Cloud Commander First Impressions

[frakman1]

@coderaiser
I really enjoyed using Cloud Commander when I first started using it on my UNRAID server.
The ability to Upload and Download files is just what I was looking for.
Here are some thoughts I had and ideas to improve:

• I didn't see any documentation from the main docker hub or Github page.
  Eventually, I found the website for the app at cloudcmd.io here.

Perhaps this can be more prominantly displayed or mentioned in the README and docker hub page. Maybe a header for documentation could link there.

• The file .cloudcmd.json in /root/ doesn't include the comments that are included in the homepage. These are very helpful in understanding what each option does.

File in app:

File in website:

(Also, can this page be edited to make the code block wider to avoid excessive scrolling? There is a lot of wasted space on either side of the block that is not being used.)

• When opening the Config (F10) window, it would be helpful to have a tooltip for all items and not just for the pull-down menu options.

• I have no idea what the console is and what it is used for. I also don't know what commands it supports. Entering ? or help didn't yield anything. How is it different from Terminal? It seems to support a few linux-like commands. Is it supposed to be the host's terminal? If so, it doesn't have all the paths. Console usually refers to a command line way to control or view the logs for the app itself.

• I was impressed with the array of keyboard shortcuts and functionality that can be performed that way. It would be helpful if all these shortcuts are viewable in a help screen in the app itself. For example, these hot keys:

• What do these settings mean/do?

    "dirStorage"            : true,     // store directory listing
    "syncConsolePath"       : false,    // do not sync console path

• Unchecking KeysPanel makes the bottom panel dissapear. The problem is that if I didn't remember that F10 brings up the menu, then how would I bring it back with the UI?

• The UNRAID docker template still grabs v15.5.1 when installed (instead of v15.6.0)

• Clicking the Contact button (bottom right) doesn't do anything.

• "configAuth" : true, // enable auth change in config dialog
  This would be a good thing to have in the Config menu itself as a checkbox.

• "columns" : "name-size-date-owner-mode", // set visible columns
  Are these all the possible columns or are there more?

[coderaiser]

Thanks a lot for such a big list of suggestions :).

I didn't see any documentation from the main docker hub or Github page.
Eventually, I found the website for the app at cloudcmd.io here.

Any contributions are welcomed, here is the file that should be changed: README.md.

The file .cloudcmd.json in /root/ doesn't include the comments that are included in the homepage. These are very helpful in understanding what each option does.

I'm totally agree, but json doesn't supports comments, json5 can be used for this purpose. But it should be tested, here is file that should be changed: server/config.

When opening the Config (F10) window, it would be helpful to have a tooltip for all items and not just for the pull-down menu options.

Good idea :), client/modules/config/index.js.

(Also, can this page be edited to make the code block wider to avoid excessive scrolling? There is a lot of wasted space on either side of the block that is not being used.)

That's a good idea, here is the repo :) https://github.com/coderaiser/cloudcmd-io

I have no idea what the console is and what it is used for. I also don't know what commands it supports. Entering ? or help didn't yield anything. How is it different from Terminal? It seems to support a few linux-like commands. Is it supposed to be the host's terminal? If so, it doesn't have all the paths. Console usually refers to a command line way to control or view the logs for the app itself.

console is for not-interactive programs like touch, cat, npm etc.
terminal is more powerful and can be used for interactive programs like vim, mc. It's not installed by default with npm install, but it is built-in to docker.
terminal can be opend and closed using shift + esc. This is done to give more keys shortcut ways, while using terminal, for example vim uses esc a lot.

I was impressed with the array of keyboard shortcuts and functionality that can be performed that way. It would be helpful if all these shortcuts are viewable in a help screen in the app itself.

Just use F1 and you will see all of them :).

What do these settings mean/do?
"dirStorage" : true, // store directory listing
"syncConsolePath" : false, // do not sync console path

• dirStorage used to store directory listing in the localStorage of your web browser, this makes directory loading much faster, but file listings should be updated manually with Ctrl + R, very good for slow connections.
• syncConsolePath used to sync current directory path with current working directory in console.

The UNRAID docker template still grabs v15.5.1 when installed (instead of v15.6.0)

I have no idea :), there is v15.6.0 on dockerhub.

Clicking the Contact button (bottom right) doesn't do anything.
This looks like a bug in client/modules/contact.js, need help with https://www.olark.com/api.

Unchecking KeysPanel makes the bottom panel dissapear. The problem is that if I didn't remember that F10 brings up the menu, then how would I bring it back with the UI?

Just use right mouse button.

"configAuth" : true, // enable auth change in config dialog
This would be a good thing to have in the Config menu itself as a checkbox.

Don't know, this option not so often enabled/disabled.

"columns" : "name-size-date-owner-mode", // set visible columns
Are these all the possible columns or are there more?

Yes, but pull requests are welcomed :)

[frakman1]

Thank you for addressing all these issues. Regarding this:

Unchecking KeysPanel makes the bottom panel dissapear. The problem is that if I didn't remember that F10 brings up the menu, then how would I bring it back with the UI?

Just use right mouse button.

Right mouse button just brings up this menu:

I was meaning this:

[frakman1]

I took a crack at a pull request. Let me know if that looks OK.