HydrologicEngineeringCenter / HydrologicEngineeringCenter/HEC-FDA
Default window lacks tree or instructions
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- C#
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Description
Background
- During the FY24 PROSPECT-209 workshops, users were confused after launching 2.0 because both the tree and window were empty:
Suggestions
- BEST: Since it is necessary for a user to start with Create New Study, Open Study, or Import Study From Tab-Delimited Text File, take the Arc GIS approach and start the user experience with either a default tab or modal window forcing the user to select "New", "Open", or "Import" and offer recently opened projects (per the current drop-down):
- 2ND BEST: Use the county GIS map approach and create a default tab with instructions for the user that they need to first click on the "File" menu and select "New", "Open", or "Import" (automatically close this tab after a project is created/opened):
- 3RD BEST: Take the LifeSim 2.0 approach and show the default tree (shows new users that the software is working):
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the application startup path and the code that creates the initial empty tree and window, then trace the existing File actions for New, Open, and Import. Done should be a clear first-use experience that guides users to one of those actions or displays a useful default tree.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100