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Change color interface background (enabled/disabled/connected) #15379

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@PieterL75

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@PieterL75

NetBox version

v3.7.3

Feature type

Data model extension

Proposed functionality

This is revisit of #13264

Currently the background color of an interface is like this :
disabled: red
virtual: blue
enabled, marked_connected: green
enabled, connected (cable status color) : green/blue/..
enabled, no cable : white

def get_cabletermination_row_class(record):
    if record.mark_connected:
        return 'success'
    elif record.cable:
        return record.cable.get_status_color()
    return ''

def get_interface_row_class(record):
    if not record.enabled:
        return 'danger'
    elif record.is_virtual:
        return 'primary'
    return get_cabletermination_row_class(record)

My proposal is to change the color coding to:

disabled: white
virtual: blue
enabled, marked_connected: green
enabled, connected (cable status color) : green/blue/...
enabled, no cable : red

def get_cabletermination_row_class(record):
    if record.mark_connected:
        return 'success'
    elif record.cable:
        return record.cable.get_status_color()
    return 'danger'


def get_interface_row_class(record):
    if not record.enabled:
        return ''
    elif record.is_virtual:
        return 'primary'
    return get_cabletermination_row_class(record)

Use case

The 'red' color is confusing, as it tells me something is 'wrong'. but having an interface in the disable state is not wrong.
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vs
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Having an 'enabled' interface, without a cable is 'danger'
A disabled interface is just good, that can be white.

Can we have a poll with the community to see what they prefer ?

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