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:
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.
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 ***