[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss jBPM] - Re: Web Console: Context Menus and Navigation

[david.lloyd@jboss.com]

Ok, maybe I have a solution that works for everyone.

On the left the menu items will look like:

Task: start
  Definition View
  Instance View 
Process: simple
  Definition View
  Instance View 
Main
  System View 
User "bert"
  User View
  Log Out

The indented items are menu items, and the other items are headings (they cannot be clicked).

This menu is always the same, nothing moving, disappearing, or reappearing.  If no task is available, the corresponding menu items are disabled and the heading reads "No task available".

The views contain all the information and actions for the object it represents.  The User View would have the things like the user task list (I heard someone refer to that as the user's "Inbox"; I like that notion) and group task list, and ultimately possibly some identity management stuff.

System View is all of the global information, including searching for processes and any other global maintenance.

Task Definition View can give information about a task definition, as well as statistical information or reports that are specific to a task definition.

Task Instance View would let someone work with a task instance, including updating the task form, reassigning the task, viewing comments, etc.

Process Definition View would give overall information about the process and any reports relevant on a process level.

Process Instance View would allow you to look at the process instance and its constituent tokens, to examine the state of a process and possibly to deliver signals to a token that is blocking on a node.

I modeled it up in the menu and content areas and it looks better, or at least I think so.  Does this work for everyone? 

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