New Dashboard short-comings

Started by decibel, August 02, 2024, 02:13:42 AM

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Hi,

First of all I'd like to thank the developers with the 24.7 release: Installation was without issues, including the two hotfixes.

I also really like the new dashboard, kudos for that  8)

I noticed a couple of minor things:

- The CPU widget started of with Core 0, and after some stressing the CPU, it displayed the 8 cores (Core 0 to Core 7 of my DEC750). The bars of the individual CPU threads overlap eachother however, making it impossible to see the individual temperatures. Vertical stretching of the widget is limited (By code?)

Suggestion: Instead of the auto expanding/shrinking it is doing now, maybe instead offer the user a choice of 2 widgets:
- A CPU widget that always and only shows CORE 0 temperature
- A second widget that always shows ALL Cores temperatures (With vertical stretch limits removed)


The second thing I noticed for the dashboard is that on my mobile device the dashboard widgets are impossible to navigate (When you try the widgets move and change order), doesn't matter whether I switch to desktop view or mobile view

All not important: Congrats on yet another great release!
Running OPNsense on a Deciso DEC750 with upgraded memory (16GB ECC) and active cooling

Hey,

The temperature thing was changed for 24.7.1 to be shown as is otherwise the chart gets a bit weird.

For mobile you need to lock the dashboard (and save). We're discussing how to make this the default in a later release (and modify lock-related UX).


Cheers,
Franco

Clean installation 24.7

In my case it works fine most of the time but sometimes the widget crashes reducing the size and returning to normal after a short while.

Yes, this stays pinned now in the full format with 24.7.1 onward.


Cheers,
Franco

Hi Franco,

They stay pinned now indeed, but here all cores show the core0 temp and the other cores seem to follow core0 exactly
Running OPNsense on a Deciso DEC750 with upgraded memory (16GB ECC) and active cooling

Correct, which is exactly why the whole thing went full-circle. We may just end up adding a setting to crunch and average the temp display. This way the people with different temperature readings can benefit from this as well..


Cheers,
Franco

New Clean Dashboard.
Thank you very much!

Quote from: opnsenseuser1 on August 02, 2024, 05:43:12 PM**** Interface statistics was better in the old version with all details rather than the current PIE chart.****

Can we have it configurable ? with choose PIE chart or details like in old version ????

I'm using 24.10, but I also think a detailed "Interface Statistics" with a table lay-out widget would be a nice addition.

I think this detailed table view should just be another widget.
Hardware: DEC3852
Version: OPNsense 24.10 Business Edition

April 27, 2025, 09:15:30 AM #23 Last Edit: April 27, 2025, 09:21:22 AM by chrcoluk
Hi, will chime in here.

One thing I always considered a strength of opnsense was its dashboard, and will admit was surprised to read in the changelog when it changed, the "modern" phrase as I already considered it modern.

I updated and now have had a moment to generate some thoughts on it, I will try to be as respectable as possible as I respect the work that will have gone in to it.

I think that you can drag stuff around, resize and such is nice.  I cant remember if you could do all of that on the old dash, but that is nice.

I also like seeing interrupt usage on the cpu graph.

But some of the widgets have regressed on the information they provide.  I will give some examples.

Old dash widgets, you had all memory usage view on the screen, could quickly eye ball it, now have to move mouse over a half pie chart, and get some very limited information. 
Same issue with interface stats, although I think all the info is still there when mouse is in right place, I still have to move the mouse to see it.
The firewall widget, I am not sure is working, previously I would see live log entries flow in the widget box, now if I hover over it is just a number 1, and if I click it, then takes me to firewall log.
Disk usage widget used to show partition info, now its a generic used and free.

I think the main dash is ok, just I think the widgets need to be able to do what the old widgets did, no lost functionality.
OPNsense 25.1