Add icon badge to identify overridden resources (Views, Pages etc.)
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nick.minchin
Currently it’s not possible in the Designer to tell if a resource like a View, Template, Window, etc. is overridden from an inherited project, or if it’s just a new resource that was created inside an inherited resource folder.
Case in point:
Is this Main Window part of both the inherited project and the inheriting project where it’s overridden? Or does it only exist in the inheriting project?
I’ll give you a hint, it’s the latter.
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Paul Griffith
Merged in a post:
Display the inherited elements' source project in designer
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greg.jackson
It would be nice to get at least the source project name for inherited resources. This is useful when trying to track things down when a project has hierarchal inheritance.
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Alex Marks
To add to this, instead of "deleting" the overridden resource to revert to the inherited resource, add a right-click option.
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nick.minchin
Alex Marks: I'd agree with this. Often times I will have a mini panic attack when deleting things that I
know
are overridden, but I know the thing is important and deleting it just feels wrong!A
Alex Marks
In the meantime, you could do this manually by adding a custom prop to the global resource. Obviously, this is not ideal because you have to open each resource to check, but at least the information is there.
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Paul Griffith
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This is a planned improvement in a UI refresh in the project browser; see also: https://inductiveautomation.canny.io/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/display-the-inherited-elements-source-project-in-designer