[JIRA] (JENKINS-61323) View with regular expressions: Misleading tooltips

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Jenkins / JENKINS-61323 View with regular expressions: Misleading tooltips Issue Type: Improvement Assignee: Unassigned Components: core Created: 2020-03-04 10:48 Priority: Minor Reporter: Julian Schilling The paths used by Jenkins internally do neither match the ones given on the view screen nor do they match the ones given in the tooltips. This should either be adjusted or added to the help text regarding regular expressions. — Example: I created a folder **ExampleFolder, a subfolder OtherFolder and a job inside the subfulder ExampleProject. If one selects "Recurse in subfolders" this displays two jobs: OtherFolder OtherFolder » ExampleProject This means that the regular expression .». should match only the ExampleProject, but it doesn't. The correct expression would be ./. because the path is "OtherFolder/ExampleProject" (even though Jenkins displays this differently). Hovering over "OtherFolder » ExampleProject" gives the full path as "ExampleFolder/OtherFolder/ExampleProject", but this one is also not correct - the regular expression "E.*" should match both OtherFolder as well as ExampleProject in this case, but does not.   Suggestion: The easiest way would be to provide a short example in the help text, such as "Paths are divided by '/'. For example, to display all jobs within the folder named Test, write `Test/.*`". Add Comment

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Jenkins / JENKINS-61323 View with regular expressions: Misleading tooltips

Change By: Julian Schilling

The paths used by Jenkins internally do neither match the ones given on the view screen nor do they match the ones given in the tooltips. This should either be adjusted or added to the help text regarding regular expressions.

--- — Example: I created a folder **_ExampleFolder_, a subfolder _OtherFolder_ and a job inside the subfulder _ExampleProject_. If one selects "Recurse in subfolders" this displays two jobs: * OtherFolder * OtherFolder » ExampleProject This means that the regular expression .*».* _should_ match only the ExampleProject, but it doesn't. The correct expression _would_ be .*/.*   because the path is "OtherFolder/ExampleProject" (even though Jenkins displays this differently). Hovering over "OtherFolder » ExampleProject" gives the full path as "ExampleFolder/OtherFolder/ExampleProject", but this one is also not correct - the regular expression "E.*" _should_ match both OtherFolder as well as ExampleProject in this case, but does not.   Suggestion: The easiest way would be to provide a short example in the help text, such as "Paths are divided by '/'. For example, to display all jobs within the folder named _Test_, write `Test/.*`".

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Julian Schilling updated an issue

Jenkins / JENKINS-61323 View with regular expressions: Misleading tooltips Change By: Julian Schilling

The paths used by Jenkins internally do neither match the ones given on the view screen nor do they match the ones given in the tooltips. This should either be adjusted or added to the help text regarding regular expressions.

— Example: I created a folder  ** _ExampleFolder_, a subfolder _OtherFolder_ and a job inside the subfulder _ExampleProject_. If one selects "Recurse in subfolders" this displays two jobs:

* OtherFolder * OtherFolder » ExampleProject

This means that the regular expression . \ *». \ * _should_ match only the ExampleProject, but it doesn't. The correct expression _would_ be . \ */. \ * because the path is "OtherFolder/ExampleProject" (even though Jenkins displays this differently). Hovering over "OtherFolder » ExampleProject" gives the full path as "ExampleFolder/OtherFolder/ExampleProject", but this one is also not correct - the regular expression "E. \ *" _should_ match both OtherFolder as well as ExampleProject in this case, but does not.

Suggestion: The easiest way would be to provide a short example in the help text, such as "Paths are divided by '/'. For example, to display all jobs within the folder named _Test_, write `Test/.*`".

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Julian Schilling updated an issue

Jenkins / JENKINS-61323 View with regular expressions: Misleading tooltips Change By: Julian Schilling

The paths used by Jenkins internally to evaluate regular expressions for views do neither match the ones given on the view screen nor do they match the ones given in the tooltips. This should either be adjusted or added to the help text regarding regular expressions. — Example: I created a folder _ExampleFolder_, a subfolder _OtherFolder_ and a job inside the subfulder _ExampleProject_. If one selects "Recurse in subfolders" this displays two jobs:

* OtherFolder * OtherFolder » ExampleProject This means that the regular expression .\*».\* _should_ match only the ExampleProject, but it doesn't. The correct expression _would_ be .\*/.\* because the path is "OtherFolder/ExampleProject" (even though Jenkins displays this differently). Hovering over "OtherFolder » ExampleProject" gives the full path as "ExampleFolder/OtherFolder/ExampleProject", but this one is also not correct - the regular expression "E.\*" _should_ match both OtherFolder as well as ExampleProject in this case, but does not.   Suggestion: The easiest way would be to provide a short example in the help text, such as "Paths are divided by '/'. For example, to display all jobs within the folder named _Test_, write `Test/.*`".

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