Bug 1605705

Summary:	GUI needs separate settings panel so console is not stolen
Product:	[Community] Virtualization Tools	Reporter:	cslee-redhat
Component:	virt-manager	Assignee:	Cole Robinson <crobinso>
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Description cslee-redhat 2018-07-20 16:35:54 UTC

Description of problem:
When an admin wants to configure a virtual machine they should not have to open the console and steal it from a user that may be using it in order to get at settings.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.5.1

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open virt-manager
2.Select a VM
3.Look for machine settings
4.Click open
5.Get VM console
6.Switch to VM settings using light bulb icon

Actual results:
VM console is taken from other users

Expected results:
No need to open console and direct settings access is available.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Pavol Šimo 2019-03-23 18:08:00 UTC

I suggest just to add another pop-up menu item under the "Open" item - label can be "Settings" or "Details", to be in sync with the VM window menu item label.

Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2020-01-26 19:30:17 UTC

Someone filed a suggestion to add a per-VM toggle to disable the virt-manager integrated viewer entirely. I like that better than adding different ways to jump passed the console. Duping to that bug but I will need to play with the final UI to know how it will work

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1793876 ***