistency in the workflow management screen "Workflows shared by others" appear as a link (underlined) - clicking on the does the default (and expected) action of "run workflow".
"Your workflows" (mine, that is) - are not links, although they do get a rounded-box-frame when hovered upon - clicking on them does nothing. One has to pin-point the tiny triangle to run/edit/etc on my workflow.
If one clicks on "Workflows"->"All Workflows" from the tools menu, then all workflows appear as clickable-links.
So it's only a tiny matter of consistency.
This is actually all deliberate, though open to debate. We only show the link when there is an obvious primary action. For the "your workflows" list, it wasn't clear to me what that action should be (run vs edit). With shared workflows, there is no edit option. The link from the tool menu is analysis view centric, so we default to run. Regarding tiny arrows... 1) we are going to make it so that clicking anywhere in the button will show the popup menu and 2) the arrows are supposed to be large, and the clickable area even larger than the actual arrow. I wonder if there is a browser issue here, can you send a snapshot of how they appear to you?
James Taylor wrote, On 11/25/2009 04:57 PM:
2. consistency in the workflow management screen
This is actually all deliberate, though open to debate. We only show the link when there is an obvious primary action. For the "your workflows" list, it wasn't clear to me what that action should be (run vs edit). With shared workflows, there is no edit option. The link from the tool menu is analysis view centric, so we default to run.
For me, clicking on the top "Workflows" button is quicker and easier than using the "Workflows"->"all workflows" link - the button is always visible and takes just one click, as opposed to scrolling down the tools menu and then two clicks to get to the workflows. So by default, when I click on "workflows" I want to run a workflow - default of "run" would work for me. YMMV.
Regarding tiny arrows... 1) we are going to make it so that clicking anywhere in the button will show the popup menu and 2) the arrows are supposed to be large, and the clickable area even larger than the actual arrow. I wonder if there is a browser issue here, can you send a snapshot of how they appear to you?
Here's a screenshot: http://cancan.cshl.edu/labmembers/gordon/files/galaxy_workflow_arrows.png On my screen, the arrow is about the size of a lower-case 'w'. The clickable area is slightly taller, but not much wider. The image includes my mouse cursor pointer - you can see that it's actually larger than the arrow - not the best 'button' option. Also, this is a wide screen - 1920x1200 pixels - lowercase "w" aren't that big... -gordon
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