Profile templates
mvitaly2003 opened this issue · 7 comments
There are situations or locations when one needs multiple profiles with same parameters, e.g. I use same volume settings for both home and work profile. Currently one have to duplicate same sets of parameters in all profiles where they needed.
It would be great to be able in a profile to inherit parameters from other profile(s) that would contain only basic parameters, to set some common parameters in one place only and use in dependent profiles. Either there should be abstract template profiles that may not be activated directly but only inherited or you can support inheritance for normal profiles and override their parameters in a dependent profile.
Perhaps most common example is different basic volume profiles (vibration only, silent, normal, loud) and some situation-specific profiles that use same volume parameters (home, street, work, meeting etc), also there may be some other settings like sound schemes, wallpapers etc.
Each profile an also event in Editor list has menu (3-dot icon) and in it is "Duplicate..." function.
OK, but this is a one-time action?
What if I duplicate a profile and then modify it? I'll have to manually transfer these changes to all duplicates?
Hm, yes. Changes in duplicated profile do not change original profile.
But sorry, templates will not be implemented.
Why it is needed? You using a lot profiles and in it a lot parameters?
I'm using in my device 14 profiles and each has different parameters (because each is for different situation), they do not repeat.
Also you do not needed to confiure all profile parameters, only these, which must be changed by profile activation.
Several users configure a lot parameters in each profile. Why? It is not needed. I have configured max. 5 parameters in my profiles.
Currently my profiles change mostly volume settings, and I have duplicated these parameters in some profiles, but it is annoying that I need to modify same settings in all profiles where I set them. I have some basic volume profiles and separate working profile (it looks nice with a separate icon) which is almost the same except for some settings like Wi-Fi.
Sorry, this functionality is not planned. Is complicated to implement it. Adding spinner "it is template" in profile parameters is not complicated. But usage of templates is complicated in GUI (displaying it in Activator, Editor, widgets, dialogs with list of profiles, ...) and profile activation. Also data implementation (one profile can use more then one tamplate?).
Also. You change often profile parameters? Why? I add new profile, configure it. End. I only edit the profile when the configuration is bad. No often change is needed.
Perhaps I don't try to change too many parameters to reduce number of manual copy-paste operations. If there were templates, one could switch themes by attaching another template. But I understand that it isn't too easy to implement. Thanks for quick response anyway.
Regarding UI, you could display inherited values near the 'Do not change' text for parameters that are set in a template.
Sorry, this functionality is not planned.