[JIRA] [gui] (JENKINS-24749) please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

[funeeldy@yahoo.com (JIRA)]

marlene cote created JENKINS-24749 please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders Issue Type: Improvement Assignee: Unassigned Components: gui Created: 17/Sep/14 8:28 PM Description: The latest version of Jenkins has a Helvetica font and no way to resize the columns or delete columns inside of folders. it is displaying my job names in a very narrow column. I can shrink the whole window with ctrl -, but then things are too small to read. Not sure why you changed the default font, but it was fine before. Environment: windows Project: Jenkins Priority: Major Reporter: marlene cote

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[daniel@beckweb.net (JIRA)]

Daniel Beck resolved JENKINS-24749 as Won't Fix

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

A lot more than font was changed, so this may be incidental. If you're referring to Cloudbees Folders Plugin, create a new view (e.g. List View with regexp pattern .*, configure columns, then go in folder configuration, set that as default view, and then you can delete the previous default 'All' View. Change By: Daniel Beck (18/Sep/14 4:47 PM) Status: Open Resolved Resolution: Won't Fix

[daniel@beckweb.net (JIRA)]

Daniel Beck commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

Screenshots would help, by the way. Also, what screen resolution is this? Are only folders affected, or the regular 'All' view outside folders as well?

[drdt@gweep.net (JIRA)]

Don Ross commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

I am with Marlene. The new look is clunky and the automatic window/column sizings don't appear to have been updated to match the new widths. I will attach screenshots. However, according to the original ticket, the change was made to the 'default font'. So, if someone can point me to instructions for overriding the default to set my deployment back to the view my users are used to, I will be on my way.

[drdt@gweep.net (JIRA)]

Don Ross updated JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

The left-side picture is the new user interface; the right side is the old. These are taken from identically-sized windows. As you can see, two visible problems: the navigation bar takes up much more of the screen, leaving less room for the useful information. the build history window is formatted weirdly. Plus, my users and I think it looks ugly. I am using narrow windows to illustrate the problem, but the build history window gets screwed up in almost every screen size. Change By: Don Ross (06/Jan/15 5:36 PM) Attachment: jenkins-ui-comparison.gif

[daniel@beckweb.net (JIRA)]

Daniel Beck commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

What version of Jenkins is this? Try the current release.

[drdt@gweep.net (JIRA)]

Don Ross edited a comment on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

The left-side picture is the new user interface; the right side is the old. These are taken from identically-sized windows.

As you can see, two visible problems: the navigation bar takes up much more of the screen, leaving less room for the useful information. the build history window is formatted weirdly.

Plus, my users (and I) think it looks ugly. I am using narrow windows to illustrate the problem, but the build history window gets screwed up in almost every screen size (including maximized). If I make the window narrow enough, the build history panel expands to fill the entire window, pushing the job details off the bottom of the screen.

[drdt@gweep.net (JIRA)]

Don Ross commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

This is 1.580.1 (the long-term stable release at the time we started our testing). Do you think these issues might be resolved in 1.580.2?

[daniel@beckweb.net (JIRA)]

Daniel Beck commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

There were changes since then to how the build history looks, and adapts to longer text in the description, build name, and/or badges, which were long-standing problems (screen shots e.g. on https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/1470). I don't think these are eligible for LTS backport though (even if -IRC- long build names or badges don't break and overlap the main panel). You'll need for the next major LTS.1 release that should arrive in February.

[drdt@gweep.net (JIRA)]

Don Ross commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

> A lot more than font was changed, so this may be incidental. The font change was not incidental; it was filed as a specific issue (JENKINS-23840) separate from the other UI changes. The change submitter also specifically increased the font size. It appears, however, that Marlene's and my complaints about the formatting of columns are not related to the font change, but rather to the UI redesign, probably pull request 1310, which changed the way tables are rendered.

[drdt@gweep.net (JIRA)]

Don Ross commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

Thanks, Dan, for that good info. I'll recommend we hold off on our upgrade until February.

[daniel@beckweb.net (JIRA)]

Daniel Beck commented on JENKINS-24749

please change the font back - the helvetica font is messing up the whole gui under folders

The font change was not incidental; it was filed as a specific issue Right, I meant that the layout issue may not be a direct result of the font changes only, but rather interaction of font change and layout change, or layout change only. They were both merged into the same release IIRC.