Unclickable Configuration Dropdown?

mike_hölscher

In an Assembly, when I hoover or click on this part including configurations I get this teasing pop-up with dropdown box.
But it seems impossible to click...



What is going on here?

Jake_Rosenfeld

@mike_hölscher

This is more of a case of "didn't take the arrow away" rather than "put the arrow in".  The component that we are displaying there is a read-only version of the configuration switcher, which was a good way to re-use components that we already had and not rebuild a whole new component just for this purpose.  A few users have already told us that this is misleading, I will make sure you are added to that request, and are notified when it is fixed.

ilya_baran

The popup is telling you which configuration the part is at.  To change it, right click on the instance and select "Change configuration..." from the context menu.

bradley_sauln

@mike_hölscher This is to give you a quick view of what the current configuration of that part is within the assembly. If you have the proper permissions, you can right-click on that instance to change its configuration.

Look at the bottom section of our help: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/configurations.htm?Highlight=configuration

mike_hölscher

Thanks @ilya_baran and @bradley_sauln for the replies. That was already clear to me

The question is, why is this information displayed as a dropdown box? If this is only info for us to look at, there is no point in having a dropdown-box. This little small triangle/down arrow next to the configuration name just begs to be clicked.

Is this a teaser for a future functionality of easier configuration swapping? It must be, why else would a UX team put a use-cue like that in there... 

Don_Van_Zile

mike_hölscher said:

The question is, why is this information displayed as a dropdown box? If this is only info for us to look at, there is no point in having a dropdown-box. This little small triangle/down arrow next to the configuration name just begs to be clicked.

Is this a teaser for a future functionality of easier configuration swapping? It must be, why else would a UX team put a use-cue like that in there... 

I agree with Mike's assessment on both counts. 

Jake_Rosenfeld

@mike_hölscher

This is more of a case of "didn't take the arrow away" rather than "put the arrow in".  The component that we are displaying there is a read-only version of the configuration switcher, which was a good way to re-use components that we already had and not rebuild a whole new component just for this purpose.  A few users have already told us that this is misleading, I will make sure you are added to that request, and are notified when it is fixed.

mike_hölscher

Thanks @Jake_Rosenfeld

Or you can make it work?

Jake_Rosenfeld

@mike_hölscher

That would be nice We'll start by making it less confusing, but making it work is also on our collective minds.