maqetta/maqetta — Issue #1896: Clicking on review link should auto-open review editors
Author: JonFerraiolo
Created: 2012-03-10 01:15:33+00:00
State: open
Labels: Priority High, Review and Commenting

@jhpedemonte, @childsb, @peller , @aerwin

I didn't see a bug for this, but we have certainly talked about this.

When an author creates a review invitation, reviewers each receive an email with a hyperlink for a given review, and that review might consist of N files (usually HTML files).

With the integration of reviews into the main application, it is imperative from a usability perspective that clicking on the hyperlink will not only launch maqetta, but also open up review editors for the N files that are included in the review.

What I propose is the following:

* The email invitation includes a URL parameter that provides some sort of ID that can be mapped to a particular review session
* Clicking on the hyperlink causes the URL parameter to be passed to the Maqetta server, which somehow gets transmitted to the client, and the client then opens up review editors for each of the N files that are included in this review session, and makes sure that the first file in the review session is selected when the session starts. (We should not auto-close editors from workbenchSettings because doing so might cause unsaved files to become unsaved zombies)

Assigning to @waynevicknair, but I'm wondering if maybe @childsb or @aerwin could help out here