[Bug 380175] Re: Disk selector is confusing

[Phillip Susi]

Ubiquity has been redesigned signfiicantly since this report was filed
and I believe that these comments no longer apply.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  Disk selector is confusing

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Several points:

  1. The disk selector shows a drop-down menu even if there's only one
  disk.

  2. Disk selector is a sub-item of "Use entire disk", although it
  actually affects the entire partitioner.  It should be near the top,
  and not in a hierarchy.

  On top of that, it's actually grayed out if you select one of the
  other options.  To install side-by-side on the disk that's not
  selected by default, you have to click "Use entire disk", then select
  the disk, then go back to "Install them side by side".

  (Actually, this isn't entirely true, since it's selectable when you
  first see it, but if you click "Use entire disk" and then select
  "Install them side by side", it THEN becomes grayed out...)

  3. Instead of a drop-down, it should use a selection box, with
  scrollbars if there are lots of disks.  Show all the disks at once so
  the user realizes more clearly what this selector is doing.  There's
  plenty of vertical space to expand this.  This would kind of moot
  point 1, too.

  4. It should show the human-readable part of the disk's identification first, and then the partition number and 
  other technical information in parentheses.

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