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planemo-autoupdate opened Nov 29, 2021
1 comment
galaxyproject:master planemo-autoupdate:tools/diamond

reported by @jennaj given the number of tools on Main the results of search needs to be better, mainly: - give more results and let people scroll - give more weight to name and section - let ...

area/UI-UX
martenson opened Apr 29, 2016
63 comments

Add more space for tools during tool search

area/UI-UX kind/feature
juleengraham opened Apr 23, 2020
6 comments
galaxyproject:dev juleengraham:tools-new-canvas

until the generation of a DynamicTool object. load_dynamic_tool() support to follow. Also: - Move code to check if there is already a dynamic tool with the given uuid as first step. - Improve ...

area/cwl area/tool-framework kind/enhancement
nsoranzo opened Dec 9, 2021
2 comments
galaxyproject:dev nsoranzo:CommandLineTool_loading

... training materials for a specific tool", and this is something we can do in the webhook if we have a button (galaxy side) which updates the URL of the iframe to the search page with the current tool ID ...

hexylena opened Nov 23, 2021
area/testing kind/bug
nsoranzo opened Dec 9, 2021
2 comments
galaxyproject:dev nsoranzo:fix_test_release.sh_on_dev

The tool panel search in the workflow editor should search everything in that panel - not just tools. This might be tricky to implement but the current behavior is a bit misleading IMO.

area/UI-UX area/workflows kind/bug
jmchilton opened Aug 5, 2016
area/kubernetes-runner
almahmoud opened Aug 13, 2021
7 comments
galaxyproject:dev almahmoud:data_pvc