Opened 17 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#997 closed enhancement (fixed)
Improvements to Snapshots UI
| Reported by: | Aaron Digulla | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 1.5.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | other |
Description
There should be a way to select two snapshots and merge them, that is, all changes from later snapshots should be committed into the earliest one selected and then, all but one snapshot should be deleted. Example:
A -> B -> C -> D
Merge with A+C selected: C->D
Merge with B+C selected: A->C->D
Merge with B+D selected: A->D
Merge with A+D selected: D
Also, the UI is displayed as a tree. The tree metaphor should only be used if you can branch which is not the case. There is no way to start from state B and create a snapshot B1 as a sibling of C. Therefore, the UI should be changed to a list.
Change History (6)
comment:1 by , 17 years ago
| Cc: | removed |
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comment:2 by , 17 years ago
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Component: | other → GUI |
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comment:5 by , 15 years ago
Because branching snapshots do exist in Vbox 3.1 (!), I recommend closing this wish.
-Technologov
comment:6 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |


"The tree metaphor should only be used if you can branch which is not the case."
.... or better: construct the snapshot-architecture so that branching is indeed possible (something I heavily miss coming from VMware).