header should always contain links for all sections
Description
When a section is entered, e.g. Admin the link in includes/header.jsp is replaced with a normal string. Whilst a seemingly logical step this can make navigation more difficult, not simpler. many pages end up in a dead end and if you want to repeat the action, e.g. adding an interface by ip, then it is much quicker to click on the normal admin link that you originally clicked on. I know there is an equivalent link on the other side of the page, but this seems a needless complication in the navigation. i would suggest that the jsp code is removed in this point in header.jsp and a simple more static equivalent is left there instead.
Environment
Operating System: Linux
Platform: PC
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Seth Leger January 21, 2015 at 5:35 PM
This was fixed in the new bootstrap header. Marking as fixed in 15.
Seth Leger November 25, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Reconfirmed that this still occurs in OpenNMS master branch (1.13.0). The behavior is somewhat inconsistent too; some links do remain active although most deactivate when you enter their section of the UI.
When a section is entered, e.g. Admin the link in includes/header.jsp is
replaced with a normal string. Whilst a seemingly logical step this can make
navigation more difficult, not simpler. many pages end up in a dead end and if
you want to repeat the action, e.g. adding an interface by ip, then it is much
quicker to click on the normal admin link that you originally clicked on. I know
there is an equivalent link on the other side of the page, but this seems a
needless complication in the navigation. i would suggest that the jsp code is
removed in this point in header.jsp and a simple more static equivalent is left
there instead.