Improvement: Show active command line options / parameters values in GUI #8165

issue ghost opened this issue on June 7, 2016
  1. ghost commented at 6:08 PM on June 7, 2016: none

    I think it would be very professional and inspiring confidence, if the user could verify the settings from the command line/the config file(bitcoin.conf), in the running instance in the GUI.

    Maybe in the GUI window "help"->"command line options" for every option that sets a parameter, there could be a line inserted, that shows the current active value of this parameter.

    E.g. if one has set onlynet=tor in bitcoin.conf it would be nice IMHO, if the user could verify that this setting is active, in some window.

    Maybe even with a reason (e.g. state "listen=0 because proxy parameter is set")

  2. MarcoFalke added the label GUI on Jun 8, 2016
  3. laanwj commented at 8:31 AM on June 9, 2016: member

    I agree adding a list of options in another place would be useful, but the settings that were overridden from bitcoin.conf or the command line are already shown at the bottom of the options dialog.

  4. MarcoFalke commented at 8:45 AM on June 9, 2016: member

    Right, but this only covers stuff that you can set via the gui.

    It would be helpful to have a 'show all opts that were changed from their default value' or a list with all options and highlighting those that were changed from their default values.

  5. laanwj commented at 8:47 AM on June 9, 2016: member

    Sure. That'd require some registration mechanism for options, though. (which is way overdue for other reasons too, such as #1044)

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