Dynamic layout for the Serial-Over-Lan window in phosphor-webui

[Konstantin Aladyshev]

Thanks for the reply, Derick!
But it doesn't really answer any of my questions.
I understand that the 'webui-vue' is a future of OpenBMC, but
currently some systems still use 'phosphor-webui'.
Can I create a commit for a dynamic layout for a SoL window in 'phosphor-webui'?
If I can, what is preferred?
-getting rid of fixed layout completely as almost nobody seems to use it anyway
-create another JSON option like "consoleDynamicDisplaySize" for a
dynamic layout

I didn't tried 'webui-vue' myself, but from looking at the code it seems like:
1) it doesn't use any JSON for a fixed layout (one more argument, that
these JSON parameters are obsolete);
2) it doesn't re-fit terminal on window resize, so it seems like the
problem should persist here also in some way

Best regards,
Konstantin Aladyshev

On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 8:15 PM Derick Montague <Derick.Montague at ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > I was working on a Serial-Over-Lan layout in a phosphor-webui. For me
> > it seems horribly broken
>
> > I came up with a solution where a terminal window resizes according to
> > the window changes.
>
> I agree that the SOL layout in the phosphor-webui GUI does not provide a
> good experience. It was also noted by Patrick Williams that the font stack
> being used also did not provide a good experience. To that extent, IBM and
> Intel, working with other community members that regularly attend the OpenBMC
> GUI Design  Work Group, collaborated to improve the SOL and KVM over IP
> experiences in the webui-vue GUI (www.github.com/openbmc/webui-vue). The
> experience of the web based terminals are consistent and significantly
> improved.
>
> SOL: https://github.com/openbmc/webui-vue/issues/25
> KVM: https://github.com/openbmc/webui-vue/issues/24
>
> We have provide details on the reason for creating the webui-vue GUI
> in the repo's README: https://github.com/openbmc/webui-vue#webui-vue
>
> Thank you!
>
> Derick Montague
> IBM Cognitive Systems User Experience
>