[RFC][Navigation] Introduce `group` in chrome service to group applications and categories. about opensearch-dashboards

[SuZhou-Joe]

@ruanyl Sure, done for that.

[ruanyl]

@SuZhou-Joe Could you attach a screenshot of the left navigation bar with use case(with workspace disabled)?

[ashwin-pc]

I like the idea but we need to make sure that the API isn't a breaking change. Based on your proposal it looks like plugins that previously showed up on the left nav will no longer show there unless they call another API. That would be a breaking change. The previous registration should still work for a plugin if this needs to go into the 2.x line

[SuZhou-Joe]

Hi @ashwin-pc , actually there is no breaking change for current application.register interface, if an application is registered without being assigned to a group by calling addNavToGroup, it behaves exactly the same as what it does today, display in the first-level navigation(no matter group navigation is enabled or not), under the specific category defined in application.register. Only when an application is added to a group and the feature flag is turn on will it display in the second navigation.

[BionIT]

@SuZhou-Joe when will this interface be ready for plugins to use?

[SuZhou-Joe]

@SuZhou-Joe when will this interface be ready for plugins to use?

Hopefully the interface and the feature flag should be ready before 06.25, depends on the PR review process.

[ashwin-pc]

Hi @ashwin-pc , actually there is no breaking change for current application.register interface, if an application is registered without being assigned to a group by calling addNavToGroup, it behaves exactly the same as what it does today, display in the first-level navigation(no matter group navigation is enabled or not)

Ah, sorry didnt see that in the RFC. Thanks for the clarification. Are groups distinct in the UI from apps that arent registered as a part of a group? e.g. What happens if only some applications register as a part of the group and others do not? Visually can i tell apart a group from an app that didnt register itself as a part of the group?

[SuZhou-Joe]

When new navigation is enabled

Those applications do not register as a part of the group will display in the first navigation, just like what it does today. And those do will be collapsed to second navigation. So yes, visually you can easily tell who register as group verses those do not, those do sits in second navigation while those do not sits in first navigation.