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[Feature Request] Auto-select the latest request when first loading the client #44

Closed lostintangent closed 8 years ago

lostintangent commented 8 years ago

Most of the time that I'm using the client, I want to inspect the most recently made request, so it would be a small, but nice experience to have the UI auto-select the first request for me. This behavior would also likely help the first impression of the tool, by populating the UI with data, instead of just seeing a mostly blank screen.

Ideally, we could add the same behavior to all master/detail views (e.g. the Data tab) as well, to provide a consistent experience that makes navigating around the UI "feel" a little smoother. When we added this feature to many of the F12 tools (as applicable), we were surprised how it impacted people's perception of the product, especially on first load.

nikmd23 commented 8 years ago

Requests not being selected automatically is a bug.

The suggestion to also auto select the first sub-item for a given view had not been considered before, but I think it's a great idea.

@avanderhoorn, let's make sure we fix the selected request issue. If the implementations are related, we can complete this 100% (including sub-items), but if they aren't, please create another issue to track it, and tag @lostintangent so he can follow along.

avanderhoorn commented 8 years ago

Regarding master/details selection, this was the original behavior but @chetsangnil requested this not to be the case. Is this still the case @chetsangnil?

chetsangnil commented 8 years ago

Definitely agree for both points:

Firstly, once get into the client, the first request should automatically be selected and the right pane should right away shows all details. (I have also heard this feedback from other users)

Secondly, once trying out Glimpse myself, it is abit disconnected/hidden that users need to click on a row within a table to be able to see popup detail view. It is a great idea if Glimpse automatically select the first row and show detail popup right away. We should proceed as suggested.