[FEATURE REQUEST] Overview Edit Mode

[jimjohn]

Hi all,

I do not know where to put this best, but feel free to move it to another sub-forum.

For me it is very annoying that I have to enter each Firewall rule I want to change, scroll down, find the correct text field, click save, scroll down again in the overview and repeat.

So I thought how this could be handled better in terms of user experience. Basically I think it is quite simple. In the overview (Firewall -> Rules -> Interface), if you hover about any "label" - if this was transformed into a "text box" where you could directly change the content, this would tremendously help for editing multiple rules, adding a port, or even adding a whole rule. If you would need specialties or advanced settings, you could still use the detailed editing page as it is now.

Is there any chance to see something like that? Or has this been discussed in the past?

Thank you for your feedback!

[ajm]

Personally I need to think twice before making any firewall rule change and the danger of making it quicker/easier to make changes, would IMO make it quicker/easier to make errors impacting on security.

Also given the diversity of options within a rule, it's hard to see how that could adequately be translated into few popup rollover menus.

From the Interface rule overview, I think enable/disable rule and enable/disable logging is sufficient.

PS. One change I *would* like to see, is the make the 'Apply Changes' button a bit less 'dumb' than it is now.

For example, simply selecting to 'enable logging', then changing your mind and disabling it again, the 'Apply Changes' button IS STILL THERE !

I find this really quite disconcerting, and TBH a bit broken, on a firewall, rule changes are mission-critical, and IMO need to be handled by the GUI a bit smarter than at present.

Alternatively (and possibly easier to code), add a 'Cancel Changes' button.