This issue came up during verification of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987898#c11 CLI GUI offers write and undefine operations on read-only attribute Details from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987898#c13 provided by Rebecca Searls: > I consulted with Brian Stansberry and Stan Silvert on this change. > Brian speculated this might be a general problem that occurs with any > read-only attribute. Stan confirmed it. > > -- Stan wrote ... > > I implemented the fix but I don't like the way it turned out from a > > usability standpoint. > > > > If it is a read-only attribute then there will be no operations menu > > when you right-click the node. That's very confusing because some nodes > > will have a menu and others will not. > > > > The alternative to displaying nothing is to display some sort of error > > or warning like "This attribute is read only". IMO, that's more > > annoying than just letting the user execute the command. > > > > Furthermore, the regular CLI does not do this check either. It happily > > performs tab completion and lets you execute. > > > So I think it's best if we just leave it alone and tell the customer it > > is working as designed.
Working as designed. IMO, the proposed change would harm usability.