redpanda-data / redpanda-data/console
Improve tooltip for disabled feature in sidebar menu
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frontend
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- TypeScript
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Description
The tooltip for disabled sections in the sidebar is very generic and has room for improvement:
- We always call it a Kafka cluster, even if we know it's a Redpanda cluster
- It's vague, it does not necessarily explain why it's not supported. It's a good chance to mention that this is a Redpanda exclusive feature, or we know that it's a Redpanda cluster but the admin api is not configured etc.
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
Locate the sidebar code that builds tooltips for disabled sections, then inspect how the UI knows the cluster type and whether the admin API is configured. Done means the tooltip identifies Redpanda clusters accurately and explains the relevant unsupported or missing-configuration reason instead of using generic Kafka wording.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100