Change in the UI - is it possible to restore the previous one?

[sasha]

Hello! Previous versions of AI had a very handy view in the Custom Actions pane - All, Install, Uninstall, Maintenance.
The latest version doesn't have that.

Is there a way to re-enable the old UI, please?

Thanks!

[Catalin]

Hello Sasha,

Yes, you can do that.

In the "Custom Action" view, enable the "Compact View" option from the ribbon.

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Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin

[sasha]

Thanks for the reply, Catalin.

Unfortunately, I don't see the old UI that says Show: 'All', Uninstall', 'Maintenance' filters in the UI in the compact view.

Perhaps something else I'm not doing?

[Catalin]

Hello Sasha,

Thank you for your followup on this.

Indeed, that seems to have been removed.

I will discuss with the developer regarding this and will let you know why that has been removed.

Best regards,
Catalin

[sasha]

Thank you! I find it was very useful to isolate custom actions used in either of the flows.

[Catalin]

Hello Sasha,

I further discussed this matter with the developer and he let me know that this was removed due to it not being 100% accurate, because it used a proprietary heuristic (Windows Installer did not offer such support).

For now, it looks like we do not plan to bring it back.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Catalin

[sasha]

Thanks for the update, Catalin.

Perhaps just an ability to filter the CA list by the 'install', 'uninstall' and 'maintenance' as used in the checkboxes in the CA definitions? Somehow AI knows to keep those checkboxes, so perhaps the same data can be used for the filters?

Thanks!

[Catalin]

Hello Sasha,

You are always welcome!

Somehow AI knows to keep those checkboxes, so perhaps the same data can be used for the filters?

From what I understood from the developer, that wasn't what was used there, but rather some proprietary custom methods.

I will forward your feedback to the dev and see what we can do.

Best regards,
Catalin

[sasha]

Sounds good, thanks!

[Catalin]

You are always welcome, Sasha!

Best regards,
Catalin