[pdm-devel] superseded: [PATCH datacenter-manager v4 00/18] enable custom views on the UI

[Dominik Csapak]

superseded by v5: 
https://lore.proxmox.com/pdm-devel/20251126151833.3637080-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com/

NOTE: new version depends on lukas changes (see cover-letter)


On 11/24/25 1:08 PM, Dominik Csapak wrote:
> With this series, users are able to add/edit/delete custom views.
> 
> A new 'Views' menu entry is added where the CRUD ui sits, and an entry
> for each view below it.
> 
> The includes/excludes are editable from the CRUD grid, and the layout is
> editable in the view itself.
> 
> For now i opted to make the layout part of the `ViewConfig` struct, but
> as a simple json-string only, because we're not able to use the
> api-macro (for now; the rust enum features i use are currently not
> supported there). To verify it regardless, we try to deserialize
> the layout in the add/update call, so that no wrong layout can enter
> the config (via the api).
> 
> The patch 'ui: dashboard: prepare view for editint custom views'
> is adapted from my last series, but all other changes are new,
> especially the CRUD api.
> 
> There are still a few parts missing/wrong, namely
> * while the api is prepared, clicking on guest status items does not
>    yet populate the search field with a '+view:foo' term
> * subscriptions panels are still added by default when none is in the
>    layout itself (the plan is to move the subscription notice)
> * i'm still working on making the 'resource tree' a full widget that
>    users can add to their views.
> 
> chnages from v3:
> * incorporated most of Shannon's feedback (Thanks!)
>    see the individual patches for changelog
> * rebase on master
> 
> changes from v2:
> * fixed 'verbose' property for subscriptions api call
> * adapted to PveSdnZone -> PveNetwork renaming
> * added validators for filter fields
>    (so that the user sees it's invalid)
> 
> changes from v1:
> * rebase on master, lukas v5 was applied
> 
> Dominik Csapak (18):
>    lib: pdm-config: views: add locking/saving methods
>    lib: api-types: add 'layout' property to ViewConfig
>    server: api: implement CRUD api for views
>    server: api: resources: add 'view' category to search syntax
>    ui: remote selector: allow forcing of value
>    ui: dashboard types: add missing 'default's to de-serialization
>    ui: dashboard: status row: add optional 'editing state'
>    ui: dashboard: prepare view for editing custom views
>    ui: views: implement view loading from api
>    ui: views: make 'view' name property optional
>    ui: views: add 'view' parameter to api calls
>    ui: views: save updated layout to backend
>    ui: add view list context
>    ui: configuration: add view CRUD panels
>    ui: main menu: add optional view_list property
>    ui: load view list on page init
>    lib/ui: move views types to pdm-api-types
>    server: api: views: check layout string for validity
> 
>   lib/pdm-api-types/src/resource.rs     |   7 +
>   lib/pdm-api-types/src/views.rs        |  90 ++++-
>   lib/pdm-config/src/views.rs           |  22 +-
>   server/src/api/config/mod.rs          |   2 +
>   server/src/api/config/views.rs        | 267 +++++++++++++
>   server/src/api/resources.rs           |  19 +-
>   server/src/views/mod.rs               |   2 +-
>   server/src/views/tests.rs             |  15 +
>   ui/Cargo.toml                         |   2 +-
>   ui/css/pdm.scss                       |   4 +
>   ui/src/configuration/mod.rs           |   2 +
>   ui/src/configuration/views.rs         | 335 +++++++++++++++++
>   ui/src/dashboard/mod.rs               |   2 -
>   ui/src/dashboard/status_row.rs        |  60 ++-
>   ui/src/dashboard/top_entities.rs      |   3 +-
>   ui/src/dashboard/types.rs             |  79 ----
>   ui/src/dashboard/view.rs              | 410 ++++++++++++--------
>   ui/src/dashboard/view/row_element.rs  | 130 +++++++
>   ui/src/dashboard/view/row_view.rs     | 520 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   ui/src/lib.rs                         |   3 +
>   ui/src/main.rs                        |  48 ++-
>   ui/src/main_menu.rs                   |  57 ++-
>   ui/src/pve/mod.rs                     |   9 +
>   ui/src/view_list_context.rs           |  31 ++
>   ui/src/widget/mod.rs                  |   6 +
>   ui/src/widget/remote_selector.rs      |   6 +
>   ui/src/widget/view_filter_selector.rs | 393 +++++++++++++++++++
>   ui/src/widget/view_selector.rs        |  55 +++
>   28 files changed, 2315 insertions(+), 264 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 server/src/api/config/views.rs
>   create mode 100644 ui/src/configuration/views.rs
>   delete mode 100644 ui/src/dashboard/types.rs
>   create mode 100644 ui/src/dashboard/view/row_element.rs
>   create mode 100644 ui/src/view_list_context.rs
>   create mode 100644 ui/src/widget/view_filter_selector.rs
>   create mode 100644 ui/src/widget/view_selector.rs
>