Task/WP-694 : Provide mechanism to show UI for file selection on app arguments

[chandra-tacc]

Overview:

App users want UI selection modal for app parameters.
For example: OpenSees app has input parameter - which takes directory, and app parameter - which takes the driver file to load during running of the app. Only input parameters have file selection modal, with this PR, app parameters can also have file selection modals.

PR Status:

• Ready.
• Work in Progress.
• Hold.

Related Jira tickets:

• WP-694
• Original work item: WA-340

Summary of Changes:

1. Change app definition to include this for specific apps. "notes": { "inputType": "fileInput" }. See PR WP-694: Provide mechanism to show UI for file selection on app arguments TACC/WMA-Tapis-Templates#57
2. In DS Portal, update SelectModal to handle both tapis:// value representation or just name of the file. Update the input parameters accordingly.

Testing Steps:

1. Test https://designsafe.dev/rw/workspace/opensees-sp-s3?appVersion=3.6.0. This allows both tapisFile and standard file selection. So, tests both the areas.
2. Use selection and submit job.

UI Photos:

Notes:

There could be better UI here:

• make app parameter dependent on the input parameter. And set the default path in the select modal to what the input path uses. For example, for OpenSees app, select the Main Script file selection modal to default to input directory value (if it is already set). This requires a way to associate two parameters (app and input) via notes in app schema
• Another feature is make the select modal navigate to the path, if it is available. Today, it only navigates to the storage system root.

[fnets]

LGTM and works locally. I'd agree with your notes about UI tweaks, because I'm not sure if using the UI to re-navigate to the working directory is any easier than just writing the filename into the input field.

[chandra-tacc]

Opened jira WP-705 to track improvement notes.