Increase Session Comments usefulness

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Increase Session Comments usefulness

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Hi everyone,

I recently started using the session comment functionality, in my case the "on close" to note what I have done in this session.
In theory, the "Last Comment" option is great, but in my daily work it is not very useful, because I do many things/sessions simultaneously and so the "Last Comment" option does not match most of the time.

For example, I do maintenance on a Server, which includes several restarts and therefore several identical comments.
But in the meantime, I worked on other topics/sessions and wrote different comments there, so I would have to re-enter my original comment on the maintenance session again from mind or write something similar.

It would be really helpful, if

  • this option would bring up the last comment from this session instead of the last comment over all session.
  • it has an additional button like "Last Session-Comment" which brings up the last comment from this session.
  • it even better, brings up a Popup, which shows the last X comments over all sessions, so you have everything from both worlds. Like needing the same comment on different similar sessions (due to same task like "Installing Updates"), but you can do other sessions in the meantime with other comments and can restart without loosing the comment.


This request seems (at least from my POV) generally useful, so I hope you can have at least a look on it.

Another observation I made with the Comment on Close is, that it pops up very often when I don't expect it. Especially when RDM is trying to connect to a session, but this fails for example. Or when having a website as sub connection defined and closing the tab. Is there a setting you suggest to improve that the comment windows only apperas once after successful established connections?

Until then, keep up the great work and support!

Greetings from Germany
Lucas

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Hello,

Thank you for the request, I think it's a great idea. Having a list of previously used comments would be very useful. I've opened a ticket for this.

As for the "close comment" popping up in cases where it isn't expected, I've opened a different ticket to investigate this.

Regards,

Hubert Mireault

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Hi Huberts,

Nice to hear - I love how quickly Devolutions responds to and takes on user feedback!

I will also keep an eye on the comments on close to see if I recognize a reproducable schema!

Greetings
Lucas

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Hello,

We've improved on the Last Comment feature, and it will now prompt a list with several last used comments rather than only the last one. The number of comment that can be reached can be customized in File - Options - Advanced under the name Last comments count. This should be available in our 2022.3 version.

Regards,

Jafran Majeau