App description not available for local apps

[MorrisJobke]

@eppfel This was introduced with #3195

@nextcloud/designers Any idea how to bring this back? Currently there is only the app name and the version.

[MorrisJobke]

Possible solutions:

• Detail pages for apps Detail pages for apps #3193
• Show app details in apps management via right sidebar Show app details in apps management via right sidebar #2138

[eppfel]

Yes, this was intentional to force development on one of these two solutions...
So far it seems #2138 is preferred. And as the grid layout still has the description, this would be a perfect reason to start. No promises though 😆

[MorrisJobke]

Yes, this was intentional to force development on one of these two solutions...

Okay ... this failed, because we are shortly before the RC 🙈

[jancborchardt]

Ok, I closed the »detail page« issue in favor of the more specific #app-sidebar solution where we can reuse components. #2138

As it is so close to RC/Release we could develop a simple solution with the sidebar to make it as backportable as possible. Would that work @MorrisJobke @karlitschek?

To do:

• Include #app-sidebar element in the apps management – only needed on the local apps categories for now
• Make it show on click of the app row (except enable/disable button of course)
• Close on click of the top right close button (just like in Files)
• Use same layout as Files app / App management view of the remote apps: with icon/screenshot on top, name below, and all info like description directly below that. No expanding/collapsing needed here, the view can scroll.

What do you think?

[MorrisJobke]

As it is so close to RC/Release we could develop a simple solution with the sidebar to make it as backportable as possible. Would that work @MorrisJobke @karlitschek?

Too late -> moved to 13 and then we can think about what we backport.

[jancborchardt]

So what do you think about the proposal above?

[eppfel]

I support the proposal. I would have done it no other way, but I have no time to focus on implementing something like this util June.

[nickvergessen]

@jancborchardt do you have a short term proposal to bring back the app descriptions in 12?
We can't backport a new sidebar and should maybe fix this in 12.0.1

Really helps new users if they can read in short descriptions what the shipped apps do.

[nickvergessen]

Nextcloud 13: I'm all for the sidebar, sounds good and makes sense.

[jancborchardt]

Short term could be to put the descriptions below the app name. That will make the list quite crowded again though. We could put a triangle-down icon next to each title and when clicked, the description will reveal below it.

What do you think?

[nickvergessen]

We could put a triangle-down icon next to each title and when clicked, the description will reveal below it.

Sounds good 👍

[MorrisJobke]

As 13 is close to the release I will move this again - 14 it is now 🙈

[eppfel]

I question the relevance of this...
Are there users complaining?

[MorrisJobke]

Show app details in apps management via right sidebar #2138

Let's close this ticket in favour of #2138