vvuksan/ganglia-misc — Issue #80: 'Show Hosts Scaled' option suffers from classic UI checkbox/association bug
Author: maplebed
Created: 2011-11-30 00:46:30+00:00
State: open

The option to change how the individual host metrics are scaled in the cluster view falls prey to a classic UI bug - checkboxes in between option descriptions make it unclear which checkbox is associated with which option.

Show Hosts Scaled: Auto [ ] Same [ ] None [ ] | Cluster Name

You are forced to track back to the beginning or end of the list in order to determine whether the checkbox belongs on the right or left side of the option, then go back to the option you want. It's worse with more options:

foo [ ] bar [ ] baz [ ] qux [ ] fie [ ] fum [ ] fo [ ]

When you look at just the middle part ( [ ] baz [ ] qux [ ] fie [ ] ) it is unclear which option to choose.

I recommend changing it away from radio buttons and use normal links instead, boldfacing the currently selected option.

Show Hosts Scaled: Auto **Same** None | Cluster name