Managing Multiple Instances of a View

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Manage multiple instances of a view

This topic will cover when use the multiple instances of the same view, covering but not limited to the following:

• Navigation
• Distinct names
• When to use the same view, when to use sub-tabs within one view.

Considerations:

• Every time you do a search, for instance, you don't want a new view
• How are people going to interact with it

Examples include Console Views (switching between data sources or the same), Search, and History views

Tips and Tricks

• Use multipage editors if you want to look at same data set in different ways
• Use multiple instances of a view if they contain different content
• Like different tabs in a browser with different content, but you may also have the same content in that browser view
• Give ability to determine the content in a view instance

General case guidelines:

• Use multiple view instances, not tabs in tabs
• Use unique titles for each view instance to reflect the content
• Allow for rapid navigation between the views
• Show history, eg. search view

Future:

• Multiple tabs for editors and for views and how they get used
• Use of multiple instances more pervasive

Related comments:

• Confusing where the Console View gets put when "new"
• New Console Stack trace = new stack trace inside of Console View
• New Console View = new Console View