Planner needs URL/browser integration for tasks
Submitted by Alan Robertson
Link to original bug (#300664)
Description
I'd like to be able to click on a task, and then be able to easily launch a browser on an associated URL - for example a bugzilla entry. I mentioned this on IRC, and the dialog from this discussion is shown below.
You could even imagine putting a default printf string to allow you to enter shorhand URLs. For example, if you associated this printf string with my project, then I could just enter the bug number instead of the whole stupid URL: http://www.osdl.org/developer_bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=%s
Of course, if the bug number started with http://, then you could easily recognize this and not plug it into the default printf string.
Since you're reading this from a file, you don't have to worry about format string vulnerabilities. A simple scan could convince you that exactly one format string was present, and that it was %[digits]s.
Of course, you would have to make these hot links in your web view of the project plan ;-).
<alanr>
You ever think about associating URLs with the different items, and then
being able to launch a browser on the URL when someone clicks on it in the right
way?
<alanr>
That way, I could point at bugzilla entries, for example, so people
could go get the status of what's going on there easily.
<Jani>
Err...?
<alanr>
Maybe you can already do that, and I'm just a doofus?
<alanr>
(not the first time if so)
<richard>
alanr: don't listen to Jani, he's mr negative
<Jani>
ME?
<alanr>
It would be really handy.
<richard>
alanr: yeah, it's come up from time to time
<Jani>
/dcc send richard electric_shocks.sh
<richard>
alanr: adding an url type to the possible types for custom properties
should solve it
<Jani>
Oh you meant something like that... Well, it could be nice feature.
<alanr>
And, associating a double click, or pull down "launch browser" menu or
something.
<Jani>
Like attaching URL to our intranet project/bug form.
<richard>
yeah
<Jani>
in task... Hmm.. Interesting idea indeed.
<alanr>
I want to point to my bugzilla items.
<alanr>
So, I can then see what's up with them.
<alanr>
by clicking (somehow) on the schedule.
<Jani>
context menu.. (right mouse click...)
<richard>
you could file a bug for this
Version: 0.13