workflow tags -- usability improvement

[julianafreire]

It is rather inconvenient to go back from the workflow editor to the History View just to tag a workflow.
It would be much easier for the user to add the tag somewhere in the workflow editor.
What about allowing the user to edit the tab name above the editor? And/or right click on the editor and be prompted to enter a tag?
In fact, we could have a menu on right click that supports actions over workflows, e.g., print, execute, tag, etc.

[dakoop]

We do have this capability in the workflow editor via the Vistrail -> Tag... menu item. It has a keyboard shortcut of Shift-Cmd-T. In addition, you may switch to the version properties panel in the workflow view by selecting it in the lower-right corner to edit the tag and notes there.

Perhaps I am not understanding your right-click idea, but I think the right-click actions may be confusing because such actions are usually contextual. While right-clicking on a module could bring up module-specific actions, I don't know that right-clicking on the background should bring up workflow actions.

[julianafreire]

Great, I did not know about these.

I have two suggestions:

• instead of "Properties", can we call the window "Workflow Properties"? As
  is, it is not clear what the properties are associated with.
• Currently, the default is that the Module Information is shown when a
  workflow is being edited, and this is shown even when no module is
  selected. What about we switch to the Workflow Properties when no module is
  selected?

Thanks,
Juliana

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:35 PM, dakoop notifications@github.com wrote:

We do have this capability in the workflow editor via the Vistrail ->
Tag... menu item. It has a keyboard shortcut of Shift-Cmd-T. In addition,
you may switch to the version properties panel in the workflow view by
selecting it in the lower-right corner to edit the tag and notes there.

Perhaps I am not understanding your right-click idea, but I think the
right-click actions may be confusing because such actions are usually
contextual. While right-clicking on a module could bring up module-specific
actions, I don't know that right-clicking on the background should bring up
workflow actions.

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[dakoop]

The length of the panel title is the issue with adding "Workflow", but Module Information could possibly be shortened. Your second suggestion should be possible, I think, but I need to check what controls the default palette visibility.