Add deep linking to controls

[rlakey]

Feature request for the backlog

Links directly to controls for sending directly to users outside of Vulcan.

When on a control the URL is like this currently:

https://vulcan/components/5/controls

Looking for something like this to go directly to a control via the URL.

https://vulcan/components/5/controls/ESXI-70-000001

[rlakey]

Explore if it is possible to implement this without impacting the existing functionality of being able to view different controls, make changes that possibly aren't changed and to go back to those controls without losing what was changed.

What we don't want is to click on a control and to be redirected to a new page every time but at the same time be able to link to a specific control.

[vanessuniq]

one option that comes in mind is to add a target attribute to the control to open the link in a new tab. But, I am not sure if I really understand the ask.

[vanessuniq]

Also looking at the routes:

resources :components, only: %i[show create update destroy], shallow: true do
      post 'lock', to: 'reviews#lock_controls'
      resources :rules, only: %i[index show create update destroy], shallow: true do
        post 'revert', on: :member
        resources :comments, only: %i[create]
        resources :reviews, only: %i[create]
      end
end

We use the option shallow: true on component. When the shallow option is set to true, it means that only the parent resource will have a full set of RESTful routes (index, show, new, create, edit, update, and destroy), while the child resources will only have the routes necessary to create and edit them as nested resources under the parent. This is useful for reducing the number of routes generated, and improving the performance of your application.
If we want the route /components/:component_id/controls/:id, we can modify the code to the following:

resources :components, only: %i[show create update destroy], shallow: true do
      post 'lock', to: 'reviews#lock_controls'
      resources :rules, only: %i[index create update destroy], shallow: true do
        post 'revert', on: :member
        resources :comments, only: %i[create]
        resources :reviews, only: %i[create]
      end
end

# Separate route for rules#show
get '/components/:component_id/rules/:id', to: 'rules#show', as: 'component_control'

[rlakey]

one option that comes in mind is to add a target attribute to the control to open the link in a new tab. But, I am not sure if I really understand the ask.

Couple uses cases. If i just want to have someone else look at a specific control I can't send them a direct link to it.

The second thing is for the notification system if we notify someone on an @ mention or a review request we should also be able to provide a link to the control/comment they were mentioned or the control they were asked to review.