E4: Functionality check each perspective

[Tom-Willemsen]

As a user, I want to be confident that every perspective in E4 has equivalent functionality to the E3 client.

For each perspective and menu in the client:

• Open in E3
• Open in E4
• Write down any differences in functionality between the two clients

Once we have the list of differences, we can go through each one and decide whether it:

• Needs changing before E4 can be deployed
• Should be changed, but is not required for day one
• Is not necessary to change

[Tom-Willemsen]

The following are user-facing differences I found when comparing E3 and E4.

Overall GUI:

• Views can be resized in E4
• In E4, the reset layout button appears in the perspective menu as opposed to the IBEX menu.

Banner:

• In E3, the banner appears in the middle of the screen. In E4, it appears along the bottom.

Alarms:

• In E3, several confusing buttons can be found in the top right of the alarms screen. In E4, only the refresh button is there.

Beam status:

• In E3, the legend appears beneath the plot. In E4, it appears to the right.

DAE:

• In the experiment details pane, the "apply changes" button now appears centred at the bottom of the screen - it used to appear bottom-right in E3.
• In E3 the perspective title can indicate if the DAE is in simulation mode. In E4, there is no title.

Device screens:

• In E3, if you open two OPIs in quick succession they can open next to each other. This behaviour has not been seen in E4.

Experiment details:

• The layout of the perspective has changed

Log plotter:

• Double clicking on the graph brings up a properties window. In E3 this opens to the right of the graph, in E4 it opens full screen, obscuring blocks and the dashboard.
  • https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/3080
• In E3, I can access a plot options window which allows me to change various properties of my plot. This is no longer present in E4.
  • https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/3336
• In E3, I can choose to rescale either x or y. In E4, this is a single combined "zoom" option.
• In E3, the option to save a PNG is in the toolbar. In E4, it is in a context menu
• In E3 I am prompted to save a plot when closing it. In E4 this prompt is gone

Motors:

• The motors perspective is noticeably faster in E4 than E3
• The motors OPIs are noticeably faster in E4
• Motor PVs seem to reconnect faster in E4 than E3

Nicos scripting:

• The perspective is visible by default in E4
  • https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/3338
• The nicos perspective layout is currently broken in E4
  • https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/2544

Script generator:

• The perspective is visible by default in E4
  • https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/3338
• Buttons to "write script" and "preview script" are not present, making the perspective useless
  • https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/2880

[Tom-Willemsen]

To review:

• Check that I have captured the main user-facing differences between E3 and E4 above
• Check that I have created tickets where there is a loss of functionality
• Check that the issues forming part of an MVP are listed in https://github.com/ISISComputingGroup/IBEX/issues/3339