Feature #29321
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Move the watchers list to issue section
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Description
The issues view is split in two sections, the actual issue and the sidebar.
On the issues section there is everything centered around the issues actual context. The sidebar is mostly used to switch between the issue queries and has no relation to the issue itself. Except for the watchers list, which is separated from every other context on this view. This looks very odd to new users and it makes it hard to scan over the issue quickly. You always miss the watchers list.
I would like to propose to place it besides the rest of the issues information as this is the place I would look first for it.
You have all issue related information in one place. Additionally the watchers list is no longer hidden in the sidebar menu if you are using Redmine on mobile devices.
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Updated by Bernhard Rohloff over 6 years ago
I think this would work best with the collapsed sections proposed in #29034.
Updated by Robert Korulczyk over 6 years ago
+1
But please make list of watchers horizontal - it should not take the whole screen if ~40 peoples watches the issue.
Updated by Go MAEDA over 6 years ago
- Related to Feature #29034: Option to collapse/expand issue sections added
Updated by Bernhard Rohloff over 6 years ago
Robert Korulczyk wrote:
But please make list of watchers horizontal - it should not take the whole screen if ~40 peoples watches the issue.
Indeed, I totally agree.
Updated by Go MAEDA over 6 years ago
- Has duplicate Defect #28193: watcher list can not be edited after issue is created added
Updated by Bernhard Rohloff about 6 years ago
This is how I would style the watchers list in the issues section. What do you think?
Updated by Bernhard Rohloff almost 6 years ago
- File 0002_style_watchers_area_as_list_of_badges.diff 0002_style_watchers_area_as_list_of_badges.diff added
- File 0001_move_watchers_to_issues_content_area.diff 0001_move_watchers_to_issues_content_area.diff added
Here are two patches to accomplish my previously proposed concept.
I'm looking forward for your feedback. :-)
Updated by Bernhard Rohloff almost 6 years ago
- File watcher_badge.png watcher_badge.png added
Just to show it inside the thread...
This is how watchers look after applying the patch.
Updated by Anonymous almost 6 years ago
Bernhard Rohloff wrote:
Just to show it inside the thread...
This is how watchers look after applying the patch.
Bernhard, 
+1000!!!
Updated by Marius BĂLTEANU almost 6 years ago
- The information is not so important
- If the issue is watched by many users, the section will take a lot of space and without an collapse/expand mechanism could become a nightmare
At the same time, I don't like it neither in the sidebar.
I think, after my tastes, I would prefer to have the Watchers as an attribute and show only the number of the watchers and on mouse over or on click, to show the entire list in a modal/pop-up/tooltip and maybe with a search mechanism.